Schedule

Thursday May 2nd, 2019 -DHMC Auditorium H

TimeDetails
8amContinental Breakfast & Registration
8:45amOpening Remarks: Dean Madden, PhD
8:55amSpeaker Introductions: Michael Whitfield, PhD
9:00amMonica Espinoza, PhD Candidate - Systems biology
"Metagenomic Approaches on the Esophageal Microbiome in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)"
9:15amDavid Kotz, PhD - Healthcare computing
"Wearable Platforms for mHealth Research"
9:45amSteven Kleinstein, PhD - Computational immunology
"Analysis of B cell antibody repertoires from next-generation sequencing (in autoimmunity and other diseases)"
10:35amMorning Break
10:50amSpeaker Introductions: Brock Christensen PhD
10:55amMeghan Muse, PhD Candidate - Molecular epidemiology
"Field cancerization effects identify early DNA methylation alterations in breast carcinogenesis"
11:10amHelio Costa, PhD - Clinical data science
"Big Data in Health Care"
12:00pmLunch and Poster Session - 4th Floor Atrium
1:30pmSpeaker Introductions: Brock Christensen, PhD
1:35pmCarly Bobak, PhD Candidate - Diagnostic informatics
"Network analysis of distinct cohorts allows for the comparison of key biological functions related to Tuberculosis pathogenesis"
1:50pmAlfredo Tirado-Ramos, PhD - Biomedical informatics
"Cancer Research Informatics: challenges and opportunities in In-Silico Oncology"
2:20pmCaitlin Rivers, PhD - Outbreak science
"Modernizing epidemiology through outbreak science"
3:10pmAfternoon Break
3:30pmKeynote Introduction: Michael Whitfield, PhD
3:40pmKeynote: Barbara Rae-Venter, PhD - Forensic genealogy
"Genetic Genealogy Is Not Just For Family History Research Any More"
4:30pm–4:45pmClosing Remarks: Michael Whitfield, PhD
4:45pm–6pmReception