Nov. 18, 2024
Chau Tong
My current research in computational health communication involves applying natural language processing and other computational methods to analyze the vicissitudes of user-generated health content and the diffusion of such content on social media. I direct the Computational Communication and Technology lab at Mizzou; our research team includes undergraduate RAs, graduate RAs, and PhD students. The lab is an interdisciplinary hub for the organization, curation, and processing of digital trace and social media data. Together, we develop and implement rigorous research to produce insights into the digital landscape of health content and estimated impact of such communication flows across news, search…
June 27, 2024
Hong An
Dr. Hong An is the Assistant Director of the Bioinformatics and Analytics Core, with an Adjunct Assistant Professor appointment at the Division of Plant Science and Technology.
June 26, 2024
John Robert Bautista
Dr. John Robert Bautista uses a socio-technical strategy to understand the role and impact of technologies (smartphones, social media, blockchain, and artificial intelligence) among health professionals and consumers. As an interdisciplinary researcher, he utilizes concepts from communication, information, psychological, and organizational sciences to understand the use of health information technology based on qualitative and quantitative data. His current research focuses on designing, developing, and deploying AI in health that is effective, efficient, and ethical. His articles appear in Computers in Human Behavior, International Journal of Medical Informatics, JAMIA, New Media & Society, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance and Telematics &…
Feb. 13, 2024
Mai-Lan Ho
Mai-Lan Ho, MD, is an accomplished neuroradiology physician-scientist and leader specializing in the full scope of advanced imaging. Dr. Ho has clinical expertise in advanced neuroimaging techniques and genotype-phenotype correlation in complex diseases. Her research focus involves radiologic technology development, quantitative image analysis and imaging genomics. Dr. Ho also leads multiple national and international initiatives for data science and precision health and serves on national/international society committees and editorial boards dedicated to advanced imaging and AI. Dr. Ho’s research program involves the three key focus areas of translational advanced imaging, imaging genomics and artificial intelligence, improving imaging technology, implementation and…
Feb. 12, 2024
Baekkwan Park
Dr. Park is an Associate Professor in the Truman School of Government & Public Affairs and the Institute for Data Science and Informatics. He received his Ph.D. from Emory University. His research focuses on human rights, international relations, and research methods.
Nov. 29, 2023
Kannappan Palaniappan
Kannappan Palaniappan is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor in electrical engineering and computer science. He has received several notable awards, including the National Academies Jefferson Science Fellowship (first in Missouri), the NASA Public Service Medal for pioneering contributions to (Big Data) scientific visualization of petabyte-sized archives, the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, the Boeing Welliver Summer Faculty Fellowship, and MU’s William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, he co-founded the Visualization and Analysis Lab that has produced a number of spectacular Digital Earth visualizations used by search engines (BlueMarble), museums, magazines and broadcast television. He…
Nov. 29, 2023
Knoo Lee
Knoo Lee began his scholastic focus in the field of engineering, but after two years of study, he went into the Korean Navy. Once there, he was influenced by his experiences to go into nursing. After getting his nursing education, he realized the potential behind bridging the technology and health care worlds. “I became interested in utilizing informatics to expand the boundary of human knowledge,” explains Lee. This focus used data driven methodologies and big data analytics to pair his engineering background and his nursing background into one. After completing three years of research at the University of Minnesota, he…
Nov. 29, 2023
Sean Lane
Research Interests My research focuses on emotion regulation processes, their downstream effects on health and relationship outcomes, and how these processes differ between representative and clinical subgroups. I apply and develop statistical methodologies, with a focus on nonlinear models and dynamic systems in characterizing these processes. I have also applied these methods in more substantive research, including the optimization of alcohol use disorder classification and the role of alcohol use as an antecedent, consequent, and modifier of emotion regulation processes.
Nov. 29, 2023