ORIEN Data Science Symposium
The ORIEN Data Science Symposium, which marks the first day of a three-day ORIEN Scientific Summit, aims to bring together data science, translational, and clinical investigators from ORIEN institutes and industry to discuss innovative ideas, present cutting-edge research, and foster collaborations.
ORIEN DATA SCIENCE
SYMPOSIUM
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
Tampa, FL
October 28, 2024 | 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Light Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:40 a.m. | Introduction and Welcome |
| 8:40 – 10:20 a.m. | Scientific Session I (5 speakers, 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes Q&A each) |
| 10:20 – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Keynote Presentation Dr. Jill Kolesar |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1 – 2:40 p.m. | Scientific Session II (5 speakers, 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes Q&A each) |
| 2:40 – 3 p.m. | Break |
| 3 – 4 p.m. | Scientific Session III (3 speakers, 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes Q&A each) |
| 4 – 4:20 p.m. | Presentation of Poster Award Winners (2 speakers, 10 minutes each) |
| 4:20 – 4:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Poster Session |
| 6 – 9 p.m. | Reception |
Jill M. Kolesar
Markey Cancer Center
Biography coming soon.
Jinpeng Liu
Markey Cancer Center
Biography coming soon.
Yasminka (Sasha) Jakubek
Markey Cancer Center
Biography coming soon.
Aik Choon Tan
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Biography coming soon.
Ann Chen
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Biography coming soon.
Mariano Russo
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber
Biography coming soon.
Melissa B. Davis
Morehouse School of Medicine
Dr. Davis is the newly appointed Director of the Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine, and Distinguished Investigator with the Georgia Research Alliance. She also serves as Scientific Director of the International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes (ICSBCS), (Interim) Director of Health Equity for the Englander Institute of Precision Medicine and Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology in the Department of Surgery and at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, NY. She is also a Cancer Ethnicity Scholar, co leading the PolyEthnic-1000 project at New York Genome Center.
Leng Han
Indiana University
Dr. Han is David Brown Chair Professor in Genomic Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Brown Center for Immunotherapy, Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). Before joining IU, he was an Associate Professor and CPRIT scholar at Texas A&M University, Institute of Biosciences & Technology, and Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Han obtained his PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences and did postdoc training at Stanford University and at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Han’s lab focused on harnessing big data for precision oncology.
Jamie Teer
Moffitt Cancer Center
Dr. Teer's research interests are focused on developing methods to analyze, interpret and visualize massively-parallel sequencing information in cancer genetics. This includes developing and applying computational methods and graphical tools to better detect genetic variations from sequencing data, understand the functional context of sequence changes, and visualize the results of large-scale genomics studies. Dr. Teer applies these approaches in collaborative projects related to cancer disparities, immuno-oncology, and cancer genomics.
Hong Zhu
University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hong Zhu, Ph.D., is a tenured Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine. She currently serves as Director of Biostatistics Shared Resource of UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Zhu has over a decade of experience in conducting statistical methodology research and providing statistical leadership on federally- and foundation-funded projects. Her methodological research focuses on design and analysis of clinical trials, statistical methods for complex survival data, and causal inference. She has extensive experiences in design, conduct, and analysis of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), particularly, real-world pragmatic trials and comparative effectiveness research (CER) using complex observational healthcare data (registries, claims, and electronic health record) in areas including cancer, chronic and infectious diseases.
Phaedra Agius
Aster Insights
Biography coming soon.
Jing Su
Indiana University
Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Biography coming soon.
VENUE INFORMATION
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
2900 Bayport Drive
Tampa, FL 33607
Group Rate: $229/Night, plus 13.5% tax
Please reserve your room by Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.
Book Room
AIRPORT INFORMATION
Tampa International Airport (TPA)
4100 George J. Bean Pkwy
Tampa, FL 33607
3 miles from Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
St. Pete—Clearwater International Airport (PIE)
14700 Terminal Boulevard Suite 221
Clearwater, Florida 33762
14 miles from Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
