Category I Dana Talks: Natalie Cartwright
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Mar 3, 2027
- 12:00 - 12:50pm EST
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Cyber Fusion Center
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Cyber Fusion Center
The Charles A. Dana Category I Lecture Series presents "Identifying Firearm Violence from Electronic Health Records Data," presented by Dr. Natalie Cartwright, professor of mathematics.
About the Lecture
Firearm violence may be primary (e.g., direct injury) or secondary (e.g., a friend or family member is shot). Studies on firearm violence suggest that such exposure may be associated with adverse health outcomes. However, many of these studies are limited in scope due to restricted data sources, thereby limiting our understanding of how health outcomes may be affected by firearm violence. Our current work provides information on a novel data source from low-resource populations seen at a subset of U.S. community health clinics. We first estimate what percentage of those patients with direct injury have a relevant code in their electronic health record (EHR). We then develop a natural language processing model to read EHR clinical notes to identify patients with any exposure to firearm violence. Our work shows that EHRs from primary and behavioral health care clinics contain data on firearm violence that can be used to study health outcomes after firearm violence or used to provide individualized health care.
Event Details
Lecture to be held in the Cyber Fusion Center, Room 112.
About Dr. Natalie Cartwright
Natalie Cartwright earned a B.S. in business administration, M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics, and is currently a professor of mathematics at Norwich University. She is an applied mathematician with two main research areas (so far): wave propagation through causal dielectrics and, more recently, AI and ML to advance emerging health technologies that also address health disparities. Dr. Cartwright's work has been funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Institutes of Health.
About the Charles A. Dana Category I Grants
The Charles A. Dana Category I Grants are supported by an endowed fund from the Dana Foundation for the purpose of attracting and retaining faculty of exceptional caliber. Grants are awarded annually to tenure-track faculty who demonstrate superior scholarship, teaching ability, and University service.
Grant recipients participate in the Charles A. Dana Category I Lecture Series during the year in which they receive their awards.