Yao Sun, MD, PhD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

My research interests are mainly in the domain of Clinical Informatics and include projects such as: development of clinical decision support tools (e.g. a smart TPN calculator), development of a software infrastructure platform for mobile health, development of research database interfaces and data repositories, and analytic tools for intensive care unit physiological data.

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As a Neonatologist, I am also involved in multidisciplinary research in educating and training parents to become more deeply involved in the care of their newborn infant in the Intensive Care Nursery.

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
• M.D. School of Medicine University of California Los Angeles 1989

Interests

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• mobile health informatics
• Clinical informatics

Websites

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• Clinical Profile at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Information Storage and RetrievalUnified Medical Language SystemFuzzy LogicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticNatural Language ProcessingDatabases as TopicComputer SystemsTherapy, Computer-AssistedArtificial IntelligenceGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedVocabulary, ControlledRespiration, ArtificialAlgorithmsDatabase Management Systems

• Perturbation of gene expression of the chromatin remodeling pathway in premature newborns at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
  Genome biology 2007 Cohen J, Van Marter LJ, Sun Y, Allred E, Leviton A, Kohane IS
• Predicting survival within the lung cancer histopathological hierarchy using a multi-scale genomic model of development.
  PLoS medicine 2006 Liu H, Kho AT, Kohane IS, Sun Y
• A system for automated lexical mapping.
  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2006 Sun JY, Sun Y
• Methods for automated concept mapping between medical databases.
  Journal of biomedical informatics 2004 Sun Y
• Linking multiple heterogeneous data sources to practice guidelines.
  Proceedings. AMIA Symposium 1998 van Wingerde FJ, Sun Y, Harary O, Mandl KD, Salem-Schatz S, Homer CJ, Kohane IS
• Computer-assisted adjustment of inspired oxygen concentration improves control of oxygen saturation in newborn infants requiring mechanical ventilation.
  The Journal of pediatrics 1997 Sun Y, Kohane IS, Stark AR
• Fuzzy logic assisted control of inspired oxygen in ventilated newborn infants.
  Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care 1994 Sun Y, Kohane I, Stark AR