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Roles

Benjamin X. Collins, M.D., M.S., M.A.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Clinical

Medical Informatics

Bioethics


Curriculum Vitae

Last updated March 25, 2023
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Postdoctoral Research Training
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 07/2022 - present
Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Mentors: Ellen Wright Clayton, Bradley Malin

Graduate Education
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 07/2020 - 08/2022
M.S.Biomedical Informatics
Capstone Project: Development of an online training module for clinicians on algorithmic bias in medicine

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 09/2018 - 08/2020
M.A. Urban Bioethics
Thesis: A Sociotechnical Theory of Justice in Healthcare

George Mason University, Manassas, VA 08/2011 - 05/2012
Graduate Certificate Advanced Biomedical Sciences

Medical Education and Training
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 07/2020 - 06/2022
Clinical Informatics Fellowship

Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 06/2017 - 06/2020
Internal Medicine Residency

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 08/2013 - 05/2017
M.D.

Undergraduate Education
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 08/2006 - 05/2011
B.S. Biology
B.A. Homeland Security & Emergency Managment

Professional Development
Catalyzing Informatics Innovation (CI2) Program 09/2022 - 06/2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Selected for mentor support and guidance on conducting research related to progressing informatics.

Federal STEM Policy & Advocacy: An Inside the Beltway Look 10/12/2022 - 10/14/2022
Washington D.C.
Selected for exclusive program to attend training in Washington D.C. federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine policy and advocacy at Vanderbilt Office of Federal Relations.

Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab: Ethical Challenges of AI in Biomedicine 04/2022 - 06/2022
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Selected to attend program on ethical challenges of AI in biomedicine including virtual microlabs followed by participation in a one week in-person workshop.

Relational Leadership Institute 10/2021- 11/2021
OHSU, Portland, OR
Virtual healthcare leadership training to develop strategies for building teams, reshaping organizations, and supporting the well-being of team members. Training on collaboration styles, motivation skills, and advocacy.

Training Future Faculty 09/2021 - 04/2021
OHSU, Portland, OR
Participating in a teaching training program that includes workshops, opportunities for observation and feedback, online asynchronous course, and participation in a professional development group from January through April.

Cancer in the Under-Privileged, Indigent, or Disadvantaged Summer Fellowship 06/2014 - 08/2014
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Attended summer fellowship after 1st year of medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with lectures on cancer specifically in underserved populations and conducting bench research on breast cancer.



Academic Forum Best Paper Award, American Medical Informatics Association 11/07/2022

Catalyzing Informatics Innovation (CI2) Scholar, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 09/2022-06/2023


Research Experience
Research Intern 01/2023 - present
Systematic Review of Qualitative Perspectives on Physical Activity End-Points
Digital Medicine Society
Systematic literature review to extract content from studies on patient and clinician perspectives of types of physical activity end-points that are most important for a set of nine therapeutic areas.

Principal Investigator 08/2022 - present
Development and Validation of an AI in Healthcare Patient Literacy Measure
VUMC, Nashville, TN
Grant: Stead Foundation, up to $20,000, 09/2022 - 06/2023.
Conducting a study to determine what patients ought to know about AI in healthcare and to develop a measure of patient literacy of AI in healthcare.

Researcher 01/2021 - 03/2023
Neuroethical Analysis of Medical Invasiveness in the Use of Neurotechnology
OHSU, Portland, OR
PI: Eran Klein, MD, PhD
Extracted the meaning of invasiveness from a systematic review of neuroethics literature.

Co-Investigator 10/2020 - 12/2021
Clinical Photography Processes(ClinPhoto) Study for Photo Diversity
OHSU, Portland, OR
PI: Linda Felver, PhD
Investigated the workflow for taking clinical photographs: how that workflow influences the ability to obtain photographs on diverse skin tones, and ways to improve the process. Wrote IRB protocol and presented findings at AMIA Symposium November 2021.

Visiting Student 05/2014 - 08/2014
HOXA5 Genes in Breast Cancer
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
PI: Sarawhati Sukumar, PhD
Conducted bench research on the expression of HOXA5 gene in breast cancer.

Student Reseacher 01/2012 - 07/2012
Use of Continuous EEG in Neuro-ICU Patients
Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA
PI: Laith Altaweel, MD
Retrospective study on the use of continuous EEG in Neuro-ICU patients.

Student Reseacher 01/2011 - 05/2011
Modelling Cancer MEtastasis Using Cellular Automata
VCU, Richmond, VA
PI: Lemont Kier, PhD
Participated in the planning stages for the probability-based computer modeling of cancer metastasis using cellular automata.

