Public Health and Health Professions
Kates Lab
Led by Frederick Kates · Health Services Research, Management and Policy
What we study
The Kates Lab studies health services and health policy. Recent student projects examine smart insulin pens for rural diabetes, an AI chatbot for urgent care guidance trained on health records, and national survey data on asthma severity.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Clinical
- No organisms (data only)
- Human participants
- Coding required
- Projects
- 3
Current projects
Reducing Emergency Room Overcrowding with an AI Chatbot for Urgent Care Guidance
The project builds an AI chatbot that helps people decide if they should go to urgent care or the emergency room. Students will train the bot on UFHealth electronic health records and test its impact on patient flow.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 534
Addressing Rural Diabetes Disparities in Florida: The Potential of the InPen Smart Insulin Pen System
The lab examines whether a smart insulin pen can help people with diabetes in rural Florida. They map diabetes rates by county, review how the pen works, and compare it to traditional vials and syringes, looking at error rates and cost.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 316
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Unmasking Asthma: Analyzing Trends and Risk Factors
The lab analyzed National Health Interview Survey data from 2019‑2023 covering 141,640 U.S. adults to identify factors linked to asthma severity. The student performed stepwise and logistic regressions and found higher risk with female sex, obesity, lack of insurance, COPD and certain urbanization patterns.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 246
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How to reach out
Frederick Kates hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.