Research in the public conversation.

Verified news coverage, interviews, research features, and public writing about trustworthy artificial intelligence, health informatics, and biomedical discovery.

Dr. Bukhari participating in a healthcare innovation panel
Research · Recognition · Public engagementIdeas carried into the public conversation.
Dr. Bukhari and colleagues presenting biomedical informatics research

Coverage archive

News, interviews, and research highlights.

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9 curated stories · Last reviewed August 4, 2026Each entry links to its public source or transparent archive record.

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Research funding · St. John’s University

St. John’s AI Lab Awarded Grant to Study Drug Repurposing

Coverage of the NIH-supported RESPOND initiative, which connects machine learning with biomedical evidence for respiratory-disorder drug repurposing.

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Research funding · St. John’s University

Professor Awarded Grant to Study Use of AI in Medical Coding

A $550,000 NSF award supports an AI system designed to help interpret clinical notes and improve the efficiency and accuracy of medical coding.

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Event highlight · St. John’s University

CCPS Panel Focuses on Health-Care Digitalization and Innovation

A panel at the Manhattan campus brought academic and industry perspectives to the opportunities and challenges shaping digital health care.

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Recognition · St. John’s University

Professor Named a Top Researcher in Artificial Intelligence Worldwide

Institutional coverage of his recognition among the top two percent of researchers globally in artificial intelligence.

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In the media · Newsday / St. John’s University

Dr. Bukhari on the Increased Use of AI in Health Care

A university media entry directing readers to his Newsday guest commentary on artificial intelligence in health care.

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Research funding · St. John’s University

CCPS Assistant Professor Receives NSF Grant

The NSF I-Corps project explored trustworthy medical-code recommendations using deep learning and knowledge graphs.

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Research highlight · St. John’s University

Innovative Methods to Improve Clinical Decision Support Systems at BIOSTEC

Three papers and a poster presented work in health-care NLP, hospital-readmission prediction, explainability, and trustworthy code recommendations.

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Research funding · St. John’s University

Faculty Member’s NSF Grant to Enhance Biomedical Content Search

A two-year, $175,000 NSF grant supported socio-technical methods for making biomedical content easier to author, structure, find, and reuse.

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Recognition · St. John’s University

Healthcare Informatics Professor Earns IEEE Award for Innovation

The IEEE Technological Innovation Award recognized significant advances in the standardization and processing of biomedical data.

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From the archive

Early coverage of biomedical image discovery.

Selected items from the CV’s media record documenting research conducted during Dr. Bukhari’s doctoral years at the University of New Brunswick.

University of New Brunswick

A Breakthrough in Big Image Data

UNB reported on collaboration with Yale School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School to make a biomedical-image collection of nearly two million images easier to search and reuse through semantic technologies.Read the UNB feature ↗

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Search within Images Now — Courtesy of Ahmad Bukhari

A technology profile described the semantic annotation and related-image retrieval approach developed for biomedical-image discovery.Read the profile ↗

CBC Information Morning — Saint John

UNBSJ’s Computer Science Department Helps Solve a Problem in the Imaging World

Dr. Bukhari’s archived site records a CBC Information Morning segment concerning the biomedical-imaging search work.Open the archived entry ↗

Honors and professional recognition

Selected distinctions across research, service, and scholarly leadership.

Explore professional awards, fellowships, major recognitions, and editorial service drawn from Dr. Bukhari’s academic record.

Selected honors · Last reviewed August 4, 2026View academic profile context
01 Professional honors and awardsResearch, innovation, teaching, and service
  • St. John’s University Research Recognition Award for collaborative research and sponsored grants aligned with the University’s mission.
  • St. John’s Faculty Recognition Awards recognizing contributions to teaching, research, and service.
  • IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award for contributions to biological-data standardization and processing.
  • Best poster recognitions for biomedical image search and semantics in health and life sciences.
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02 FellowshipsSupport for biomedical standards and advanced study
  • ORISE National Institutes of Health Fellowship at the National Library of Medicine for biomedical standardization work.
  • National Science Foundation Fellowship Award supporting participation in an international summer school on biocomplexity, biodesign, and bio-innovation.
  • University of New Brunswick Presidential Study Award supporting doctoral study.
  • International Center for Computational Logic and Fondazione Bruno Kessler awards supporting advanced international training.
03 Major recognitionsResearch impact and professional distinction
  • Global top-two-percent researcher recognition in artificial intelligence through the Stanford-curated scholarly-impact database.
  • ACM Distinguished Speaker recognition for public and professional communication in computing.
  • IEEE Senior Member recognition for significant professional achievement.
  • Summer Support of Research awards from St. John’s University for biomedical and semantic-data projects.
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04 Editorial positionsService to scientific publishing and professional communities
  • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, supporting peer review across interdisciplinary scientific research.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Big Data, supporting scholarship in large-scale data science and analytics.
  • Co-Chair, ACM Health IT, New York Metro Chapter, supporting regional health-technology programming.
  • Professional service in computational life sciences, including executive and newsletter leadership.

Public writing

Commentary on technology, health, and human impact.

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September 22, 2025 · Digital well-being

Humane Future, Well-Being for All — Reflections from #UNGA80

Reflections on digital well-being, human flourishing, and the responsibilities surrounding technology design.

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September 22, 2025 · Responsible design

Digital Fentanyl: The Unseen Crisis of Habit-Forming Applications

A discussion of persuasive digital design and a proposed NOURISH framework for families, designers, policymakers, and researchers.

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June 10, 2023 · NSF I-Corps

Insights from “Talking to Humans”

Lessons on customer discovery, testing risky assumptions, and gathering evidence through structured interviews.

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May 8, 2017 · Open science

Make Your Scientific Software Citable without Spending a Penny

A practical guide to connecting GitHub releases with Zenodo so research software can receive a persistent DOI.

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Personal archive

Student-years research notes, tutorials, and milestones

Earlier posts on semantic technologies, biomedical data, academic writing, code, and professional engagements.

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Ongoing activity

Follow new research and public engagement.

Recent conference updates, publications, lab milestones, and commentary are shared through LinkedIn and the Bukhari Lab.