Data Science Institute

Social and Family History - Extraction, Representation, and Evaluation

Research Project

This project leverages advanced computational methods to transform social, behavioral, and familial factors from electronic health records into a rich longitudinal resource for generating knowledge regarding various determinants of health including their temporal progression, severity, and relationship to health conditions.

Social Family History

Research Leads

Liz Chen, Founding Associate Director of the Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics; Associate Professor of Medical Science; Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice at Brown University

Funding Sources

NIH/NLM