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Eric B. Durbin holds the position of Associate Professor in Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky. He serves in multiple leadership roles, including Director of Cancer Research Informatics and Director of the Kentucky Cancer Registry at the Markey Cancer Center and Cancer Research Priority Initiative. His work intersects biomedical informatics and cancer epidemiology, with a focus on data-driven solutions for public health.
- Education: Doctor of Public Health (2012) and Master of Science (1989) from the University of Kentucky
Dr. Durbin's research centers on electronic cancer surveillance, natural language processing (NLP) of clinical texts, and population health informatics. His projects analyze cancer trends in Kentucky and Appalachia, addressing disparities in incidence, treatment, and outcomes for breast cancer, lung cancer, and pediatric brain tumors. He develops advanced machine learning systems for pathology report classification and clinical data mining.
Recent publications highlight his methods in graph convolutional networks, uncertainty quantification for NLP, and privacy-preserving deep learning for sensitive health data. Funded by the National Cancer Institute and KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services, his grants focus on air pollution's impact on pediatric brain tumors, spatial transcriptomics, and health equity in fertility care for cancer survivors. Collaborations span institutions like MD Anderson and involve multi-site data integration for precision oncology.
