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Alex Derry’s Dissertation Defense 12/8

Alex Derry’s Dissertation Defense 12/8

Friday, December 8th, 2023

10:00 am PST

Location: Y2E2 111

Deep learning on local sites for protein structure and function analysis

Understanding how the three-dimensional structure of a protein leads to its function is important for determining disease mechanisms,

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Weekly Seminar: Kyle Daniels, 12/7/23

Weekly Seminar: Kyle Daniels, 12/7/23

12/7/23

Speaker: Kyle Daniels, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Stanford University

Title: Decoding the language of signaling domains to control cell function

Abstract: Cell therapies are powerful technologies in which human cells are reprogrammed for therapeutic applications such as killing cancer cells or replacing defective cells.

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Mark Musen awarded honorary degree

Mark Musen awarded honorary degree

Mark Musen, Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, received the degree of Doctor honoris causa from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in a ceremony on November 15,

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Weekly Seminar 11/30: Jean Fan

Weekly Seminar 11/30: Jean Fan

Date: 11/30/23

Speaker: Jean Fan, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

Title: Computational Methods for Comparative Spatial Omics Analysis

Abstract: Mammalian tissues are comprised of many molecularly and functionally distinct cell-types and cell-states organized into meso-scale structures and patterns to achieve intricate biological functions.

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Data Studio 11/29: Cardiac Events after Radiation of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

Data Studio 11/29: Cardiac Events after Radiation of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

Cardiac Events after Radiation of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

DATE: Wednesday, 29 November 2023

TIME: 3:00–4:30 PM

LOCATION: Conference Room X399,

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DBDS faculty featured prominently in cover story of latest SOM Magazine: “Medicine’s AI Boom: The Stanford Impact”

DBDS faculty featured prominently in cover story of latest SOM Magazine: “Medicine’s AI Boom: The Stanford Impact”

Eleven of DBDS’ faculty and associated faculty were featured in the latest issue of Stanford Medicine Magazine. “Medicine’s AI Boom: The Stanford Impact”
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Weekly Seminar: Manny Rivas, “Prediction and inference from population scale datasets” 11/16

Weekly Seminar: Manny Rivas, “Prediction and inference from population scale datasets” 11/16

Prediction and inference from population scale datasets Thursdays 11/16 1:30-3:00 pm in MSOB x303

Population biobanks are a valuable resource for identifying genetic and environmental factors that contribute to disease.

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Dr. Richard Olshen, pioneer in field of statistics: 1942-2023

Dr. Richard Olshen, pioneer in field of statistics: 1942-2023

Dear DBDS, It is with deep sorrow that I write to inform you of the passing of Professor Richard Allen Olshen on November 8,
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Kevin Wu: Research Talk 11/8

Kevin Wu: Research Talk 11/8

Kevin Wu

Wednesday, November 8th, 2023

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm PST 

CCSR 0235

Zoom Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95984592133?pwd=MDRXcyt4eTlCVlZhdHZYZ0prLzBGZz09

Title: Medical AI After Deployment: Data-driven analyses and methods for clinically viable AI

Abstract: Medical AI algorithms have undergone significant development and regulatory approval,

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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science

Faculty Opening: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science

Work type: University Tenure Line
Location: Stanford University
Categories: School of Medicine

The Department of Biomedical Data Science (DBDS) at Stanford University seeks two faculty members to join the Department as Assistant Professors on the University Tenure Line.

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Open Position:  Program Coordinator and Executive Associate

Open Position: Program Coordinator and Executive Associate

The DBDS administration is a team-first organization that is interdependent on its members to meet the demands of all faculty and students.

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Min Woo Sun and Robert Tibshirani publish “Public health factors help explain cross country heterogeneity in excess death during the COVID19 pandemic” in Nature Scientific Reports

Min Woo Sun and Robert Tibshirani publish “Public health factors help explain cross country heterogeneity in excess death during the COVID19 pandemic” in Nature Scientific Reports

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a devastating toll around the world. Since January 2020, the World Health Organization estimates 14.9 million excess deaths have occurred globally.

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Welcome DBDS Knight-Hennessey Scholars, cohort of 2023!

