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Griffin M Weber, M.D., Ph.D.

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Harvard University, BostonSB06/2000Bioengineering
Harvard University, BostonSM06/2004Computer Science
Harvard University, BostonPhD06/2005Computer Science
Harvard University, BostonMD06/2007Medicine
2003
Lee B. Lusted Student Prize
2007
Massachusetts Medical Society Medical Technology Award
2010
Distinguished Poster Award at AMIA 2010 Annual Symposium
2011
Top Podium Presentation at AMIA 2011 Joint Summits on Translational Science
2020
Elected Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (FACMI)

Overview
Griffin Weber, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics in the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School (HMS). He is also the Director of the Biomedical Research Informatics Core (BRIC) at BIDMC.

One of Dr. Weber's research areas is in expertise mining and social network analysis. He invented an open source social networking website for scientists called Profiles RNS (http://profiles.catalyst.harvard.edu). It automatically mines large datasets such as PubMed, NIH ExPORTER, and the U.S. patent database to discover investigators' research areas and scientific networks. It presents these connections using temporal, geospatial, and network visualizations. The software has numerous applications, ranging from finding individual collaborators and mentors to understanding the dynamics of an entire research community. Profiles RNS is now used at dozens of universities across the country.

Dr. Weber is also an investigator on Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2), an NIH National Center for Biomedical Computing, for which he helped developed a web-based open source platform that enables a variety of functions including queries of large clinical repositories for hypothesis testing and identification of patients for clinical trials (http://i2b2.org). He also created the original prototype software for the Shared Health Research Information Network (SHRINE), which is a federated query tool that connects i2b2 databases across multiple institutions. More than 100 institutions worldwide use i2b2 and SHRINE to support clinical research.

Dr. Weber received his M.D. and Ph.D. in computer science from Harvard University in 2007. While still a student, he became the first Chief Technology Officer of Harvard Medical School and built an educational web portal that provides interactive online content to over 500 courses. His past research projects also include analyzing DNA microarrays, modeling the growth of breast cancer tumors, and creating algorithms for predicting life expectancy.

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  1. R01LM013345 (WEBER, GRIFFIN M) Sep 4, 2020 - Aug 31, 2024
    NIH
    Biases introduced by filtering electronic health records for patients with "complete data"
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. R01GM137410 (LUNGEANU, ALINA IONICA) Dec 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2024
    NIH
    SCISIPBIO: Understanding and Assembling Dream Teams to Conduct Clinical and Translational Science
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  3. CDRN130604608 (MANDL, KENNETH) Oct 1, 2015 - Sep 1, 2018
    PCORI
    Collaborative Infrastructure for a Learning Healthcare System
    Role: Co-Investigator
  4. U01CA198934 (WEBER, GRIFFIN M) Jun 1, 2015 - May 31, 2019
    NIH
    Visualizing healthcare system dynamics in biomedical Big Data
    Role: Principal Investigator
  5. U01GM112623 (WEBER, GRIFFIN M) Jan 15, 2015 - Dec 31, 2019
    NIH
    Modeling scientific workforce dynamics using social network analysis
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.