Researchers are bringing machine learning to the clinic
Physicians are forever recording information about their patients. They take vital signs, order lab tests and imaging, prescribe medications, check boxes to define patients’ diagnoses for...
Oct, 27, 2016
A Seller’s Market for Biomedical Data Science Jobs
Just pondering the current job market for biomedical data scientists is likely to put a smile on the faces of many in the field.
“The bottom line is, compared to other disciplines,...
Oct, 07, 2015
12 Big Data to Knowledge Centers of Excellence funded
Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), says he used to feel “data envy” toward the field of physics. In those days, “no one would have...
Jan, 08, 2015
How bioinformatics tools are bringing insight to the environmental side of the health equation
When it comes to what kills people, Nurture trumps Nature: Chronic diseases with overwhelmingly environmental (rather than genetic) causes are responsible for the deaths of two-thirds of the world...
Nov, 01, 2016