{"id":486,"date":"2018-03-13T18:50:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bme.ufl.edu\/labs\/rashidi\/?page_id=486"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:44:27","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2022\/03\/15\/natural-language-processing-analyzing-clinical-and-mental-health-notes\/\">Natural Language Processing: Analyzing Clinical and Mental Health Notes<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-03-15T16:34:24-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 15, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In contrast to the structured clinical data typically used for administrative purposes, clinical notes are more nuanced and are primarily used by healthcare providers for detailed documentation. Each patient encounter is associated with several clinical notes. This poses many challenges for analyzing the free text in these documents. The same holds for notes taken in\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2022\/03\/15\/natural-language-processing-analyzing-clinical-and-mental-health-notes\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Natural Language Processing: Analyzing Clinical and Mental Health Notes<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2021\/04\/07\/dr-rashidi-at-isn-virtual-world-congress-of-nephrology-2021\/\">Dr. Rashidi at ISN Virtual World Congress of Nephrology 2021<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-07T14:43:11-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 7, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Dr. Rashidi will join Dr. Azra Bihorac and Dr. Yoshua Bengio in a discussion titled \u201cHow to achieve equitable, inclusive, and ethical AI development and implementation\u201d at ISN Virtual World Congress of Nephrology 2021.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2021\/02\/04\/human-activity-recognition\/\">Human Activity Recognition Using Inertial, Physiological and Environmental Sensors<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-02-04T18:46:10-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 4, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A Comprehensive Survey&nbsp; Human Activity Recognition Research Paper [link] Nowadays, the aging population is becoming one of the world&#8217;s primary concerns. It is estimated that the population aged over 65 will increase from 461 million to 2 billion by 2050. Such a substantial increase in the elderly population will have significant social and health care\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2021\/02\/04\/human-activity-recognition\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Human Activity Recognition Using Inertial, Physiological and Environmental Sensors<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/06\/06\/nih-mitchel-max-award-finalist\/\">NIH Mitchel Max Award- Finalist<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-06-06T12:38:24-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 6, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Dr. Rashidi is nominated as one of the three finalists for the National Institute of Health (NIH) Mitchel Max Award for Excellence in Research.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/05\/03\/hwcoe-excellence-award\/\">HWCOE Excellence Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-05-03T20:36:15-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 3, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Original Article: Link Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D., areceived the HWCOE Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. This award is given to faculty who bring distinction to the university through their outstanding commitment to teaching, scholarship, service, research and creative activity.&nbsp;&nbsp;The awards are focused on junior faculty and recognize excellence in research.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/05\/03\/uf-excellence-award\/\">Provost Excellence Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-05-03T20:34:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 3, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Main Article: Link Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received UF\u2019s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors for 2019. The award is one of the university\u2019s top honors for a junior faculty member. Rashidi is the director of the \u201cIntelligent Health Lab\u201d (i-Heal). Her area\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/05\/03\/uf-excellence-award\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Provost Excellence Award<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/05\/03\/provost-excellence-award\/\">Provost Excellence Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-05-03T14:11:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 3, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received UF\u2019s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors for 2019. The award is one of the university\u2019s top honors for a junior faculty member. Rashidi is the director of the \u201cIntelligent Health Lab\u201d (i-Heal). Her area of research includes\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/05\/03\/provost-excellence-award\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Provost Excellence Award<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/02\/25\/news-coverage-by-cbs\/\">News Coverage in CBS<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-02-25T19:08:15-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 25, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A first of its kind technology developed here in Gainesville can predict the probability and possible cause of death in the intensive care unit before vitals even fail.\u00a0The new artificial intelligence system has the capability to combine and interpret the information of a patient\u2019s vitals\u2014it then can predict why a patient\u2019s vitals may be changing.\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/02\/25\/news-coverage-by-cbs\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: News Coverage in CBS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/02\/25\/fox13-coverage-of-deepsofa\/\">News Coverage in Fox13<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-02-25T18:54:37-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 25, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Artificial intelligence used in the ICU to predict mortality, news story: Watch the video here:\u00a0link<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/02\/22\/news-coverage-in-alligator-newspaper\/\">News Coverage in Alligator Newspaper<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-02-22T14:13:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 22, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Excerpt from the original&nbsp;story: UF researchers can now assess and treat a patient\u2019s condition faster than ever before with advanced artificial intelligence technology. Dr. Azra Bihorac, a UF college of medicine and surgery professor, and Parisa Rashidi, a UF biomedical engineering assistant professor, published research last Tuesday in the Nature Scientific Reports journal that describes\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/2019\/02\/22\/news-coverage-in-alligator-newspaper\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: News Coverage in Alligator Newspaper<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/category\/all-news\/page\/2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/category\/all-news\/page\/2\">More News>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More News>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-sidebar-none.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-486","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1701,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions\/1701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/rashidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}