The CTSI Biomedical Informatics Program (BMIP) recently entered into agreements with the School of Dentistry, the Department of Anesthesiology, and the Department of Medicine’s Cardiovascular Division to provide dedicated informatics support. The goal of these collaborations is to deliver secure and compliant clinical data access, extraction and preparation expertise utilizing the AHC Secure Data Environment that is managed by BMIP.
CTSI’s Best Practices Integrated Informatics Core (BPIC) team, which is a part of BMIP, welcomes the three new data analysts who will be fully dedicated to serving the clinical data needs of researchers, clinicians and leaders within their assigned areas.
“The collaborations envision that by use of these dedicated resources, researchers and clinicians will more effectively generate viable research project ideas, publish in peer-reviewed forums, attain extramural research funding, improve patient quality of care, and utilize data for operations and leadership support activities,” said Ahmad AbuSalah, Ph.D., MSc., Director of Clinical Informatics Services.
Backgrounds and expertise
Palak Bothra, MPH, School of Dentistry
Palak provides full-time support to the School of Dentistry. She graduated from the UMN School of Public Health and has a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from Modern Dental College and Research Centre in Indore, India. Her recent experience includes working at HealthPartners to analyze and compare dental health plans, healthcare systems, and federal and state Medicaid policies.
Lindsay Hoke, BSB, Cardiovascular Division
Lindsay provides full-time support to the Cardiovascular Division at the Medical School. She graduated from the UMN Carlson School of Management and comes with broad experience within the Cardiovascular Division where she spent the past seven years serving as a Cardiovascular Informatics Coordinator.
Keith Landgrebe, BSB, Department of Anesthesiology
Keith is providing full-time support to the Department of Anesthesiology at the Medical School. He graduated from the UMN Carlson School of Management and has extensive analysis experience working in the area of health informatics and research over the past eight years, most recently at HealthPartners.