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Texas ECE alumna Jette Henderson was announced as the recipient of the 2019 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Doctoral Dissertation Award: Honorable Mention. AMIA "is committed to the science and practice of informatics as it relates to clinical care, research, education, and policy."  Dr. Henderson's thesis was on “Learning and Validating Clinically Meaningful Phenotypes from Electronic Health Data.” She completed her PhD at Texas ECE in 2018 under the supervisions of Prof. Joydeep Ghosh.

Texas ECE alumna Jette Henderson was announced as the recipient of the 2019 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Doctoral Dissertation Award: Honorable Mention. AMIA "is committed to the science and practice of informatics as it relates to clinical care, research, education, and policy."  Dr. Henderson's thesis was on “Learning and Validating Clinically Meaningful Phenotypes from Electronic Health Data.” She completed her PhD at Texas ECE in 2018 under the supervisions of Prof. Joydeep Ghosh.

Prof. Andrea Thomaz, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, appeared at stARTup Studio to present Diligent Droids, a company that seeks to provide aid to healthcare providers through robotic technologies. Thomaz said she hopes to apply her research in the field of artificial intelligence to help healthcare providers with their service. Prof. Thomaz joined Texas ECE in January 2016.  Read more about Prof. Thomaz and Diligent Droids at Silicon Hills News