Bilde av Chomutare, Taridzo Fred
Bilde av Chomutare, Taridzo Fred
Førsteamanuensis Department of Computer Science taridzo.chomutare@uit.no

Taridzo Fred Chomutare


Job description

I am a researcher with a background in computer science and a passion for advancing healthcare through medical informatics, and I have dedicated my career to exploring the intersection of technology and healthcare.

Throughout my career, I've focused on several key areas, including self-management of chronic conditions such as diabetes and obesity. My research has involved developing digital health interventions and tools aimed at empowering patients to better manage their health and improve outcomes. More recently, I've expanded my work into clinical text mining, where I apply advanced natural language processing (NLP) techniques to extract valuable insights from vast amounts of unstructured clinical data in electronic health record systems (EHR), often using interdisciplinary approaches that involve collaborating with clinicians, healthcare providers, and data scientists to address complex healthcare challenges and bridge the gap between research and practice.

In terms of teaching, I co-lecture a number of courses at the Department of Computer Science, and also co-supervise PhD candidates in the Health Informatics and Technology (HIT) group.


  • Phuong Dinh Ngo, Miguel Angel Tejedor Hernandez, Therese Olsen Svenning, Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Andrius Budrionis, Hercules Dalianis :
    Deidentifying a Norwegian clinical corpus - An effort to create a privacy-preserving Norwegian large clinical language model
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Approaches to Language Data Pseudonymization (CALD-pseudo 2024) 2024 ARKIV
  • Luis Marco Ruiz, Miguel Angel Tejedor Hernandez, Phuong Dinh Ngo, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Therese Olsen Svenning, Kari Dyb et al.:
    A multinational study on artificial intelligence adoption: Clinical implementers' perspectives
    International Journal of Medical Informatics 2024 DOI
  • Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Anastasios Lamproudis, Andrius Budrionis, Therese Olsen Svenning, Lill Irene Hind, Phuong Dinh Ngo et al.:
    Improving Quality of ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision) Coding Using AI: Protocol for a Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial
    JMIR Research Protocols 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anastasios Lamproudis, Sara Mora, Therese Olsen Svenning, Torbjørn Torsvik, Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Phuong Dinh Ngo et al.:
    De-identifying Norwegian Clinical Text using Resources from Swedish and Danish
    AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2023 ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • Anastasios Lamproudis, Therese Olsen Svenning, Torbjørn Torsvik, Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Andrius Budrionis, Phuong Dinh Ngo et al.:
    Using a large open clinical corpus for improved ICD-10 diagnosis coding
    AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2023 ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Taridzo Chomutare, Rolf Wynn, Gro Karine Rosvold Berntsen, Johan Gustav Bellika :
    A Privacy-Preserving Audit and Feedback System for the Antibiotic Prescribing of General Practitioners: Survey Study
    JMIR Formative Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Sílvia Delgado Olabarriaga, Antonis Michalas, Luis Marco Ruiz, Christiaan Hillen, Yiannis Verginadis et al.:
    Health data security and privacy: Challenges and solutions for the future
    Academic Press 2022 DOI
  • Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Miguel Angel Tejedor Hernandez, Therese Olsen Svenning, Luis Marco Ruiz, Maryam Tayefi Nasrabadi, Karianne Fredenfeldt Lind et al.:
    Artificial Intelligence Implementation in Healthcare: A Theory-Based Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Andrius Budrionis, Taridzo Chomutare, Therese Olsen Svenning, Hercules Dalianis :
    The Influence of NegEx on ICD-10 Code Prediction in Swedish: How is the Performance of BERT and SVM Models Affected by Negations?
    Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Taridzo Fred Chomutare :
    Clinical Notes De-Identification: Scoping Recent Benchmarks for n2c2 Datasets
    Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2022 DOI
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Andrius Budrionis, Hercules Dalianis :
    Combining deep learning and fuzzy logic to predict rare ICD-10 codes from clinical notes
