Curriculum Vitae

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Education and Training

M.S. in Health Sciences

Montana State University

Thesis: The Effect of Boot Stiffness on Collegiate Alpine Ski Racers.

M.D.

University of Colorado School of Medicine

M.S. in Clinical Investigation

University of Utah

Internal Medicine Resident

University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals

Chief Medical Resident, Internal Medicine

University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow

University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals

T32-Sponsored Research Fellow

University of Utah

Positions and Employment

Assistant Professor of Research

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center

Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician

Shock Trauma ICU and Schmidt Chest Clinic, Intermountain Medical Center

Clinical Research Lead

Mountain Biometrics, Inc.

Core Faculty

University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

Adjunct Faculty

Department of Medical Education, University of Utah

Certifications

  • Board certified in Internal Medicine
  • Board certified in Pulmonary Disease
  • Board certified in Critical Care Medicine

Research Support

Informing best practices for evaluation and treatment of myocardial injury during sepsis

NIH NHLBI, R01HL169521; Intermountain site contributor

Evaluates diagnostic and treatment practices for myocardial injury during sepsis using harmonized electronic health record data.

Follow-up Utilization and Needs after Discharge with Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure (FUND-Hypercapnia)

Intermountain Clinical and Research Fund; PI

Uses administrative data to characterize post-discharge testing, specialty referral patterns, healthcare utilization, and costs after hospitalization with hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Developing a Computable Phenotype for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

American Thoracic Society, ASPIRE Fellowship; PI

Supported development of reproducible electronic health record approaches to defining hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Multidisciplinary Pulmonary and Critical Care Research Training Program

NIH NHLBI, T32HL105321; Postdoctoral trainee

Supported formal research training in pulmonary and critical care clinical investigation.

Academic Publications and Scholarly Products

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The Consistency of Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Case Definitions in Electronic Health Record Data

Locke BW et al.. CHEST. 2025. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2025.08.002

Diagnostic Modeling to Identify Unrecognized Inpatient Hypercapnia Using Health Records

Locke BW et al.. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine / Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2024. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-66538-7_4

The Role of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Identified in Critical Care, Emergency, Inpatient, and Outpatient Settings

Locke BW, Brown JP, Sundar KM. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2024.02.012

Immersive Virtual Reality Use in Medical Intensive Care: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Locke BW et al.. JMIR Serious Games. 2024. doi:10.2196/62842

The association of weight loss from anti-obesity medications or bariatric surgery and apnea-hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnea

Locke BW et al.. Obesity Reviews. 2024. doi:10.1111/obr.13697

OSA and Chronic Respiratory Disease: Mechanisms and Epidemiology

Locke BW, Lee JJ, Sundar KM. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022. doi:10.3390/ijerph19095473

Hickam's Dictum: An Analysis of Multiple Diagnoses

Aberegg SK, Poole BR, Locke BW. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024. doi:10.1007/s11606-024-09120-y

What Are We Aiming for in Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure?

Locke BW, Brown J. Respiratory Care. 2024. doi:10.4187/respcare.11573

Uncomfortable Truths About Data, Justice, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Veterans Health Administration

Locke BW, Callahan SJ. CHEST. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2023.03.037

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National Abstracts and Presentations

Selected recent national abstracts are listed below. Additional conference outputs are maintained through ORCID and Google Scholar.

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2025 / CHEST

Simulation suggests transcutaneous CO2 sensors may accurately detect hypercapnia across settings

Abstract / Chicago, IL

2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference

Rates of diagnostic evaluation for causes of hypercapnic respiratory failure in Utah

Abstract / San Francisco, CA

2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference

Central versus peripheral location of pulmonary embolism in asplenic patients

Abstract / San Francisco, CA

2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference

Enhancing intern leadership of inpatient emergencies

Abstract / San Francisco, CA

2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference

In silico estimation of transcutaneous CO2 sensor performance

Abstract / San Francisco, CA

2024 / CHEST

Hypercapnic respiratory failure is infrequently reported as an adverse event in clinical trials

Abstract / Boston, MA

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Teaching Experience and Committees

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Lectures and Seminars

  • Obesity-Related Respiratory Failure, Utah American College of Physicians invited talk
  • Intermountain TeleCritical Care seminar: Recent Pancreatitis Evidence
  • Guest lecturer, University of Utah DBMI 6016 Data Wrangling
  • Guest lecturer, University of Utah MDCRC 6200 Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
  • University of Utah Sleep Division: Statistical Methods in Sleep Medicine for Establishing Causality
  • University of Utah PCCM Fellowship Bootcamp sessions on sodium and water, DDAVP clamp, sleep apnea, and introductory statistics
  • University of Utah Internal Medicine Residency sessions on code blues, rapid responses, respiratory failure, blood gas interpretation, clinical AI/LLMs, and spirometry/COPD

Curricular Design

  • University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows Journal Club
  • University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows Statistics Workshop
  • University of Utah Internal Medicine Residency Code Blue and Rapid Response Training
  • University of Utah Internal Medicine Residency Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine Thread redesign

Research Group, Committee, and Administrative Service

  • Core Faculty, University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
  • Investigator, University of Utah Medical Machine Intelligence Lab
  • Program Committee, 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  • University of Utah School of Medicine Phase IV Subcommittee
  • University of Utah Student Trainee Advisory Committee, member and chair
  • University of Utah GME Value Council, founding member

Appointments, Honors, and Awards

American Thoracic Society ASPIRE Fellowship

American Thoracic Society Assembly Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Abstract Scholarship

American Academy of Sleep Medicine Young Investigators Research Forum

Top Poster, Research and Innovation, Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium

Peer Review and Professional Service

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Respiratory Care
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Sleep and Breathing
  • Sleep Epidemiology
  • Lung

Professional Context / Disclosures

  • Equity interest and work with Mountain Biometrics, Inc., focused on time-series machine learning for wearable sensors and other health data.