Jorge R Herskovic, MD, PhD
Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Division of Discovery Science
About Dr. Jorge R Herskovic
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Director, Department of Academic Analytics and Technology, Division of Discovery Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Assistant Professor (Joint appointment), Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 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
Research Interests
My research interests include researching interesting Rorschach research, which I am interested in
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2008 | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, US, Health Informatics, Ph.D |
| 2005 | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, US, Health Informatics, M.S |
| 2002 | Universidad De Chile, Santiago, CL, MD |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Whee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2012
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Endowed Chair Whee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Director, Department of Academic Analytics and Technology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - Present
Director ad interim, Department of Academic Technology Services, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2015
Director, Department of Institutional Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2015
Lead, Joint Faculty-Administration Salary Working Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - Present
Academic Intelligence Analyst, Department of Academic Affairs, Sr VP Office, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2012 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Software Engineering Intern, Google Inc, Mountain View, CA, 2006 - 2006
Institutional Committee Activities
Voting member, Research and Education IT Steering committee, 2019 - Present
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- 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.
- Joffe E, Byrne MJ, Reeder P, Herskovic JR, Johnson CW, McCoy AB, Sittig DF. A benchmark comparison of deterministic and probabilistic methods for defining manual review datasets in duplicate records reconciliation. J Am Med Inform Assoc 21(1):97-104, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23703827.
- Bernstam EV, Johnson TR, Markowitz E, Herskovic JR, Thimbleby H. SYFSA: a framework for systematic yet flexible systems analysis. J Biomed Inform 46(4):665-75, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23727053.
- Goodwin JC, Johnson TR, Cohen T, Herskovic JR, Bernstam EV. Predicting biomedical document access as a function of past use. J Am Med Inform Assoc 19(3):473-8, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21917645.
- Herskovic JR, Subramanian D, Cohen T, Bozzo-Silva PA, Bearden CF, Bernstam EV. Graph-based signal integration for high-throughput phenotyping. BMC Bioinformatics 13 Suppl 13(Suppl 13):S2, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23320851.
- Joffe E, Havakuk O, Herskovic JR, Patel VL, Bernstam EV. Collaborative knowledge acquisition for the design of context-aware alert systems. J Am Med Inform Assoc 19(6):988-94, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22744961.
- Myers RB, Herskovic JR. Probabilistic techniques for obtaining accurate patient counts in Clinical Data Warehouses. J Biomed Inform 44 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S69-77, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21986292.
- Herskovic JR, Cohen T, Subramanian D, Iyengar MS, Smith JW, Bernstam EV. MEDRank: using graph-based concept ranking to index biomedical texts. Int J Med Inform 80(6):431-41, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21439897.
- Tanaka LY, Herskovic JR, Iyengar MS, Bernstam EV. Sequential result refinement for searching the biomedical literature. J Biomed Inform 42(4):678-84, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19272463.
- Herskovic JR, Iyengar MS, Bernstam EV. Using hit curves to compare search algorithm performance. J Biomed Inform 40(2):93-9, 2007. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16469545.
- Herskovic JR, Tanaka LY, Hersh W, Bernstam EV. A day in the life of PubMed: analysis of a typical day's query log. J Am Med Inform Assoc 14(2):212-20, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17213501.
- Bernstam EV, Herskovic JR, Aphinyanaphongs Y, Aliferis CF, Sriram MG, Hersh WR. Using citation data to improve retrieval from MEDLINE. J Am Med Inform Assoc 13(1):96-105, 2006. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16221938.
Other Articles
- Capurro D, Soto M, Vivent M, Lopetegui M, Herskovic JR [Biomedical informatics]. Rev Med Chil 139(12):1611-6, 2011. PMID: 22446710.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | Encoding semantic knowledge in vector space for biomedical information |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NLM |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Title: | Concept-level methods for comparative effectiveness research |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NLM |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Title: | UTHSC CCTS Program Planning Grant |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCRR |
| Role: | Investigator |
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| Funding Source: | Veterans Administration |
| Role: | other_role |
| Title: | National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare- SHARP |
| Funding Source: | UTHSC Houston |
| Role: | PI |
| Title: | University of Kentucky i2b2 Data Warehouse Development Plan |
| Funding Source: | University of Kentucky |
| Role: | PI |
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