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All seminars are held on Friday mornings from 9:00 – 10:00 am ET unless otherwise noted.

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Friday, October 3, 2025 | 9:00 – 10:00 am

Epidemiology of Pre-Adolescent Hospitalizations for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in the U.S.

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Laura Prichett, PhD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) and among children and pre-adolescents (ages 6-12 years) are increasing at alarming rates in the United States, with differences in trends by race, ethnicity, and sex. Little is known about non-fatal STBs in the group. We used nationally representative emergency department and inpatient data to explore this issue in depth. We found that the most common reason for pre-adolescent STB-related hospital encounters was suicidal ideation (78.6%), followed by intentional overdose (16.8%). The highest rates of STB-related encounters occurred among American Indian/Alaska Native females, followed by White females, Black females and Hispanic females.

Friday, October 10, 2025 | 9:00 – 10:00 am

From silos to synergy:
Integrating academic health informatics with operational IT for healthcare transformation

Elizabeth R. Stevens, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Director, Research Development, Department of Health Informatics
NYU Langone Health

This talk explores the emergence of applied health informatics and the need for intentional integration between academic informatics and operational IT. Highlighting NYU Langone Health’s creation of a unified Department of Health Informatics, it presents a model for aligning digital innovation with clinical operations to advance healthcare system goals.

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