Conference: Agenda

*Please note: this agenda is being updated with new information daily. 

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023

10:00 AM–10:30 AM

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Tom Curran, PhD, FRS, Children’s Mercy

Mark Hoffman, PhD, Children’s Mercy Research Institute
Working in the Big Tent of Bioinformatics

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

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

PANEL DISCUSSON

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

BREAK

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

SYSTEMS STRATEGIES

MODERATOR: Susan Brown, PhD, Kansas State University

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

PANEL DISCUSSON

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

CAREER PANEL

MODERATOR:  Daniel Kennedy, BioNexus KC

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

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

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

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

PANEL DISCUSSION

12:30 PM

GRAB & GO LUNCH