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AR-BIC Third Annual Conference - April 24-25, 2017


Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium (AR-BIC) 2017
3rd Annual Conference
Microbiome and Biomedical Informatics
Embassy Suites, Little Rock – Ambassador I - III

Monday, April 24th 2017

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm Registration and Poster Setup
02:00 pm - 02:25 pm Welcome Remarks and Opening

  • Jerry B. Adams, President and CEO, Arkansas Research Alliance, Conway, AR
  • Pope L. Moseley, M.D. Executive Vice Chancellor, Dean, College of Medicine , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

02:25 pm – 02:30 pm Education and Cross Training
Theme Introduction and vision
Weida Tong, Ph.D., Director, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research, US FDA, Jefferson, AR

02:30 pm - 05:15 pm Establishing statewide bioinformatics education and training curriculum

Session Co-Chairs:


• Cesar M. Compadre, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
• Mary Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

  • 02:30 pm - 02:50 pm Bioinformatics in drug discovery: educational and training opportunities
    Cesar M. Compadre, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 02:50 pm - 03:10 pm Bioinformatics education and training at UALR
    Mary Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  • 03:10 pm – 03:30 pm Bioinformatics societies and NCTR contribution
    Shraddha Thakkar, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
  • 03:30 pm – 03:45 pm Break
  • 03:45 pm – 04:05 pm Bioinformatics education and training at ASU
    Xiuzhen Huang, Ph.D., Professor, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
  • 04:05 pm – 04:25 pm BioMedical -informatics education and training at UAMS
    Meredith Zozus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 04:25 pm – 04:45 pm Bioinformatics education and training at UAF
    Mark Arnold, Ph.D., Director, Statistics and Analytics Program, Graduate School, Co-Director for the Institute for Advanced Data Analytics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • 04:45 pm – 05:00 pm Break
  • 05:00 pm – 05:30 pm Panel Discussion:
    Moderator: Cesar M. Compadre, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

    Panelists:
    • Meredith Zozus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • Mark Arnold, Ph.D., Director, Statistics and Analytics Program, Graduate School, Co-Director for the Institute for Advanced Data Analytics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
    • Mary Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
    • Xiuzhen Huang, Ph.D., Professor, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
    • Shraddha Thakkar, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
    05:30 pm - 08:30 pm Poster Session
    Session Chair: Shraddha Thakkar, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
    06:30 pm - 09:00 pm Reception
    (Sponsored by Arkansas Research Alliance)

 

Tuesday, April 25th 201707:45 am

08:15 am Light Breakfast
08:15 am – 08:30 am Microbiome and Biomedical Informatics
Theme Introduction and Vision
Weida Tong, Ph.D., Director, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR

08:30 am – 11:45 pm Session 1: Microbiome

Session Co-Chairs:
• Douglas Rhoads, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• Steven Foley, Ph.D., Research Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR

  • 08:30 am – 09:00 am The respiratory and GI-tract microbiome in healthy aging, pulmonary disease and animal growth performance
    Jiangchao Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  • 09:00am – 09:30 am Rodents as translational model to study the effects of xenobiotics on the development of microbiome from gestation to adult
    Sangeeta Khare, Ph.D., Research Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
  • 09:30 am – 10:00 am Microbiome changes associated with lung cancer
    Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 10:00 am – 10:15 am Break
  • 10:15 am – 10:45 am Human Microbiome: Integrated Systems Biology Approaches Used to Assess the Impact of Toxicants on the Microbiome
    Carl Cerniglia, Ph.D., Director, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
  • 10:45 am – 11:15 am Metapeptidomics Data Processing Pipe-Line: Application to the Study of Function of Gut Microbiome in Chronic Kidney Disease
    Boris Zybalov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 11:15 am – 11:45 am Microbiome metabolites and their effects on mitochondrial function
    Richard Frye, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 11:45 am – 12:00 pm Panel Discussion:
    Moderators: Steven Foley, Ph.D., Research Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
    Douglas Rhoads, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

    Panelists:
    • Jiangchao Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
    • Sangeeta Khare, Ph.D., Research Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
    • Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • Carl Cerniglia, Ph.D., Director, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
    • Boris Zybalov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • Richard Frye, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    12:00 pm – 01:00 pm Lunch break

Session 2: Biomedical Informatics

Session Co-Chairs :
• Fred Prior, Ph.D., Chair - Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
• Meredith Zozus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
01:00pm – 01:10pm Introduction
DBMI and UAMS programs of research across the spectrum of Biomedical Informatics
Fred Prior, Ph.D., Chair - Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

  • 01:10pm – 01:40 pm Keynote: Thoughts from 30 years of running a Contract Research Organization Specializing in Data Management
    Anthony Goudie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 01:40 pm – 02:00 pm Clinical Research Informatics at work: Data Collection and Management Infrastructure for the New IDeA State Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN)
    Anita Walden, BS, Instructor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 02:00 pm – 02:30 pm What it takes for an epic new install and upgrade
    Thomas Powell, M.D., M.S., Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), Associate Vice Chancellor , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    Feliciano B. Yu, MD, MSPH,MSHI, Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 02:30 pm – 03:00 pm Break
    03:00 pm – 03:30 pm Metagenomics for Population Health in Arkansas
    David Ussery, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 03:30 pm – 04:00 pm Informatics supporting Liquid Biopsy research
    Donald Johann Jr., MD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 04:00 pm – 04:20 pm Imaging Informatics of a Large- Scale Public Information Repository (TCIA)
    Lawrence Tarbox, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences., Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  • 04:20 pm – 04:40 pm Venous Pressure Monitoring and Prediction in ICU settings: ongoing Research at UAMS and Vandy
    Kevin Sexton, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences., Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

04:40pm – 05:00 pm Closing Remarks


• William Slikker, Jr., Ph.D., Director, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR
• Jerry B. Adams, President and CEO, Arkansas Research Alliance, Conway, AR

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