Our collaborators are using PHINEX to make us all healthier.

Adult Obesity

The Departments of Surgery and Internal Medicine are interested in examining obesity prevalence in Wisconsin and describing obese populations. 

• Dr. Luke Funk, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Dr. Caprice Greenburg, Director, Wisconsin Surgical   Outcomes Research Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Dr. Jessica Schumacher, Scientist, Health Services Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs, Associate Vice Chair, Health Services Research, Depts. of Medicine and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Smoking Cessation

CTRI, the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, and PHINEX are interested in examining disparities related to the receipt of smoking cessation counseling and developing interventions utilizing the electronic health record to improving cessation rates.

• Dr. Kristin Berg, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 

Predictive Analytics

The Center for Predictive Computational Phenotyping and collaborators from across the PHINEX network are interested in inducing predictive models by applying machine learning methods to patient histories. Most recently, they explored the task of using EHR data to predict asthma execrations for patients known to be asthmatic.

• Alexander Cobian, Computer Sciences
  
• Mark Craven,  Director, Center for Predictive Computational Phenotyping, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Dr. Theresa Guilbert, Asthma Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital & Medical Center
• Dr. Lawrence Hanrahan, Research Director, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Community Health Improvement

Public Health Madison & Dane County is interested in using PHINEX for it’s school-district health needs assessment.

• Mary Michaud, Director, Division of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
  

Childhood Obesity 

Prenatal Health

PHINEX has collaborated with the UW Applied Population Lab and the Department of Population Health Sciences, to demonstrate the feasibility of EHR databases in public health surveillance, health promotion, and research.

• Dr. Tracy Flood, Population Health Fellow, Dept. of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Dr. Emily Tomayko, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Dr. Sarah Lindberg, Research Director, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison