Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study

Sudeshna Das, Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Swati Rajwal, JaMor Hairston, Jeanne Powell, Drew Walker, Snigdha Peddireddy, Sahithi Lakamana, Selen Bozkurt, Matthew Reyna, Reza Sameni, Yunyu Xiao, Sangmi Kim, Rasheeta Chandler, Natalie Hernandez, Danielle Mowery, Rachel Wightman, Jennifer Love, Anthony Spadaro, Jeanmarie Perrone, Abeed Sarker

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DOI: 10.2196/66220
Published: 2025-01-06
Container: Journal of Medical Internet Research
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@article{allodium:10.2196/66220,
  title = {Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study},
  author = {Sudeshna Das and Yao Ge and Yuting Guo and Swati Rajwal and JaMor Hairston and Jeanne Powell and Drew Walker and Snigdha Peddireddy and Sahithi Lakamana and Selen Bozkurt and Matthew Reyna and Reza Sameni and Yunyu Xiao and Sangmi Kim and Rasheeta Chandler and Natalie Hernandez and Danielle Mowery and Rachel Wightman and Jennifer Love and Anthony Spadaro and Jeanmarie Perrone and Abeed Sarker},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Medical Internet Research},
  doi = {10.2196/66220},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/66220}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study
AU  - Sudeshna Das
AU  - Yao Ge
AU  - Yuting Guo
AU  - Swati Rajwal
AU  - JaMor Hairston
AU  - Jeanne Powell
AU  - Drew Walker
AU  - Snigdha Peddireddy
AU  - Sahithi Lakamana
AU  - Selen Bozkurt
AU  - Matthew Reyna
AU  - Reza Sameni
AU  - Yunyu Xiao
AU  - Sangmi Kim
AU  - Rasheeta Chandler
AU  - Natalie Hernandez
AU  - Danielle Mowery
AU  - Rachel Wightman
AU  - Jennifer Love
AU  - Anthony Spadaro
AU  - Jeanmarie Perrone
AU  - Abeed Sarker
PY  - 2025
JO  - Journal of Medical Internet Research
DO  - 10.2196/66220
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Das, S., Ge, Y., Guo, Y., Rajwal, S., Hairston, J., Powell, J., Walker, D., Peddireddy, S., Lakamana, S., Bozkurt, S., Reyna, M., Sameni, R., Xiao, Y., Kim, S., Chandler, R., Hernandez, N., Mowery, D., Wightman, R., Love, J., Spadaro, A., Perrone, J., & Sarker, A. (2025). Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/66220

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