https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-rss/?orgId=121686&title=Latest+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at Melnick Informatics Lab en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Thu, 14 May 2026 19:06:06 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-ranks-2-nationally-in-nih-funding/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-ranks-2-nationally-in-nih-funding/ For the eighth consecutive year, the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine was recognized among the nation’s leaders in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, ranking #2 in the U.S. according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. This year’s achievement is marked by an extraordinary expansion in faculty success, with 14 faculty members receiving NIH funding and 9 among the top 100 NIH-funded emergency medicine investigators nationwide. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/increases-in-physician-attrition-rates-could-worsen-shortages/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/increases-in-physician-attrition-rates-could-worsen-shortages/ A decade-long analysis of physicians reveals an acceleration in doctors permanently leaving practice, a trend likely to worsen physician shortages. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/closing-the-communication-gap-the-new-priority-in-public-health/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/closing-the-communication-gap-the-new-priority-in-public-health/ In an op-ed published August 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine, four members of Yale's health ecosystem lay out a case for how to make America trust health experts again. One of the authors, Dr. Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD, summarizes the article's key points in this 3 Essential Questions feature. Mon, 04 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2025/06/05/can-ai-make-emergency-department-safer-patients-and-providers https://news.yale.edu/2025/06/05/can-ai-make-emergency-department-safer-patients-and-providers A new Yale study investigates how artificial intelligence might help identify patients at risk of developing agitation in the emergency department.  Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-national-leader/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-national-leader/ For the fourth consecutive year, the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at Yale School of Medicine has ranked #1 in the nation for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-2434-5177 https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-2434-5177 A recent scoping review in Applied Clinical Informatics, titled "Interventions to Mitigate EHR and Documentation Burden in Health Professions Trainees, " presents a workflow model to support intervention development. Led by Deborah Levy, MD MPH MS, a Lecturer at Yale School of Medicine in BIDS, the work addresses the challenge faced when designing interventions to mitigate trainee EHR burden. This work was completed as part of Dr. Levy's Master's in Health and Clinical Informatics OHSU capstone project. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/new-bids-faculty-andrew-loza-md-phd/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/new-bids-faculty-andrew-loza-md-phd/ Yale BIDS welcomes Andrew Loza, Instructor of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science. Dr. Loza aims to improve patient care by developing statistical and deep learning methods that leverage comprehensive patient data. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/welcome-to-new-bids-faculty-fellows-and-staff/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/welcome-to-new-bids-faculty-fellows-and-staff/ BIDS has welcomed several new faculty, fellows, and staff to our team since October 2024. Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:00:00 Z https://www.yalesymposia.org/faculty-lp/2020/5/30/mind-body-and-soul-discovering-an-unexpected-art-form-7rysy-el5gl-s32kr-95cxg https://www.yalesymposia.org/faculty-lp/2020/5/30/mind-body-and-soul-discovering-an-unexpected-art-form-7rysy-el5gl-s32kr-95cxg Ted Melnick is not only a researcher at Yale University but a proud father of three. During his transition from medical school and residency, he ran marathons and competed in triathlons, which required him to balance three disciplines—running, biking, and swimming. This ability to focus on multiple areas manifests in his professional life, where he integrates emergency medicine, informatics, and public health to improve patient care. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:00:00 Z https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/94212 https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/94212 Yale and Mila Researchers at NeurIPS present Trajectory Flow Matching (TFM), a scalable and stable method for training Neural SDEs that improves clinical time series modeling and uncertainty prediction. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-em-has-prodigious-showing-at-saem24/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-em-has-prodigious-showing-at-saem24/ Yale Emergency Medicine shone brightly at SAEM24, earning numerous awards and delivering over 50 diverse presentations, highlighting their significant contributions to academic emergency medicine. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/heckmann-and-wong-receive-r01-award-from-national-institute-of-mental-health-for-system-dynamics-modeling-to-promote-health-equity-in-management-of-agitation/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/heckmann-and-wong-receive-r01-award-from-national-institute-of-mental-health-for-system-dynamics-modeling-to-promote-health-equity-in-management-of-agitation/ A research team led by Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS, and Rebekah Heckmann, MD, MPH, MPA, from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, has been approved for a $3.7 million R01 award by the National Institute of Mental Health to address the management of agitation symptoms during mental health crises. