Harry B. Burke, MD, PhD, was awarded his medical and doctoral degrees by the University of Chicago. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. His research interests include: improving safety, quality, and value; advanced statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and deep learning; health informatics, including clinical decision support systems and natural language processing; applied information theory; and the use of molecular biomarkers in precision medicine. He has an extensive publication record, he is a member of the Editorial Board of several journals, including the Journal of the National Cancer Instituteand the American Cancer Society’s journal Cancer, and he reviews for many high impact journals.
Selected publications can be accessed at harryburke.com.
Research
- Improving safety, quality, and value
- Advanced statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and deep learning
- Health informatics, including clinical decision support systems and natural language processing
- Applied information theory
- Use of molecular biomarkers in precision medicine
Grants
Current
- 2014 - 2019: Principal Investigator, Patient Safety and Quality Academic Collaborative, Defense Health Agency, Uniformed Services University joint program, Department of Defense, $2,750,000.
- 2018 – 2019: Principal Investigator, DHA Patient Safety Program, Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Program Management Support (USU).Department of Defense, $187,200.
Teaching
- Graduate Informatics Program:
- Bioinformatics: Clinical Genomics
- Proteomics & Biomarker Discovery: Clinical Proteomics
Centers and Institutes
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Programs
- Medical Informatics