    IEEE conference proceedings 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Maryam Tayefi, Phuong Ngo, Taridzo Chomutare, Hercules Dalianis, Elisa Salvi, Andrius Budrionis et al.:
    Challenges and opportunities beyond structured data in analysis of electronic health records
    Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics 14. February 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Silvia Delgado Olabarriaga, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Marcela Tuler de Oliveira, Line Silsand et al.:
    Healthcare and data privacy requirements for e-health cloud: A qualitative analysis of clinician perspectives
    IEEE conference proceedings 2021 DOI
  • Phuong Ngo, Miguel Angel Tejedor Hernandez, Maryam Tayefi, Taridzo Chomutare, Fred Godtliebsen :
    Risk-Averse Food Recommendation Using Bayesian Feedforward Neural Networks for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Doing Physical Activities
    Applied Sciences 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Andrius Budrionis, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Fred Godtliebsen, Hercules Dalianis :
    De-identifying Swedish EHR text using public resources in the general domain
    Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Hannah Berg, Taridzo Chomutare, Hercules Dalianis :
    Building a De-identification System for Real Swedish Clinical Text Using Pseudonymised Clinical Text
    2019 FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Elia Gabarron, Meghan Bradway, Luis Fernandez-Luque, Taridzo Chomutare, Anne Helen Hansen, Rolf Wynn et al.:
    Social media for health promotion in diabetes: Study protocol for a participatory public health intervention design
    BMC Health Services Research 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Effectiveness of an Internet Community for Severely Obese Women
    Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2016 DOI
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Svein-Gunnar Johansen, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Play and Learn: Developing a Social Game for Children with Diabetes
    Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2016 DOI
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Svein-Gunnar Johansen, Gunnar Hartvigsen, Eirik Årsand :
    Serious game co-design for children with type 1 diabetes
    Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2016 DOI
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Mining Symptoms of Severe Mood Disorders in Large Internet Communities
    IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 2015 DOI
  • David-Zacharie Issom, Ashenafi Zebene Woldaregay, Taridzo Chomutare, Meghan Bradway, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Mobile applications for people with diabetes published between 2010 and 2015
    Diabetes Management 2015 DOI
  • Andrius Budrionis, Taridzo Chomutare, Hercules Dalianis, Therese Olsen Svenning :
    Easy-ICD - a tool to predict ICD-10 gastro codes from Swedish discharge summaries
    2024
  • Anastasios Lamproudis, Therese Olsen Svenning, Torbjørn Torsvik, Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Andrius Budrionis, Phuong Dinh Ngo et al.:
    Using a large open clinical corpus for improved ICD-10 diagnosis coding
    2023
  • Sara Mora, Torbjørn Torsvik, Therese Olsen Svenning, Anastasios Lamproudis, Phuong Dinh Ngo, Taridzo Fred Chomutare et al.:
    De-identifying Norwegian clinical text using resources from Swedish and Danish
    2023
  • Andrius Budrionis, Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Therese Olsen Svenning, Hercules Dalianis :
    The Influence of NegEx on ICD-10 Code Prediction in Swedish: How is the Performance of BERT and SVM Models Affected by Negations?
    2022
  • Hercules Dalianis, Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Andrius Budrionis, Therese Olsen Svenning :
    ClinCode - Computer-Assisted Clinical ICD-10 Coding for improving efficiency and quality in healthcare
    2022
  • Hercules Dalianis, Taridzo Fred Chomutare, Andrius Budrionis, Therese Olsen Svenning :
    ClinCode - Computer-Assisted Clinical ICD-10 Coding for improving efficiency and quality in healthcare
    2022
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Sílvia Delgado Olabarriaga, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Marcela Tuler De Oliveira, Line Silsand et al.:
    Healthcare and data privacy requirements for e-health cloud: a qualitative analysis of clinician perspectives
    2021 OMTALE
  • Alexandra Makhlysheva, Phuong Ngo, Maryam Tayefi, Torbjørn Torsvik, Taridzo Chomutare :
    Utforsking av elektronisk fenotyping for klinisk praksis
