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UTA ESTABLISHES HEALTH INFORMATICS PARTNERSHIP WITH GERMAN UNIVERSITY

UTA ESTABLISHES HEALTH INFORMATICS PARTNERSHIP WITH GERMAN UNIVERSITY

The University of Texas at Arlington aims to promote continued teaching, research and student opportunities in the ever-changing health informatics field through a new cooperative agreement.

Representatives from both UTA and Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences in Germany celebrated the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between them during a ceremony at the Science & Engineering Innovation & Research Building.

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INNOVATION PRIZE COMPETITION TO BE HELD IN DALLAS

INNOVATION PRIZE COMPETITION TO BE HELD IN DALLAS

The University of Texas at Arlington has partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim to host the Innovation Prize Competition, a networking event and pitch competition for emerging life-science companies and bio-entrepreneurs to be held Oct. 13 at Pegasus Park in Dallas.

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UTA TEAMS UP TO GROW BIOTECH WORKFORCE

UTA TEAMS UP TO GROW BIOTECH WORKFORCE

The University of Texas at Arlington is playing a key role in training the future of the biotech industry in North Texas.

Through an $8.8 million grant awarded to Dallas College by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, UTA will work with Collin College, Dallas College and Tarrant County College to create a new regional career training pathway in biotechnology, biomanufacturing and bioinformatics.

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UTA TO HOST TEXAS HEALTH INFORMATICS ALLIANCE CONFERENCE

UTA TO HOST TEXAS HEALTH INFORMATICS ALLIANCE CONFERENCE

UTA will host the second annual Texas Health Informatics Alliance (THIA) Conference in the Bluebonnet Ballroom inside the E.H. Hereford University Center. This marks the first time the conference—a collaboration with UT Health Science Center at Houston and UT Southwestern Medical Center—will be held in person.

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INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION NAMES DR. MARION BALL AS AN HONORARY MEMBER

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION NAMES DR. MARION BALL AS AN HONORARY MEMBER

Marion J. Ball has been named an Honorary Member by the International Medical Informatics Association: Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group (IMIA-NI). Dr. Ball, the Raj and Indra Nooyi Endowed Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering, is also a Presidential Distinguished Professor, a tenured professor in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, and Executive Director for the Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics.

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THIA 2021 Opening Keynote

THIA 2021 Opening Keynote

“There’s No Place Like Home- Health Informatics Lessons from the Wizard of Oz”
Nora Belcher, Executive Director, Texas e-Health Alliance

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THIA Conference 2021: Panel: Informatics Solutions for COVID-19

THIA Conference 2021: Panel: Informatics Solutions for COVID-19

Katherine Lusk, Senior Director for strategic relationships for the Texas Health Services Authority
Dr. Dean F. Sittig, School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth
Dr. William M. Tierney, Professor of Population Health, Internal Medicine, and Oncology at Dell Medical School, UT Austin
Dr. Ferdinand Velasco, Senior Vice President/Chief Health Information Officer, Texas Health Resources

Moderated by:
Dr. Susan H. Fenton, UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics
Dr. Gabriela Mustata Wilson, UT at Arlington

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THIA Conference 2021: Student Session: Student involvement in combating COVID-19

THIA Conference 2021: Student Session: Student involvement in combating COVID-19

“The Association Between COVID-19-related Stress and Demographics in relation to Social Determinants”
Nicole Cevallos, UT at Arlington

“Reimagining Technology Implementation Strategies for the Front Lines in LTC: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response”
Debra Graham, UT Tyler

“Your TWEETS matter: How social media sentiments influence COVID-19 vaccination rates and vaccine hesitancy”
Ana Aleksandric and Mercy J. Obasanya, UT at Arlington

Moderated by:
Jitenga Knox, UT at Arlington

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