Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Nicholas Tatonetti, PhD, FACMI
Professor and Vice Chair of Operations
Department of Computational Biomedicine
Associate Director of Computational Oncology
Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

SPEAKERS

Azim Ahmadzadeh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Hesham Ali, PhD
Professor of Computer Science
Research Collaborator, Mayo Clinic
Director of UNO Bioinformatics Core Facility
College of Information Science and Technology
University of Nebraska Omaha

Jenifer Allsworth, PhD
Vice Chair of Biomedical and Health Informatics
Associate Professor
University of Missouri Kansas City

Kelechi Anoforo
PhD Candidate
Biomedical Informatics Software Engineer
University of Kansas Medical Center

Sudeepa Bhattacharyya, PhD
Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Department of Biomedical Informatics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


Mariah Chrans, PhD
Programs Director of Maternal Child Health and Community Health
Community Health Council of Wyandotte County

Martina Clarke, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Informatics
University of Nebraska Omaha

Sharlee Climer, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Missouri – St. Louis


Tara Finegan, PhD
Director of the Advanced Light Imaging Core Facility
Faculty Member, Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

Nico Franz, PhD
Krishtalka Director of the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
University of Kansas

Jennifer Goldman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology
Children’s Mercy

Casey Holliday, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
University of Missouri School of Medicine



Toni Kazic, PhD
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Missouri


Yanming Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
University of Kansas Medical Center



Avner Meoded, MD
Pediatric Neuroradiologist
Children’s Mercy
Associate Professor of radiology
University of Missouri Kansas City

Laura Miller, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Kansas State University

Gayla Olbricht, PhD
Associate Professor of Statistics
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Dong Pei, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics & Data Science
University of Kansas Medical Center


Rohita Sinha, PhD
Director, Center of Excellence for Bioinformatics & AI
Eurofins Viracor


Robin Verble, PhD
Professor of Biological Sciences
Missouri University of Science & Technology

Jamie Walters, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas

Rong (Rose) Wang, PhD
Associate Professor in the Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
University of Missouri Kansas City, School of Dentistry