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-ranks-first-for-third-year-in-nih-funding/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-ranks-first-for-third-year-in-nih-funding/ For the third year in a row, the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at the Yale School of Medicine ranked first in the nation in research dollars awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2023, as tabulated by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 19:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/using-ai-patients-asthma-copd/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/using-ai-patients-asthma-copd/ A new study shows that deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence that uses large amounts of data to process information, can improve the detection of patients with asthma and COPD who are at increased risk for multiple hospitalizations. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:49:00 Z https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/generative-ai-artificial-intelligence-for-health-info https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/generative-ai-artificial-intelligence-for-health-info As generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms become more mainstream, patients may use them to search for answers to medical questions. Yale physicians offer advice. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/levy-receives-amia-2023-leadership-award/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/levy-receives-amia-2023-leadership-award/ Deborah Levy, MD, MPH, Lecturer in the Section of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, received a leadership award for outstanding volunteer service advancing the vision, mission, and goals of AMIA 25x5 to reduce clinician documentation burden. Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2023/11/10/physicians-prescribing-opioid-use-treatment-influence-others-follow-suit https://news.yale.edu/2023/11/10/physicians-prescribing-opioid-use-treatment-influence-others-follow-suit Yale researchers find that physicians are more likely to prescribe life-saving opioid use treatments if they see their colleagues do so. Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2023/10/16/study-reveals-steps-improve-physician-productivity-and-gender-equity https://news.yale.edu/2023/10/16/study-reveals-steps-improve-physician-productivity-and-gender-equity A new study assessed physician productivity and how policy changes have benefitted women, historically paid less due in part to gender productivity gaps. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/wong-and-team-at-yale-emergency-medicine-receive-dollar69-million-pcori-award/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/wong-and-team-at-yale-emergency-medicine-receive-dollar69-million-pcori-award/ A research team led by Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS, from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, has been approved for a $6.9 million research funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). This will be the first study to evaluate the impact of introducing peers into the emergency department (ED) workforce to help patients in emotional and psychiatric distress. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/round-up/ https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/round-up/ A collection of recent scientific findings Mon, 22 May 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-ranks-first-for-nih-grants-funding-2022/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-emergency-medicine-ranks-first-for-nih-grants-funding-2022/ For the second year in a row, the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at the Yale School of Medicine ranked first in the nation in research dollars awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as tabulated by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/01/machine-learning-model-predicts-physician-turnover https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/01/machine-learning-model-predicts-physician-turnover Yale researchers’ machine learning model identifies contributors to physician departure, which could help improve job satisfaction and stem costly turnover. Wed, 01 Feb 2023 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2022/09/30/emergency-department-crowding-hits-crisis-levels-risking-patient-safety https://news.yale.edu/2022/09/30/emergency-department-crowding-hits-crisis-levels-risking-patient-safety In a pair of new studies, Yale researchers document a widespread and increasing level of overcrowding in America’s emergency departments (EDs), a crisis that puts patient safety and access to care at risk. Sat, 01 Oct 2022 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2022/09/30/emergency-department-crowding-hits-crisis-levels-risking-patient-safety https://news.yale.edu/2022/09/30/emergency-department-crowding-hits-crisis-levels-risking-patient-safety In a pair of new studies, Yale researchers document a widespread and increasing level of overcrowding in America’s emergency departments (EDs), a crisis that puts patient safety and access to care at risk. Fri, 30 Sep 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-cardiovascular-medicine-faculty-receive-career-development-awards/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/lab/melnick/news-article/yale-cardiovascular-medicine-faculty-receive-career-development-awards/ Faculty in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine have launched their research careers with funding from the National Institutes of Health, American College of Cardiology, and other professional institutions. Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:00:00 Z