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Alexander Turchin, M.D.

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1995
Albert Borghman / Phi Beta Kappa Thesis Prize
1995
Caducean Premedical Award
1995
Founders' Day Class Representative for Honors Scholars
1995
Wortis Biological Prize
2005
Best eHealth Research Paper 2005 finalist
2005
Young Investigator Award finalist, International Aldosterone Conference
2008
Article of the Month, Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication
2009
AMIA Annual Symposium Distinguished Paper Award
2010
AMIA Annual Symposium Distinguished Paper Award
2011
AMIA Annual Symposium Distinguished Paper Award finalist
2014
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics

Overview
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My research focuses on quality of care and outcomes in treatment of chronic endocrine diseases. Our group utilizes advanced Medical Informatics technologies, including Natural Language Processing, to analyze electronic medical record data of thousands of patients to determine how we can improve care of patients with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Main directions of our research include:
a) optimal targets and strategies in treatment of diabetes and hypertension
b) adverse reactions to medications in chronic disease
c) lifestyle counseling in chronic illness in real-life medical practice
d) relationship of electronic documentation to patient outcomes
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Optimal systolic blood pressure target, time-to-intensification and time-to-follow-up in the treatment of hypertension
Full Time/Year Long, 09/24/12 - 09/23/13

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  1. ME-2022C2-27637 (Alexander Turchin) Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2027
    PCORI
    Identification of Temporal Data Patterns Predictive of Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes
    Role Description: The goal of the study is to develop predictive models for outcomes of diabetes care using advanced AI analytical techniques.
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. DB-2020C2-20308 (Alexander Turchin) Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2025
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    BESTMED: oBservational Evaluation of Second line Therapy MEdications in Diabetes
    Role Description: The goal of the study is to identify optimal second-line (after metformin) treatment of type 2 diabetes
    Role: Principal Investigator
  3. ME-2019C1-15328 (Alexander Turchin) Apr 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2024
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    Using topic segmentation to enhance concept parsing and identification of negations
    Role Description: To determine whether modern NLP technologies can increase accuracy of NLP parsing of EHR data by implementing topic segmentation.
    Role: Principal Investigator
  4. R41DK105612 (TURCHIN, ALEXANDER) Sep 1, 2015 - Aug 31, 2017
    NIH
    Identification of patients with diabetes at high risk for treatment failure
    Role: Principal Investigator
  5. R01HS024090 (TURCHIN, ALEXANDER) Aug 1, 2015 - May 31, 2019
    NIH
    Identification of Patients with Low Life Expectancy
    Role: Principal Investigator

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