Kevin Chen

Kevin Chen

Health Data Scientist | MS Health Informatics @ IU

Bridging 5+ years of surgical expertise with GenAI, NLP, and Forecast Modeling

🏆 1st Place SCCM Datathon 2025 📊 0.88 AUROC Mortality Model 🎓 AMIA Distinguished Poster Nominee

About Me

Building Technical-Clinical Bridges

I am a Health Data Scientist specializing in translating messy EHR data and clinical text into predictive models that optimize clinical workflows and bedside decision-support systems.

With a background in surgery (BDS) and advanced training in health informatics, I combine clinical domain expertise with cutting-edge data science to solve real-world healthcare challenges.

Machine Learning & AI
Natural Language Processing
Healthcare Interoperability (FHIR)
Clinical Decision Support
Statistical Analysis (R, Python)
EHR Systems Integration
Know More About My Journey
5+
Years Surgical Experience
20%
Physician Engagement Increase
92.7%
ARDS Treatment Gap Identified
0.88
Model AUROC Score

Featured Projects

HealthLinker: FHIR ETL Pipeline

Healthcare Interoperability System

Production-grade ETL pipeline demonstrating healthcare interoperability using FHIR R4, OAuth 2.0, and SNOMED CT for secure patient data exchange.

Python FHIR R4 OAuth 2.0 SNOMED CT REST API

OpenMRS Oral Health Risk Assessment

Clinical Decision Support Tool

Clinical decision support tool integrated with OpenMRS to assess oral health risks in burn injury patients with automated risk scoring and EHR integration.

JavaScript OpenMRS jQuery SNOMED CT Clinical DSS

NLP Topic Modeling

Healthcare Informatics Research (ICHI Paper)

Advanced NLP project comparing LDA, TOP2Vec, and BERTopic for topic discovery in 300+ health informatics capstone presentations.

Python NLP BERTopic HDBSCAN Transformers

Exercise Behavior Change App

mHealth Intervention for Parkinson's Patients

Flutter/Firebase mobile health app leveraging ML recommender systems to increase exercise adherence in Parkinson's patients by 30%. AMIA 2025 Distinguished Poster Nominee.

Flutter Firebase ML Dart mHealth

Leadership & Achievements

🏆 Award-Winning Leader in Health Informatics

Leading 5+ student organizations • AMIA President • Graduate Emissary • SCCM Datathon Winner

5
Leadership Roles
6
Major Achievements
200+
Students Impacted
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