Jake Luo, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Health Informatics and Administration
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Email: JakeLuo@uwm.edu

Adjunct Professor
Clinical & Transnational Science Institute of SE WI
Medical College of Wisconsin
Email: zluo@mcw.edu

 

Research Topic Areas:

  • Big Data and Predictive Analysis
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Patient-centered Health App Development
  • Text Mining and Information Extraction
  • Artificial Intelligence and machine learning

Research Interests:

Jake Luo’s research interest lies in data-driven predictive analysis using machine learning-based algorithms and technologies, such as data mining, natural language processing and knowledge representation and modelling. He is interested in investigating how these computing technologies can be used to improve health care by discovering new knowledge and providing intelligent decision support for clinicians, medical researchers, patients, and policymakers.

Luo’s active research programs involve developing innovative heath data science technologies for knowledge discovery, adapting machine learning algorithms to enhance clinical data processing, implementing collaborative team science initiatives to improve health services and research, and creating intelligent clinical informatics tools to support evidence-based decision making.

Honors & Awards

  • CETL Teacher Excellence Award (2023). This award was nominated by students.
  • Dean’s Research Award (2019)
  • Outstanding Clinical Research Informatics Paper Award Nominated (2014) AMIA.
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award (2013) MedInfo 2013.
  • Top hottest 25 paper (2012) Journal of Biomedical Informatics.
  • Distinguished paper award (2011) AMIA CRI summit.

Teaching Courses

  • Big Data Processing in Health Care (Fall)
  • Introduction to Health Care Informatics (Spring)
  • Graduate Professional Project and Thesis (Fall & Spring)
  • Biomedical Informatics Seminar
  • Fundamental Programming
  • Advanced Programming

Academic Administrative Services

I am the Director of the Center for Health System Solutions at UWM.

I also serve as the Director of the Health Care Informatics graduate program at the HIA department. 

For more information, please see their corresponding web site.

Contact:

Email (preferred): jakeluo@uwm.edu
Phone: 414-229-7333
Office: NWQ-B 6460
2025 E Newport Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211

Student walk-in office hours:

(Please make an appointment through email)
Monday: 1 PM – 4 PM (Fall semester)
Tuesday: 1 PM – 4 PM (Spring semester)