Disputas – Master of science in pharmacy Mohsen Askar

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 09.15, samme sted: Categorizing and measuring the clinical relevance of drug-related problems Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trial lecture will also be streamed. Disputasen starter kl. 11.15 i Auditorium Cerebellum. Auditoriet er åpent for publikum, men disputasen vil likevel bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The auditorium is open to the public, but the defense will also be streamed here. A recording of the defense will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

With an aging population and rising healthcare demands, we need to incorporate domain knowledge and smart tools to alleviate this burden. The thesis explores how national registries can be used to predict hospitalizations in older adults. We used Machine Learning (ML) to look at health records to find patterns that might show when someone is likely to need hospital care.

We began by reviewing previous work and found some areas that needed more work. One big challenge was how to represent the different medical codes in ML models. We introduced a new method of grouping similar medical codes, which made it easier for ML algorithms to understand clinical patterns. Using the same method, we studied disease combination patterns in the older population.

Finally, we built an ML model that can predict admissions by considering multiple health factors of patients’ health history. The model can support doctors and hospitals in planning better care and possibly prevent hospital stays.

Hovedveileder
Førsteamanuensis Kristian Svendsen, Institutt for farmasi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Biveileder 
Professor Lars Småbrekke, Institutt for farmasi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Professor Lars Ailo Aslaksen Bongo, Institutt for informatikk, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Førsteamanuensis Einar Jakobsen Holsbø, Institutt for informatikk, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
 

Bedømmelseskomité
Førsteamanuensis Leon Eyrich Jessen, DTU Technical University of Denmark – 1. Opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Michael Due Larsen, NTNU - 2. Opponent.
Professor Thrina Loennechen, Institutt for farmasi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.

Disputasleder
Professor Pål Jarle Johnsen, Institutt for farmasi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.