Working Group Webinar Library
Webinar Library
CRI Career Conversations: Featuring Santiago Romero-Brufau, MD, PhD
This month features Dr. Romero-Brufau, Director of AI for the Department of ENT at Mayo Clinic, where he is also Assistant Professor of ENT and Healthcare Systems Engineering. He will share AI and clinical informatics research information and career insights.

Enhancing Lab Result Comprehension with Large Language Models: The LabGenie Project
Accessing laboratory test results is the most common activity on patient portals, yet many patients—especially older adults with multiple chronic conditions—struggle to interpret their meaning. In this webinar, we will present a series of studies conducted as part of LabGenie.

CRI Career Conversations: Featuring CRIO James McClay, MD, MS
This month features James McClay, MD, MS, FACEP, FAMIA, Chief Research Informatics Officer, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri.

FromText to Insights: The Role of Large Language Models in Biomedical NLP
The explosion of biomedical big data and information over the past decade has created new opportunities for discoveries that can improve the treatment and prevention of human diseases. As a result, the field of medicine is undergoing a paradigm shift driven by AI-powered analytical solutions. This talk will present the use of AI and large language models (LLMs) in recent natural language processing (NLP) research, highlighting their capabilities and limitations in various information-extraction tasks. We will also discuss the use of retrieval-augmented generation to improve standard LLMs in medicine and conclude with a case study on leveraging LLMs to assist and enhance efficiency in patient-to-trial matching. Presenter

NLP of Social Media Data for Fighting the Substance Use Epidemic in the United States
This presentation will highlight ongoing and past work on developing NLP and machine learning methods for effectively leveraging social media data for substance use research.
