Research Oveview

The Division of Clinical Informatics is leading research on evaluating platforms for international collaborative clinical protocols. Research work investigagtes the challenges of data interchange among countries and patterns of collaboration between clinicians and basic science researchers. In recent years, there has been a significant growth of platforms for translational research including i2b2 (Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside), Transmart, CBioPortal, iDash, iCod, G-DoC, caTRIP and others that have been used for collaborative research.  Despite many projects and with large investments, little is known about the impact and measurable outcomes resulting from the implementation of such platforms.  Students are researcher collaborator can contact Dr. Yuri Quintana to explore internships or research collaborations. Email: yquintan@bidmc.harvard.edu

Last Updated: Dec 18, 2022

Curremt Projects:

Alicanto Cloud https://www.alicantocloud.com  An learning plaform for collaborative learning and virtual tumor board.

African Cancer Stars https://www.africanancerstars.org - A leaning platform for training cancer researchers in Arica.

Global Health Diplomacy - Development of frameworks for international data sharing

Global Digtal Mental Health Outcome Standards - A standadizing outcomes for global comparison

Global Pandemic Simulation Training - Serious Games for Pandemic Preparedness

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Videos of Presentations

Art and Science of Serious Games: A Systems Approach to Scaling Solutions to Global Health Challenges. Keynote Talk at the 9th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2021, 4th  of August 2021 https://www.segah.org/2021/keynotes.html  See video   IEEE SGH 2021 Keynote

Challenges to Global Standardization of Outcome Measures - AMIA March 2021

Towards a Global e-Mental Health Community. Invited Keynote speaker at 10th Annual e-Mental Health Conference. Mental Health Commission of Canada. 3/4/21.

Publicatons

  1. Godinho MA, Liaw ST, Kanjo C, Marin HF, Martins H, Quintana Y. Digital Vaccine Passports and digital health diplomacy: an online Model WHO simulation. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022 Jul 22:ocac126. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocac126. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35866622; PMCID: PMC9384525.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9384525/
  2. Rodriguez J, Quintana Y. Understanding the social determinants of health and genetic factors contributing to the differences observed in COVID-19 incidence and mortality between underrepresented and other communities. J Natl Med Assoc. 2022 Aug;114(4):430-439. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2022.04.002. Epub 2022 May 2. PMID: 35513921; PMCID: PMC9060259. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9060259/
  3. Fite BZ, Hinostroza V, States L, Hicks-Nelson A, Baratto L, Kallianos K, Codari M, Yu B, Jha P, Shams M, Stoyanova T, F. Chapelin, Liu A, Rashidi A, Soto F, Quintana Y, Davidzon GA, Marycz K, Gibbs IC, Chonde DB, Patel CB, and Daldrup-Link HE. I  “ Increasing Diversity in Radiology and Molecular Imaging: Current Challenges.” Molecular Imaging and Biology.
  4. Dankwa-Mullan I, Scheufele E, Matheny ME, Quintana Y, Chapman WW, Jackson G, and South BR. In Press. “A Proposed Strategy on Integrating Health Equity and Racial Justice into the Artificial Intelligence Development Lifecycle.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
  5. South BR, Chapman WW, Dankwa-Mullan I, Matheny M, and Quintana Y. 3/25/2021. “Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing Artificial Intelligence at the Speed of Technology Innovation During the COVID-19 Era.” In AMIA 2021 Virtual Informatics Summit. American Medical Informatics Association Conference.
  6. Zoe L and Quintana Y. 3/22/2021. “Challenges to Global Standardization of Outcome Measures.” In AMIA 2021 Virtual Informatics Summit. American Medical Informatics Association
  7. Y. Anacak, E. Zubizarreta, M. Zaghloul, S. Laskar, J. Alert, S. Gondhowiardjo, A. Giselvania, R. Correa-Villar, F. Pedrosa, B. Dorj, S. Kamer, S.C. Howard, Y. Quintana, R.C. Ribeiro, E. Rosenblatt, K. Hopkins. The Practice of Paediatric Radiation Oncology in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Outcomes of an International Atomic Energy Agency Study. Clinical Oncology, Nov 26 2020.
  8. MADCaP Team. A Custom Genotyping Array Reveals Population-Level Heterogeneity for the Genetic Risks of Prostate Cancer and Other Cancers in Africa. Cancer Res. 2020 Jul 1;80(13):2956-2966.
  9. MADCaP Team. Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of a Pan-African Cancer Research Network: Men of African Descent and Carcinoma of the Prostate. J Glob Oncol. 2018 Sep;(4):1-14.  PubMed PMID: 30260755
  10. MADCaP Team. Effective Project Management of a Pan-African Cancer Research Network: Men of African Descent and Carcinoma of the Prostate MADCAP. J Glob Oncol. 2018 Sep;(4):1-12. doi: 10.1200/JGO.18.00062. PubMed PMID: 30260756
  11. Quintana Y, Safran C. Global Health Informatics—An Overview. In Heimar de Fátima Marin, Eduardo Massad, Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Roberto J. Rodrigues and Daniel Sigulem, editors: Marin-Global Health Informatics, Oxford: Academic Press, December 2016, pp. 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804591-6.00001-X , ISBN: 9780128046173
  12. Quintana, Y. Challenges to Implementation of Global Translational Collaboration Platforms. MOJ Proteomics Bioinform 2(6): 00065. Nov. 20, 2015. DOI: 10.15406/mojpb.2015.02.00065  PMCID: PMC4717481
  13. Quintana Y, Patel AN, Arreola M, Antillon FG, Ribeiro RC, Howard SC. POND4Kids: a global web-based database for pediatric hematology and oncology outcome evaluation and collaboration. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013;183:251-6. PubMed PMID: 23388293.
  14. Quintana Y, Patel AN, Naidu PE, Howard SC, Antillon FA, Ribeiro RC. POND4Kids: a web-based pediatric cancer database for hospital-based cancer registration and clinical collaboration. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;164:227-31. PubMed PMID: 21335715.
  15. Richardson, S., Banks, M.S., Kettinger, W., and Quintana, Y.  IT and Agility in the Social Enterprise: A Case Study of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s ‘Cure4Kids’ IT-Platform for International Outreach. Journal of the Association of Information Systems. 2014: 15(1), pp 1-32.   
  16. Santiago TC, Jenkins JJ, Pedrosa F, Billups C, Quintana Y, Ribeiro RC, Qaddoumi I. Improving the histopathologic diagnosis of pediatric malignancies in a low-resource setting by combining focused training and telepathology strategies. Pediatric Blood Cancer. 2012 Feb 7.
  17. AlFaar A, Kamal S, Abouelnaga S, Greene W, Quintana Y, Ribeiro R, Qaddoumi I. International Telepharmacy Education: Another Venue to Improve Cancer Care in the Developing World. Telemedicine and e-Health. 2012 Jul-Aug;18(6):470-4.
  18. May D, Quintana Y, Chantada G, Ribeiro R. Developing Oncopedia: Creating and Editing an Online Collaborative Educational Resource for a Global Audience, Science Editor, Council of Science Editor, May – June 2009, Vol 32, No 3, pp. 75-77.