Dr Hugo Leroux
Research Scientist
Contact details:
- hugo.leroux@csiro.au
- +61732533614
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LVL 5 UQ HEALTH SCI BLD 901/16
HERSTON QLD 4029 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Hugo is a Research Scientist within CSIRO at the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC). He holds a PhD from Monash University where he investigated the effectiveness of Software Visualisation to expedite comprehension. His main interests are in using artificial intelligence techniques to mine disparate information sources. The key focus is on applying semantic technologies to integrate ontological information with clinical data in order to expedite querying, reasoning and visualisation techniques exposing the meaning and utility of the clinical data that is applied to biomarker and drug discovery in medicine. Prior to his research role, Hugo was a Software Engineer/Analyst with five years experience in a commercial environment, working in model-driven development, service-oriented architecture and information retrieval fields.
Current Roles
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Clinical Data Management
Designing and managing electronic data capture solutions -
Semantic Web Development
Designing and implementing semantically interoperable solutions for clinical research
Academic Qualifications
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1996
Bachelor of Science (HONS) in Computing and Information Systems
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2000
Master of Computing by Research
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2006
PhD
Achievements and Awards
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2011-2011
ICT Centre Supporting Science Award for the Health Information Systems project
CSIRO -
2017-2017
Health and Biosecurity - Excellence in Support Award
CSIRO
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2014-2016
Treasurer of the HISA QLD board
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2013-2014
Co-Secretary of the HISA QLD board
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2016-present
Co-Vice-Chair of the HISA QLD board
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2016-present
Reviewer, Journal of Medical Internet Research
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2013-present
Reviewer, Journal of Biomedical Semantics
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2013-present
Reviewer, Australasian Medical Journal
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2013-2014
Program Committee, Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Health (AIH)
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2017-present
Reviewer, Plos One