Teaching Experience
Course Assistant, BMIF 7350: Technology & Society 09/2022 - 12/2022
VUMC, Nashville, TN
Helped to moderate discussions in a small-group based course on technology and society. Ran class session.

Teaching Assistant, BMI505F: Biomedical Informatics Fellows' Meeting 09/2021 - 12/2021
OHSU, Portland, OR
Moderated group meetings, provided course communication, developed schedule and tracked attendance.

Practice of Medicine Course Co-Leader 09/2016 - 04/2017
VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Worked with group of 10 1st year medical students to teach physical exam and patient interview skills.

Clinical Experience
Hospitalist 03/2023 - present
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Working part-time on weekends as attending physician on admitting service at VUMC.
Skills: Clinical care

Academic Hospitalist 12/2020 - 05/2022
Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR
Worked as attending on inpatient general medicine teaching service with residents and students about one week every 6-8 weeks during period of clinical informatics fellowship.
Skills: Clinical teaching, clinical care, leadership

Professional Service and Volunteer Experience
Advisory Board Member for Veterans Affairs and Department of Energy Project on Obstructive Sleep Apnea 03/2023 - present
Member of advisory board for joint project of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Energy on “Reducing Cardiovascular and Metabolic Morbidity: Deep Phenotyping of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, a Model for Targeted Treatment for Modifiable Risk Factors,” as an expert on artificial intelligence bias.

Centers of Excellence in ELSI Research (CEER) Annual Meeting Planning Committee 02/2023 - 06/2023
VUMC CEER, Nashville, TN
Participating in planning committee for putting together virtual meeting for CEER annual meeting including considering how the meeting would proceed, when it would occur, and it would be conducted

AIM-AHEAD Ethics Sub-Core 07/2022 - present
AIM-AHEAD (NIH)
Attending regular meetings on AI and health equity and AI ethics. Participating in projects and presentation as part of Sub-Core.

Bridge2AI Ethics Core 07/2022 - present
Bridge2AI (NIH)
Working within Bridge2AI ethics core on documenting the sources of potential harms from AI systems and ways to address those harms.

Journal Article Review 09/2022
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
Reviewed and provided recommendation on article for peer-review journal.

Scientific Program Committee 01/2022 - 11/2022
American Medical Informatics Association
Selected to participate in AMIA SPC to help oversee review process for submissions. Will supervise reviewers and develop a summary of submitted reviews and make a recommendation on each submission.

Clinical Decision Support Committee 11/2020 - 06/2022
OHSU, Portland, OR
Led resident on rotation in performing QI review of BPA on testing for Clostridioides difficile. Helped to implement recommendations from review. BPA tune-up of most commonly used BPAs, evaluating which to keep, adjust, or remove. Review of COVID testing BPA and testing protocol. Submitted SBAR reports for these projects. Conducting review of behavioral flags for patient violence to identify sources of bias in the process.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 11/2021 - Present
American Medical Informatics Association
Participating in AMIA DEI committee as a member of the education, governance, and policy subcommittee in an effort to spread knowledge on DEI principles as well as incorporate those principles into the organization.Education Co-chair 2023-2024.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 11/2020 - 06/2022
Department of Medical Informatics and Epidemiology, OHSU, Portland, OR
To improve diversity at OHSU and the larger community in the field of informatics through policy review, outreach, and learning through journal clubs and book clubs.

CrowDoing, Medicinal Foods Project 11/2020 - Present
Online Citizen Science Project
Serving as a volunteer medical advisor for internet-based citizen science project on the use of medicinal foods to help improve sleep, decrease stress, and decrease anxiety.

Peer Reviewer 01/2021 and 10/2021
Society of General Internal Medicine
Reviewed proposals for SGIM annual meet in the area of innovations in healthcare delivery and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Volunteer EMT 01/2011 - 04/2014
Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad, Henrico, VA
Served as a basic life support assistant initially, and then squad leader in providing BLS care in emergency situations and managing a team.

Project Academic, Career, and Education experiences (ACEe) 01/2014 - 04/2014
VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Served as mentor for high school student interested in the health care field. Provided support for the completion of student project.



Peer Reviewed Articles
Collins, B., & Klein, E. Invasive neurotechnology: A study of the concept of invasiveness in neuroethics. Neuroethics.. 2023, Mar.

Collins, B.X., Pierce, P., & Felver, L. Clinical photography processes (ClinPhoto) study for photo diversity. Journal of Visual Communications in Medicine. 2022, Jun; 45:3, 195-204.

