Missouri Data Science & Informatics Symposium 2024: Full Schedule

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9:00am CDT

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Hua Xu; Title: Large Language Models for Biomedical Applications

Monday October 21, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

N201 Memorial Union

Dr. Hua Xu is Robert T. McCluskey Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Development, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), as well as Assistant Dean for Biomedical Informatics at YSM. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University. His primary research interests include biomedical natural language processing (NLP) and data mining, as well as their applications in secondary use of electronic health records data for clinical and translational research. His research is funded by multiple agencies (i.e., NLM, NCI, NIGMS, NIA, AHA, and CPRIT), and methods/tools developed in his lab have been widely used to support diverse biomedical applications. He served as the Chair of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) NLP Working Group and now leads the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) NLP Working Group. Dr. Xu is a fellow of both the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI).

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Monday October 21, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
N201 Memorial Union

Keynote Speaker

Company Yale University
Area Biomedical Informatics

10:00am CDT

Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Paul de Figueiredo; Title: DNA -based data storage

Monday October 21, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT

N201 Memorial Union

Dr. de Figueiredo is a NextGen Precision Health Endowed Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology. He has broad experience and training in molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology, and biochemistry, with specific expertise in host-pathogen interactions and biotechnology development. He has co-founded several biotechnology companies, including HelioWave Technologies, LLC, and authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications. His research has been supported by awards from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ARPA-h, NIH, NSF, USDA, DTRA, and DARPA, as well as several other private foundations.

Monday October 21, 2024 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
N201 Memorial Union

Faculty Speaker

Company School of Medicine - University of Missouri
Area Biomedical Informatics

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