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Faculty Research Day and Virtual Poster Session
Faculty Research Day and Virtual Poster Session
The 39th annual Faculty Research Day will take place on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, from noon 2:00 p.m. The program will be available virtually (and live if COVID regulations permit).
Faculty Research Day is a celebration of KU Medical Center investigators and their contributions to medical research and their respective fields. The program provides a platform for faculty to showcase their research, engage with other investigators leading innovative research projects at KU Medical Center, and celebrate colleagues who have received awards to support their research.
2021 Keynote Address
Accessible Artificial Intelligence for Data Science
Jason H. Moore, PhD, FACMI
Dr. Moore is the Edward Rose Professor of Informatics and Director of the Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics. He also serves as Senior Associate Dean for Informatics and Chief of the Division of Informatics in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics. He has a Ph.D. in Human Genetics and an M.S. in Applied Statistics from the University of Michigan. He leads an active NIH-funded research program focused on the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for the analysis of complex biomedical data. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), and an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal BioData Mining.
Following the keynote, recipients of the Chancellors Club, Research Administrator, and Thomas L. Noffsinger Investigator Awards will discuss their research in brief Ignite Talk-style presentations.
Virtual Poster Session
The Faculty Research Day Poster Session is an opportunity for KUMC investigators to share their research work with colleagues and the community. All faculty members currently engaged in research are encouraged to present a poster at Faculty Research Day. Posters will be available for online viewing.
For questions on Faculty Research Day activities contact Kristi Day at kday2@kumc.edu. Questions about poster presentations ca be directed to Kelly Robertson at krobertson@kumc.edu.