DBDS 2026 Retreat at the Stanford Computer and Data Science Building, Simonyi Conference Center, September 15-17
We are excited to welcome faculty, staff, postdocs, alumni, and graduate students to this annual gathering to explore pathbreaking research and to celebrate the DBDS community. Please register and join us for this inspiring occasion.
September 15-17
Location: 389 Jane Stanford Way, 4th Floor, Stanford, CA 94305
Breakfast and registration: 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Faculty: Please plan to arrive by 11:00 a.m., following the student sessions.
All attendees are encouraged to review the retreat agenda to plan their engagement accordingly.
Cancellations accepted no later than September 1, due to contractual obligations. Thank you.
If you have questions, please contact Bisera Rakicevic: bmore@stanford.edu.
Keynote speaker: Ida Sim, M.D., Ph.D.
- Current Positions: Professor of Medicine (UCSF) and of Computational Precision Health (UCSF and UC Berkeley), Co-Director of the UCSF UC Berkeley Joint Program in Computational Precision Health, and UCSF’s inaugural Chief Research Informatics Officer (2023).
- Pioneering Contributions: Co-founder of Open mHealth and Vivli; co-developed CommonHealth for EHR data access on Android; co-lead of the JupyterHealth project integrating various health tech initiatives.
- Global Leadership: Recognized for advancing health data sharing technology and policy internationally.
- Notable Awards: Received the Luminary Award (2025), Health Science Leader by STAT News (2024), and the United States Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2000).
- Elected Memberships: Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2022), American Society for Clinical Investigation (2010), and Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (2007).
- Educational Background: M.D. from Stanford University (1990), Ph.D. in Medical Informatics (1997), and Health Services Research Fellowship at Stanford (1997).
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