2023 Nexus Informatics Conference Agenda
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023
10:00 AM–10:30 AM
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Tom Curran, PhD, FRS, Children’s Mercy
Dennis Ridenour, BioNexus KC
Mark Hoffman, PhD, Children’s Mercy Research Institute
10:30 AM – 11:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI, ACHIP, Rhode Island Quality Institute and Brown University
Reframing Health Information Exchange as a Utility
11:30 AM–1:00 PM
LUNCH & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Poster presenters will provide a 30-second overview of their research to the entire group of attendees.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
DATA STRUCTURE & STANDARDS
MODERATOR: Irina Pushel, PhD, Children’s Mercy
Diego Mazzotti, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Real-World Evidence in Sleep Medicine: Addressing the Standards and Terminologies Gap
Hande Küçük McGinty, PhD, Kansas State University
Maximizing Data Value for Biopharma Through KARMA and FAIR+Q
Mirza Khan, MD, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Dealing with Multi-Site Data: Finding Harmony in the Noise
Ashlee Herken, Kansas State University
Exploring the Diversity of Agrobacterial RepABC At Plasmids
PANEL DISCUSSION
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
DATA VISUALIZATION
MODERATOR: Dong Pei, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Natalie Kane,PhD, Children’s Mercy
Equity-Focused Data Visualizations: What Maps Can Tell Us About Disparities in Health and Research
Jaime Barros-Rios, PhD, University of Missouri
Analysis and Visualization of Plant Biomolecular Networks Using KEGG
Charles McAnany, PhD, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Visualizing the Cis-Regulatory Code
Lisa Maione, Kansas City Art Institute
Sachin Pawaskar, PhD, MBA, MS, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Commingled Remains Analytics – Storytelling with Data to Help Identify Missing Persons
PANEL DISCUSSON
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
BREAK
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
SYSTEMS STRATEGIES
MODERATOR: Trupti Joshi, MBBS, ADB, MS, PhD, University of Missouri
Eugene Vasserman, PhD, Kansas State University
10-minute Cybersecurity Primer
Ye Wang, PhD, University of Missouri Kansas City
A Case Study of Using Natural Language Processing to Extract Consumer Insights from Tweets in American Cities for Public Health Crises
Stacy Farr, PhD, MPH, Saint Luke’s Health System
Creating Learning Health Communities: Data Challenges & Opportunities
Ryan Lee, Kansas City University
A Computational Framework to Improve Matching in Case-Control Study Designs
PANEL DISCUSSION
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
CAREER PANEL
MODERATORS: Daniel Kennedy, BioNexus KC and Martina Clarke, PhD, University of Nebraska Omaha
Harpreet Singh Gill, Children’s Mercy
Joseph Shaffer, PhD, Kansas City University
Anjanette Williams, University of Kansas Medical Center
Andrew Jones, University of Missouri Kansas City
Maria Flynn, Digital Health KC
PANEL DISCUSSION
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
NETWORKING & DINNER
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2023
7:30 AM–8:00 AM
BREAKFAST
8:00 AM–8:10 AM
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
Mark Hoffman, PhD, Children’s Mercy Research Institute
Daniel Kennedy, BioNexus KC
8:10 AM – 9:00 AM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Omolola (Lola) Ogunyemi, PhD, FACMI | Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
The Importance of Storytelling in Biomedical Informatics and Beyond
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
DATA ANALYSIS
MODERATOR: Devin Koestler, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Robert Unckless, PhD, University of Kansas
Viral Infection Dynamics at Single Cell Resolution
Tae-Hyuk (Ted) Ahn, PhD, Saint Louis University
Advanced Computational Techniques for Real-Time Biological Sequence Analyses
Joseph Russell, PhD, MRIGlobal
Applications of Genomic Feature Engineering for Emerging Infectious Disease Biosurveillance
Yang Yu, University of Missouri
A Point-cloud Based Deep Learning Framework for B-cell Epitope Prediction
PANEL DISCUSSION
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
BREAK
10:30 AM–11:30 AM
IMAGE ANALYSIS
MODERATOR: Sharlee Climer, PhD, University of Missouri St. Louis
Carissa Philippi, PhD, University of Missouri St. Louis
Brain Signal Variability in Depression
Zhiguo Zhou, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Automated Multi-Objective Delta Radiomics for Immunotherapy Response Prediction in Metastatic Melanoma Treatment
Gary Sutkin, MD, University of Missouri Kansas City
Blind Surgical Procedures and Motion Capture for Surgical Safety
Whitney Shae, University of Kansas Medical Center
Automating Tabulation of Peer-Reviewed Research Publications for NCI-designated cancer centers
PANEL DISCUSSION
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
DATA APPLICATION
MODERATOR: Donna Buchanan, PhD, Saint Luke’s Health System
Haval Shirwan, PhD, University of Missouri
Novel Immune Checkpoint Stimulator Invokes Immune Surveillance Mechanism That Protects Against Various Cancer Types
Bridgette Jones, MD, Children’s Mercy
The Role of Data in Achieving Healthy Equity and Justice
Joe Luck, PhD, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Agricultural Technologies for Improving On-Farm Economics, Reducing Environmental Impacts and Enhancing Human Health
Gayla Olbricht, PhD, Missouri S&T
Statistical Methods for Identifying Differentially Methylated Regions
PANEL DISCUSSION