Breakout II: The Biomedical and Health Data Science Ecosystem in Rhode Island

The Biomedical and Health Data Science Ecosystem in Rhode Island  |  Location: Room 160

This breakout session will feature a panel highlighting research, education, and service activities related to biomedical and health data science across Rhode Island. Each panelist, representing academic units and service cores across the state, will describe their activities and how they fit into the broader data science ecosystem in Rhode Island. The session will end with a moderated discussion with panelists and attendees.

MODERATORS:

Elizabeth Chen, PhD, FACMI
Associate Professor of Medical Science and Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University
Interim Director, Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics
Director, Advance-CTR Biiomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Cyberinfrastructure Enhancement Core

Chris Hemme, PhD
Director, Rhode Island INBRE Molecular Informatics Core
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
University of Rhode Island

PANELISTS: 

Lorin Crawford, PhD
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New England
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Brown University School of Public Health
Executive Committee Member, Data Science Initiative/Center for Computational Molecular Biology

Abdeltawab Hendawi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Co-Director of the AI Lab
University of Rhode Island

Joseph W Hogan, ScD
Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health
Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Brown University School of Public Health

Indrani Mandal, MS
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Computer Science & Statistics, AI Lab
University of Rhode Island
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Ece (Gamsiz) Uzun, MS, PhD
Director of Clinical Bioinformatics, Lifespan Academic Medical Center
Associate Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Informatics and Data Science
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Jeremy L Warner MD, MS, FAMIA, FASCO
Professor of Medicine at Brown University
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Informatics and Data Science (CCIDS)
Director, COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) Research Coordinating Center
Deputy Editor, JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
Deputy Editor and Chief Software Architect, HemOnc.org