Researchers @cuanschutz.bsky.social conducted a study in Zimbabwe exploring links between immune function, microbiome, diet and other lifestyle factors for people living with HIV. The team uncovered links that may inform healthcare interventions. Learn more➡️ https://cudbmi.info/zimbabwe-diet-hiv-1

A new EHR-based approach to pediatric sepsis surveillance shows strong validity and reveals a substantial burden: ~18,000 cases and 1,800 deaths annually in the US, with no significant decline over time.

As healthcare systems expand digital tools, research is raising an important question: who gets left behind? Samantha Stonbraker’s work shows that designing for diverse digital and health literacy levels improves usability, engagement, and outcomes.

New findings in glioblastoma treatment: bavituximab combined with chemoradiotherapy demonstrated encouraging survival and reduced tumor immunosuppression, with biomarkers that may help identify responders.

THIS TEAM ❤️💙

Can we get a “HELL YEAH” 🗣️

New multicenter analysis: early albumin administration in pediatric sepsis was linked to improved survival in patients with septic shock, with no benefit seen in non-shock cases. Highlights the importance of patient selection.

The medicalcoder R package supports running comorbidity algorithms on datasets—even those with ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. Today, developer @peteredewitt.bsky.social is presenting medicalcoder at the virtual R/Medicine 2026 conference at 2:06 p.m. ET. Learn more here➡️ https://cudbmi.info/medcoder-1

CRAN updates: medicalcoder #rstats

Retinal imaging may offer more than eye screening. This study shows ROP images, combined with clinical data, can help predict BPD and pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants—supporting earlier, noninvasive detection.

Playoff physicality.

I had the opportunity to present the medicalcoder R package as a short talk and a poster at the @cubiomedinfo.bsky.social Spring 2026 Symposium. #BiomedicalInformatics #RStats #HealthDataScience #ClinicalResearch

R/Medicine 2026 starts with 2 days of in-depth demos and workshops TOMORROW! There's still time to register! Full program here: rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #healthdata #healthcare

This week! R/Consortium 2026! May 5-8, 100% virtual 2 days of in-depth, hands-on demos and workshops, then 2 days of Keynotes, Talks, Lightning Talks - Ask questions, connect directly with speakers and peers rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #opensource #healthcare

Fought for this.

At CU Anschutz, our researchers are unlocking biological insights from incomplete datasets by providing guidelines to achieve near scRNA-seq accuracy in bulk deconvolution, enabling deeper insight into cell types and states within complex tissues ➡️ https://cudbmi.info/rna-guidelines-1

NICOLAS RAAAAA

No code, no downloads—just insights. The pedbp app makes it easy to explore and visualize pediatric blood pressure percentiles (BPPs) in a user-friendly web app. @cuanschutz.bsky.social researchers designed this tool give consistent access to BPPs.

A new Pediatric Sepsis Event (PSE) definition from CU Anschutz enables large-scale surveillance, shedding light on the true prevalence of pediatric sepsis and guiding better care and prevention nationwide.

Opening Move ♟️

Pediatric blood pressure isn't the simple 120/80 'healthy' ceiling we learn for adults—it's a function of age, sex and more. Led by @peteredewitt.bsky.social researchers @@cuanschutz.bsky.social developed pedbp: a tool for pediatric blood pressure percentiles. Learn more➡️ https://cudbmi.info/pedbp1

Just practicing hand cut dovetails #woodworking #handtools

The Dogg is BARKING 🐶

Among US #pediatric hospitalizations, an electronic health record–based definition identified #sepsis in 1.3% of encounters, with an in-hospital mortality rate of 10%. #SCCM2026 #CriticalCare @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social ja.ma/4uKFHJy

I was fortunate to be part of this project published on JAMA ja.ma/4sY38xb #pediatrics #sepsis #phoenix

I made this dice tower for some friends. Four baffles inside the tower. #woodworking

First to 100. First to clinch.

My abstract has been accepted for presentation at R/Medicine 2026. I’ll be my R package, medicalcoder. www.peteredewitt.com/medicalcoder/ Thank you @rconsortium.bsky.social for putting on the conference! #rstats #RMedicine #HealthInformatics #EHR #ClinicalResearch

Same ICD codes. Same patient. Different risk profiles. Encounter-level comorbidity logic assumes ICD codes are re-reported every visit. They usually aren’t. medicalcoder handles this 📦install.packages("medicalcoder") #rstats #HealthInformatics #EHR #ClinicalResearch #RiskAdjustment #PublicHealth

GUESS WHO’S BACK, BACK AGAIN 👀

Read more about how DBMI built the Wall of Software and why it’s important for the research community: news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/wall-of...

Every breakthrough in 2025, from new ICU guidelines to building one of the most complete human genome maps, reflects the power of working together to improve lives. Discover the stories behind the impact ➡️ https://cudbmi.info/top-stories-2025-1

Clinicians have a lot to consider for patient medications. LLMs could support medication management, but medications pose unique challenges for these LLMs. @cuanschutz.bsky.social researchers developed a benchmark suite to evaluate these implementations: https://cudbmi.info/rx-llm-1

phoenix supports researchers in implementing Phoenix & Phoenix-8 pediatric sepsis scoring—providing more reproducible research and findings that translate into better care over time. Learn more about the tool developed by researchers @cuanschutz.bsky.social➡️ https://cudbmi.info/phoenix-package-1

📦 medicalcoder v0.8.0 is now on CRAN. medicalcoder is a unified and longitudinally aware framework for ICD-based comorbidity assessment in #rstats CRAN: cran.r-project.org/package=medi... GitHub: github.com/dewittpe/med... Website: peteredewitt.com/medicalcoder/