Collins, B.X., Travaline, J., and Mulhall, P. Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia in a Patient with HIV. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 2019, Mar; 1(3): 203-204.

Collins, B.X., and Corey, S.J. Mature Ovarian Teratoma After Treatment for Unilateral Retinoblastoma with Nonmutated RB1. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2017, Aug; 39(6): 485-486.

Oral Presentations and Panels
Collins, B.X. (April 2023). What Do You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare? TEDx Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN.

Collins, B.X. [Panelist] (April 2023).Addressing Health Equity Through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): Real or Hype? Fisk University, Nashville, TN.

Collins, B.X. and Hendricks-Sturrup R.[Moderators] (March 2023). A Discussion on Race as a Variable in Artificial Intelligence. AIM-AHEAD. [Virtual].

Collins, B.X. (February 2023). Understanding AI Bias in the Context of Clinical Reasoning. University of North Carolina, Clinical Informatics Fellows Seminar. [Virtual].

Collins, B.X. (February 2023). Connecting the dots (nodes): Patient demographic factors and unclear ontologies in the study of artificial intelligence for healthcare. Center for Bioethics and Society Faculty Research Seminar. VUMC, Nashville, TN.

Collins, B.X. (November 2022). Development of an Online Training Module on Algorithmic Bias in Healthcare for Clinicians. Linking Informatics and Education Academic Forum Conference (LIEAF) at AMIA Symposium, Washington D.C.

Collins, B.X. (October 2022). Mis(trust) of Minority Populations in Healthcare and the Use of Emerging Technology. Oregon Health & Science University Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. [Virtual]

Collins, B.X. (September 2022). Attention to the Influence of Race and Ethnicity on Patient Trust in Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare. Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center InformaticCon. Nashville, TN.

Collins, B.X. (May 2022). Algorithmic Bias in Health Care: What do Clinicians Need to Know? Research Week, OHSU, Portland, OR.

Collins, B.X., Pierce, P., and Felver, L. (November 2021). Examining the Sociotechnical Process of Clinical Photography to Encourage Photo Diversity in Medical Education. AMIA Symposium, San Diego, CA.

Collins, B.X., (August 2021). Rotation Summary. Executive Leadership Team, OCHIN, Portland, OR.

Collins, B.X., (June 2021). Rethinking Drug and Alcohol Screening and Intervention. Clinical Operations Review Committee, OCHIN, Portland, OR.

Collins, B.X., (June 2021). (February, 2020). Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade. Morbidity & Mortality Rounds, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

Collins, B.X., (November, 2018). CMV in transplant patients.Morning Report, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

Collins, B.X., (November, 2018). (July 2014). HOXA5 Expression in Breast Cancer. Cancer in the Under-Privileged, Indigent, or Disadvantaged Summer Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Collins, B.X., (April 2012). The Association of Continuous EEG with Neurocritical Care Patient Outcome. George Mason University Neuroscience Symposium, Fairfax, VA.

Posters
Collins, B.X., (October 2022). Recommendations to Clinicians on Avoiding Algorithmic Bias in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Collins, B.X., (April 2022). The Emergence of a Digital Health Care Setting. Medicine Research Retreat, OHSU, Portland, OR.

Collins, B.X., (April, 2017). An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Virtual Patients.Medical Education Symposium, Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine, Richmond, VA.


Workshops Led
Society of General Internal Medicine ANnual Meet, Aurora, CO. May 11, 2023
Working with artificial intelligence in the clinical setting and minimizing the harm of algorithmic bias for patients

Journal Clubs
OHSU Informatics Journal Club February 17, 2022
Natural language word embeddings as a glimpse into healthcare language and associated mortality surrounding end of life

OHSU Informatics Journal Club August 26, 2021
Assessing data adequacy for high blood pressure clinical decision support: A quantitative analysis

OHSU Informatics Journal Club January 21, 2021
Factors associated with nurse well-being in relation to electronic health record use: A systematic review

OHSU Informatics Journal Club September 17, 2020
Operationalizing resilient healthcare concepts through a serious video game for clinicians





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Updates

February 21, 2023

Included as part of Black History Month celebration at VUMC.

November 7, 2022

Received best paper award for submission to AMIA Academic Forum.

December 27, 2021

Received invitation to join the scientific program committee for the 2022 AMIA Symposium.

November 4, 2021

Presented at the AMIA Symposium in San Diego, CA on Examining the Sociotechnical Process of Clinical Photography to Encourage Photo Diversity in Medical Education.