Sarker Lab Emory University

Lab News & Highlights

BMI Awards 2025 are released! Graduate Student award for Excellence in Research Award was awarded to Yuting Guo and Dissertation Award was awarded to Yao Ge.

academic • 05/2025

BMI Awards 2025 are released! Graduate Student award for Excellence in Research Award was awarded to Yuting Guo and Dissertation Award was awarded to Yao Ge.

We celebrated Dr. Yao Ge's farewell party and made DIY pizzas!

social • 01/2025

We celebrated Dr. Yao Ge's farewell party and made DIY pizzas!

Congratulations to our PhD student Yao Ge on successfully passing the defense!

academic • 12/2024

Congratulations to our PhD student Yao Ge on successfully passing the defense!

BMI Holiday Party in 2024!

social • 11/2024

BMI Holiday Party in 2024!

First lab dinner at Wagaya!

social • 10/2024

First lab dinner at Wagaya!

Our lab celebrated Dr. Sarker's birthday at the BMI department!

social • 05/2024

Our lab celebrated Dr. Sarker's birthday at the BMI department!

Congratulations to JaMor on being a 2024 GA HIMSS David Cowan Scholarship winner!

academic • 05/2024

Congratulations to JaMor on being a 2024 GA HIMSS David Cowan Scholarship winner!

BMI Awards 2024 are released! Faculty Mentorship and Teaching Award was awarded to Dr. Abeed Sarker. Graduate Student award for Excellence in Research Award and Graduate Student Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion were awarded to Jeanne Powell.

academic • 05/2024

BMI Awards 2024 are released! Faculty Mentorship and Teaching Award was awarded to Dr. Abeed Sarker. Graduate Student award for Excellence in Research Award and Graduate Student Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion were awarded to Jeanne Powell.

Congratulations to JaMor for being elected to serve as a University Senate Representative on the 2024-2025 LGSC Exec Board!

academic, leadership • 04/2024

Congratulations to JaMor for being elected to serve as a University Senate Representative on the 2024-2025 LGSC Exec Board!

Our team showcased six posters during three poster sessions at the Biomedical STAR-AI symposium at Georgia Tech! Congratulations to JaMor for securing first place in session 1, and to Jeanne for clinching third place in session 3.

academic • 04/2024

Our team showcased six posters during three poster sessions at the Biomedical STAR-AI symposium at Georgia Tech! Congratulations to JaMor for securing first place in session 1, and to Jeanne for clinching third place in session 3.

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Swati Rajwal, who has been selected as an ambassador for Women in Data Science Worldwide in 2024!

academic, leadership • 02/2024

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Swati Rajwal, who has been selected as an ambassador for Women in Data Science Worldwide in 2024!

Dr. Sarker was selected as a fellow of AMIA (FAMIA). Congratulations!

academic, recognition • 12/2023

Dr. Sarker was selected as a fellow of AMIA (FAMIA). Congratulations!

Dr. Sarker co-organized a session with NIH/NIDA entitled

academic, outreach • 11/2023

Dr. Sarker co-organized a session with NIH/NIDA entitled "NIH HEAL Initiative--Leveraging Existing Data and Predictive Analytics to Combat the Opioid and Overdose Epidemic".

JaMor Hairston, a Ph.D. student working with us, has been elected as the Student Director of the AMIA Board of Directors. Starting January 2024, JaMor will serve a one-year term in this new role, advocating for and representing the AMIA student body!

leadership, academic • 11/2023

JaMor Hairston, a Ph.D. student working with us, has been elected as the Student Director of the AMIA Board of Directors. Starting January 2024, JaMor will serve a one-year term in this new role, advocating for and representing the AMIA student body!

Our postdoctoral fellow Sudeshna Das has been selected as the Women Breakthrough Award winner for Gender Mainstreaming by Falling Walls and Elsevier Foundation. She is one of four awardees for the year 2023, selected from 82 candidates from 39 countries.

academic, recognition • 10/2023

Our postdoctoral fellow Sudeshna Das has been selected as the Women Breakthrough Award winner for Gender Mainstreaming by Falling Walls and Elsevier Foundation. She is one of four awardees for the year 2023, selected from 82 candidates from 39 countries.

Four PhD students in our lab (Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Jeanne Powell, and Echo Zhang) had poster presentations in AMIA 2023.

academic • 10/2023

Four PhD students in our lab (Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Jeanne Powell, and Echo Zhang) had poster presentations in AMIA 2023.

Dr. Sarker discussed the significance of health data on social media during the interview with Scripps National News. The interview is available on YouTube.

outreach • 05/2022

Dr. Sarker discussed the significance of health data on social media during the interview with Scripps National News. The interview is available on YouTube.

BMI's Chrismas holiday party!

social • 12/2023

BMI's Chrismas holiday party!

Our team attended AMIA 2023 and had a dinner in New Orleans.

social, academic • 10/2023

Our team attended AMIA 2023 and had a dinner in New Orleans.