Women in Bioinformatics Panelists

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1 ACM Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Health Informatics (ACM BCB 2016) Bio+Med Study Distinguished Panelists: Bioinformatics and Health Informatics Discovery & Development Challenge, Solution, and Action Impact Delivery bcb.org/index.php?page=program#schedule Sourav S Bhowmick, Ph.D. (Nanyang IHM, Singapore) Wendy Chapman, Ph.D. (Utah) Mark Clement, Ph.D. (Brigham Young U) Ananth Kalyanaraman, Ph.D. (Wash State U) Genevieve Melton Meaux, MD, Ph.D. (U of Minnesota) Naveena Yanamala, Ph.D. (CDC) Chair: Dr. May D Aidong Zhang, Ph.D. (NSF, U. SUNY Buffalo) Wang, Georgia Tech, Emory U. Women in Bioinformatics Panelists Sourav S Bhowmick Assoc. Prof. Nanyang ITHM Wendy Chapman Prof., BMI Chair U. Utah Mark Clement Director BI Brigham Young U Ananth Kalyanaraman Assoc. Prof. Wash. State U Genevieve Melton Meaux, Assoc. Prof. Chief HIO U. Of MN Naveena Yanamala NIOSH, CDC Aidong Zhang NSF Prog. Director Distinguish Prof. SUNY Buffalo 1

2 Prof. Sourav S Bhowmick, PhD Title: Associate Professor Affiliation: School of Computer Science & Engg, Nanyang Institute of Technology in Medicine and Health (NITHM), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Contact: assourav@ntu.edu.sg; sourav@mit.edu Weblink: Research Interests: Data management, data analytics, computational systems biology, computational social science Network-based target discovery In silico combination therapy Biological network summarization (Best paper award in BCB 2011) Prof. Wendy Chapman, PhD Photo Title: Professor and Chair Affiliation: : University of Utah, Dept. Biomedical Informatics Contact: wendy.chapman@utah.edu Weblink: Research Interests: Clinical natural language processing, informatics education and workforce development Supporting domain experts in developing NLP tools Assisted chart review Knowledge representation Modifier detection (negation, severity, etc.) 2

3 Photo Prof. Mark, Clement, PhD Title: Computational Sciences Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University Director: Bioinformatics Emphasis in the Computer Science Department Contact: Weblink: Research Interests: Machine Learning approaches to uncovering epistasis. Genome assembly and phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences. DOGMA - Parallel processing cluster for phylogenetic inference. The PSODA application performs parsimony search for a large number of taxa. TCS Clustering algorithm for creating evolutionary networks GNUMAP Mapping software to identify SNPs given a set of short DNA reads AIRnet Creates a network of gene regulatory interactions given microarrays Prof. Ananth Kalyanaraman, PhD Photo Title: Associate Professor Contact: ananth@eecs.wsu.edu Weblink: Research Interests: Computational biology/bioinformatics, High Performance Computing, Graph algorithms 3

4 Genevieve Melton Meaux, MD, PhD Title: Associate Professor and Faculty Fellow; Chief Health Information Officer; Fellow of ACMI, ACS, ASCRS Affiliation: Institute for Health Informatics and Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview Health Services Contact: meltonmeaux Research Interests: Clinical Natural Language Processing (co-direct Clinical NLP Program), Biomedical Terminologies, Surgical Informatics, Applied Clinical Informatics Examples: Information Extraction from Surgical Operative Reports Clinical Research leveraging Clinical Decision Support Social History and Family History Information Representation EHR System Design and User Cognitive Pathways Dr. Naveena, Yanamala, MS, PhD Title: Research Biologist/Toxicologist Affiliation: Primary : Exposure Assessment Branch (EAB), Heath Effects Laboratory Division (HELD), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Secondary: Adjunct Faculty, Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics (CCNSB), IIIT, Hyderabad, India. Contact: nyanamala@cdc.gov Research Interests: Data-driven Knowledge Discovery, Predictive Toxicology Modeling, Biomarker Discovery. Structural Biology Bioinformatics Molecular Modeling (MM) & Dynamics (MD) simulations Small Molecule based Drug Design & Discovery Bio-Nano interaction interface & Nanotoxicology Predictive Markers of Pulmonary/Cardiovascular Toxicity 4

5 Prof. Aidong Zhang, PhD Research Interests: Data Mining, Bioinformatics, Health Informatics Title: Distinguished Professor/NSF Program Director IEEE Fellow Contact: Weblink: Affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo, and NSF/CISE/IIS Topics for 2016 WiB Discussion 1) Do you observe any bias in men vs women working in Bioinformatics and Health Informatics? If yes, what are they? How would you suggest to address that issue? 2) To work in Bioinformatics (BI) and Health Informatics (HI), what are the top three factors you consider are important for a productive career? 3) How do you choose research topics and collaborators? Please give 1 2 examples and share your insights. 4) What are the essential skills students or post docs should acquire to pursue research in BI & HI? What are the different skill sets needed for industry, versus government, versus academic positions? What are the tips for a successful career in industry, government, OR academic institutions? 5

6 Topics for 2016 WiB Discussion 1) Are there any mentorship programs that can help students prepare for different careers? 2) If you are in academia: how to successfully secure (external) funding? How do you balance research vs. teaching vs. service? 3) What would you do differently in your early career if you had a doover? 4) How do you think of changing institutions for advancing career? 5) As a women in BI and HI, do you have a mentor in your career? Do you want to serve as a mentor for young women in BI & HI? 6) How can more women attain leadership roles in all types of career positions? 7) How do you balance work and family as a professional woman working in BI and HI? Prof. May D Wang, PhD Title: Professor, Kavli Fellow, Georgia Cancer Scholar, Fellow of AIMBE Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Winship Cancer Institute, IBB and IPaT Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University Contact: maywang@gatech.edu Weblink: Dongmei Wang Research Interests: Biomedical Big Data Analytics and Dynamic Systems Modeling for Personalized, Predictive, and Precision Health; Translational Bioinformatics; Pathological Imaging Informatics; Critical Care and Chronic Health Care informatics ; Bio-Nanoinformatics; Clinical and Health Decision Support System Telemedicine 6