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when I went to school I was thinking
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that I would be sort of pre-professional
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a dentist instead I got interested in
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computer science through some classes
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that I took and decided to major in that
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following graduation I answered a blind
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ad in the Indianapolis Star that said
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computer programmer wanted little did I
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know that that organization the the
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working poor was doing health care
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information technology research and that
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really kind of lit the spark in me to
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pursue this kind of research as my
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pathway one of the problems that we face
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today in our health system is that we're
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trying to improve how we capture data
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and information electronically how we
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manage that information and then share
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it or move it electronically to the
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people and the organizations that need
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to be aware of what's happening to
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patients and populations so in our
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current work what we're looking at doing
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is trying to improve how we capture
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information about individuals who are
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diagnosed with an infectious disease and
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then move that data to public health
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agencies where the staff at those
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agencies can better assess the
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prevalence of the diseases and then
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design interventions that would improve
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the outcomes for the people diagnosed
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with those diseases current research has
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shown that not all the cases that
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actually occur in the population get
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reported to the public health agency so
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we're working on a project now a grant
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that we want to submit we're in that
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research we would use machine learning
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models so more advanced techniques in
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computer science to try to improve how
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we detect those cases from the data that
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flow around inside of our hie network so
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that we can identify the
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cases and get that information reported
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to public health to prevent the spread
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of those diseases the research
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Trailblazer award is a great honor to me
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it the award I think is a mark a
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distinction that recognizes that what
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I'm doing in my lab or in my research
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center is not only important to to the
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to our Center but it's also important to
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the mission of the University and that's
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what it means to me to be recognized in
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that way and and it's an honor
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I think what empower really did was help
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us be think through what we wanted the
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relationship to be like how we wanted to
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structure it what the outcomes were so I
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think that really having that empower
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experience fairly early on in our
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relationship really helped enrich the
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whole mentoring experience
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so I choose to be mentored by someone in
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my discipline which is nursing because
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not only is it important for the
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meta-major relationship fit but it was
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also important that I have someone who
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could mentor me as a future you know as
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a nursing academic
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I think one of the best things that
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happened that came out of our mentor
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mentee relationship as I started to
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write put much together my dossier was
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having Claire you know after six five
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years of relationship she had enough
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knowledge to near me enough to be able
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to look at my packet especially the
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personal statement and say this is you
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or no this is not yield I think that was
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critical to really producing an
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impressive dossier for promotion and
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tenure
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and power helped us with this I believe
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but to really have conversations early
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on about what both the mentor and the
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mentee want out of the relationship to
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be really transparent about that I would
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say because of this mentoring
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relationship I have developed a very
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rich lifelong relationship with a
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colleague who's who I value very highly
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