Jorge R Herskovic, MD, PhD
Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Division of Discovery Science
About Dr. Jorge R Herskovic
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Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Director, Department of Academic Analytics and Technology, Division of Office of the Chief Academic Officer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Assistant Professor (Joint appointment), Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Division of Basic Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2008 | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, US, Health Informatics, Ph.D |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Director, Department of Academic Analytics and Technology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - Present
Institutional Committee Activities
Voting member, Research and Education IT Steering committee, 2019 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 1999 - 2025 | Top Sweet Potato Pie Eater, Sweet Potato Institute of America |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Herskovic J, Thistle V. Testing one more fun thing. e-Pub 2025.
- Joffe E, Pettigrew EJ, Herskovic JR, Bearden CF, Bernstam EV. Expert guided natural language processing using one-class classification. J Am Med Inform Assoc 22(5):962-6, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26063744.
- Herskovic J. Testing duplicates. Seattle Hipster. e-Pub 2000.
- Herskovic JR. Adding publication without status.
Selected Presentations & Talks
International Presentations
- 2005. Using incomplete citation data for MEDLINE results ranking. Invited. AMIA. Washington, US.
Formal Peers
- 2012. Academic Intelligence. Invited. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Biomedical Informatics. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Medication Reconciliation: When, Why, and How. Invited. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Biomedical Informatics. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Medication Reconciliation: When, Why, and How. Invited. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY, US.
- 2012. Medication Reconciliation: When, Why, and How. Invited. Accenture Technology Labs. San Jose, CA, US.
- 2011. The new Foundations of Health Informatics. Invited. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Biomedical Informatics. Houston, TX, US.
- 2010. Metadata: What, Why, & How?. Invited. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Health Information Sciences. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. The future of Biomedical IT. Invited. Houston Community College. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Informática Médica: más allá de los computadores. Invited. Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna. Santiago, CL.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2025 - 2029 |
| Title: | A grant for demonstration purposes |
| Funding Source: | National Institute for Imaginary Money |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2022 - 2023 |
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| Funding Source: | Veterans Administration |
| Role: | other_role |
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| Date: | 2012 - 2014 |
| Title: | National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare- SHARP |
| Funding Source: | UTHSC Houston |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 0007512 |
| Date: | 2010 - 2011 |
| Title: | University of Kentucky i2b2 Data Warehouse Development Plan |
| Funding Source: | University of Kentucky |
| Role: | PI |
| Title: | Encoding semantic knowledge in vector space for biomedical information |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NLM |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5-R21-LM010826-02 |
| Title: | Concept-level methods for comparative effectiveness research |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NLM |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5-RC1-RR028254-02 |
| Title: | UTHSC CCTS Program Planning Grant |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCRR |
| Role: | Investigator |
| ID: | 1-UL1-RR-024148 |
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified April 22, 2025