Directory

This Directory includes Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni selectable by category, search or alphabetical by last name. Over 110 students have graduated from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (25+ PhD, 50+ MS, 25+ Certificate). The diversity of careers available to DBMI alumnus is evident in their biographies. Many of our graduates are teaching and performing research in academic institutions, such as Vanderbilt University, Arizona State University, and New York University while others have entered private industry with companies such as Cerner Corporation and Boston Scientific; some have positions in government agencies, such as the NIH and AHRQ, while others are at major medical centers, serving in roles such as Chief Medical Information Officer. We maintain a database of the career paths of our graduates. If you are an alumnus, please contact us if you would like to submit or update information!

Gregory Cooper

Distinguished Professor and UPMC Endowed Chair
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Biography

Titles:
Distinguished Professor and UPMC Endowed Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Secondary appointments: Intelligent Systems Program
Research Interests:
  • Application of decision theory, probability theory, Bayesian statistics, and artificial intelligence to biomedical informatics research problems
  • Causal modeling and discovery from clinical and omics data
  • Computer-aided medical diagnosis and prediction
  • Machine-learning approaches to improving patient safety
  • Biosurveillance of disease outbreaks
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