    2020 FULLTEKST
  • Alexandra Makhlysheva, Maryam Tayefi, Phuong Ngo, Taridzo Chomutare, Torbjørn Torsvik :
    Exploring electronic phenotyping for clinical practice in Norwegian settings
    2020 FULLTEKST
  • Andrius Budrionis, Hercules Dalianis, Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Taridzo Chomutare :
    Negation detection in Norwegian medical text: Porting a Swedish NegEx to Norwegian. Work in progress
    2018 DATA
  • Per Atle Bakkevoll, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Andrius Budrionis, Taridzo Chomutare, Line Helen Linstad, Anne Torill Nordsletta et al.:
    Health analytics Kunstig intelligens – nye muligheter for helsetjenesten
    2018 FULLTEKST
  • Alexandra Makhlysheva, Andrius Budrionis, Taridzo Chomutare, Anne Torill Nordsletta, Per Atle Bakkevoll, Torje Dahle Henriksen et al.:
    Health Analytics
    2018 FULLTEKST
  • Ashenafi Zebene Woldaregay, Taridzo Chomutare, Dave Albers, Lena Mamykina, Ole Kristian Hejlesen, Christian Lovis et al.:
    An early infectious disease outbreak detection system based on self-recorded data from people with diabetes
    Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2017
  • Ashenafi Zebene Woldaregay, Taridzo Chomutare, Dave Albers, Lena Mamykina, Ole Kristian Hejlesen, Christian Lovis et al.:
    An early infectious disease outbreak detection system based on self-recorded data from people with diabetes
    2017
  • Taridzo Chomutare :
    Self-documentation and Patient Engagement with Helseplattformen in Mental Healthcare
    2017
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Kassaye Yitbarek Yigzaw, Line Helen Linstad, Anne Torill Nordsletta :
    Blockchain and Digital Health
    2017 FULLTEKST
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Meghan Bradway, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Using Online Forums to Better Understand Motivations Behind Technology Uptake Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients, Using CGM as the Use-Case
    Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2016
  • Eirik Årsand, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Meghan Bradway, Taridzo Chomutare, Svein-Gunnar Johansen, Håvard Kvalvåg Blixgård et al.:
    Serious Gaming in Diabetes: Combining Apps and Gaming Principles in a Holistic Diabetes Environment
    Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2016
  • Gunnar Hartvigsen, Miroslav Mužný, Eirik Årsand, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Håvard Kvalvåg Blixgård, Taridzo Chomutare et al.:
    Utilizing technology and alternative approaches for displaying vital information and creating engagement for children and adolescents with diabetes
    Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2016
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Svein-Gunnar Johansen, Gunnar Hartvigsen, Eirik Årsand :
    Serious Game Co-Design for Children with Type 1 Diabetes
    2016
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Effectiveness of an Internet Community for Severely Obese Women
    2016
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Svein-Gunnar Johansen, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Play and Learn: Developing a Social Game for Children with Diabetes
    2016
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Meghan Bradway, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Using Online Forums to Better Understand Motivations Behind Technology Uptake Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients, Using CGM as the Use-Case
    2016
  • Eirik Årsand, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Meghan Bradway, Taridzo Chomutare, Svein-Gunnar Johansen, Håvard Kvalvåg Blixgård et al.:
    Serious Gaming in Diabetes: Combining Apps and Gaming Principles in a Holistic Diabetes Environment
    2016
  • Gunnar Hartvigsen, Miroslav Mužný, Eirik Årsand, Alexandra Makhlysheva, Håvard Kvalvåg Blixgård, Taridzo Chomutare et al.:
    Utilizing technology and alternative approaches for displaying vital information and creating engagement for children and adolescents with diabetes
    2016
  • Eirik Årsand, Taridzo Chomutare, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Selvhjelpssystemer for behandling av diabetes i utviklingsland
    2015
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Mining Symptoms of Severe Mood Disorders in Large Internet Communities
    2015
  • Taridzo Chomutare, Eirik Årsand, Gunnar Hartvigsen :
    Diabetes Group Education versus Individual Counselling: Review of Conflicting Evidence
    2015

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