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Assistant Professor Ophthalmology
s1baxter@health.ucsd.edu
@SallyLiuBaxter
sally.baxter
9415 Campus Point Drive,
MC0946, La Jolla, CA 92093
Overview
I am a comprehensive ophthalmologist and informaticist at UCSD. My research interests include health information technology integration into clinical workflows; predictive modeling utilizing traditional statistical methods, machine learning/deep learning, and natural language processing; implementation and clinical translation of these models; and integrating sensors, wearables, and other digital health technology for supporting clinical care. I am especially interested in how to leverage technology to improve care for special populations such as older individuals, individuals with disabilities (e.g. visual impairment), and minority groups.
Education and Training
- Undergraduate: B.S. in Biology, Minor in Physics, Certificate in Genome Science and Policy, Duke University
- Graduate: Master’s of Science (M.Sc.) in Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Medical School: M.S., Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Internship: Preliminary Internal Medicine, University of California San Diego
- Residency: Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego
- Fellowship: National Library of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego
Selected Honors and Awards
- NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (2020)
- Veterans Affairs Systems Redesign Award (2019)
- Lamont Ericson, MD Award for Outstanding Patient Care by a Resident (2018)
- Heed Fellowship (2018)
- Charles A. Oliver Memorial Prize for Highest Record of Performance in Ophthalmology at Penn Med (2014)
- Gamble Scholarship/21st Century Scholarship – Full tuition scholarship at Penn Med (2010-2014)
- United States Marshall Scholarship (2009)
- Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship – Full academic merit scholarship for undergraduate study at Duke (2005-2009)
Research Activities and Funding
- Multi-modal Health Information Technology Innovations for Precision Management of Glaucoma
NIH DP5OD029610
Role: Principal Investigator
- Consortium Phase II Demonstration Project: Validation of Published Clinical Descriptive and Predictive Models on All of Us Data
NIH All of Us Research Program
Role: Project Principal Investigator
- Rapid Response Data for Discoveries: COVID-19 Clinical data Collection to Promote Better Outcomes
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Role: Co-Investigator
- Recruitment & Retention Doctoral Diversity (R2D2) Initiative in Informatics
UC Office of the President
Role: Co-Investigator
- Racial differences in smoking-related glaucoma progression: Effects on neural and vascular tissue
University of California Tobacco-related Disease Research Program
Role: Co-Investigator