Welcome DBDS Knight-Hennessey Scholars, cohort of 2023!

The scholars in the 2023 cohort come from 29 countries, including the first scholars from Hungary, Malawi, the Netherlands, Russia,

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Weekly Seminar 10/12: Irene Chen

Weekly Seminar 10/12: Irene Chen

Date: 10/12/23
Speaker: Irene Chen
Title: Beyond Bias: Constructing an Ethical Framework for AI in Medicine
Host: Weiruo Zhang
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Data Studio 10/11: A Novel Chest Computed Tomography Scoring System in Children and Adolescents with Rheumatologic Diffuse Lung Disease

Data Studio 10/11: A Novel Chest Computed Tomography Scoring System in Children and Adolescents with Rheumatologic Diffuse Lung Disease

DATE: Wednesday, 11 October 2023

TIME: 3:00–4:30 PM

TITLE: A Novel Chest Computed Tomography Scoring System in Children and Adolescents with Rheumatologic Diffuse Lung Disease

LOCATION: Conference Room X399,

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Data Studio: Clinical Trial Design for Glaucoma Treatment Using Humphrey Visual Field as Primary Outcome

Data Studio: Clinical Trial Design for Glaucoma Treatment Using Humphrey Visual Field as Primary Outcome

TITLE: Clinical Trial Design for Glaucoma Treatment Using Humphrey Visual Field as Primary OutcomeA Guide for the Statistically Perplexed
DATE: Wednesday,

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Gina Bouchard: “The colocatome as a spatial -omic reveals shared microenvironment features between tumour-stroma assembloids and lung cancer specimens” published in BioRxiv

Gina Bouchard: Computational frameworks to quantify and compare microenvironment spatial features of in vitro patient-derived models and clinical specimens are needed.

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Gevaert team: Glioblastoma research study establishes a connection between spatial cellular architecture and clinical outcomes

Gevaert team: Glioblastoma research study establishes a connection between spatial cellular architecture and clinical outcomes

Exciting work in glioblastoma research spearheaded by postdoc Yuan-Ning Zheng. The Gevaert team has developed a deep learning model to predict transcriptional subtypes of glioblastoma cells from spatial transcriptomics data and histology images.

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The Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Training Program will formally change its name to the Biomedical Data Science Training Program effective September 1.

The Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Training Program will formally change its name to the Biomedical Data Science Training Program effective September 1.

Dear Faculty, Trainees and Staff,

On September 1, 2023, the Biomedical Informatics (BMI) training program will finalize its last step in merging with the Department of Biomedical Data Science (DBDS) and formally change its name to the Biomedical Data Science training program.

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Significant sparse polygenic risk scores across 813 traits in UK Biobank

Significant sparse polygenic risk scores across 813 traits in UK Biobank

In collaboration with Hastie and Tibshirani labs, Rivas lab members, including a recent alumnus of the DBDS program and first author Yosuke Tanigawa,

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Daniel Rubin invited to participate in cohort 5 of SMLA

Daniel Rubin invited to participate in cohort 5 of SMLA

We are delighted to announce that DBDS faculty researcher Daniel Rubin has been invited to participate in cohort 5 of the Stanford Medicine Leadership Academy (SMLA). 

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“90 Seconds with Lisa Kim”: Genome sequencing sets Guinness World Record [featuring Euan Ashley]

“90 Seconds with Lisa Kim”: Genome sequencing sets Guinness World Record [featuring Euan Ashley]

A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists sets the first Guinness World Record for the fastest DNA sequencing technique,

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Advancing the Case for Data Intermediaries

Advancing the Case for Data Intermediaries

A new report from the World Economic Forum calls for third-party data protection. This approach would respect individual rights and benefit companies and society.

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DBDS researchers receive a 2022 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award

DBDS researchers receive a 2022 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award

DBDS researchers Ruishan Liu (first author, pictured here), Ying Lu, James Zou and colleagues have been named recipients of a 2022 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award,

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Deploying AI in Healthcare: Separating the Hype from the Helpful

DBDS Professor Nigam Shah assesses the state of AI in healthcare and encourages executives to think beyond the model.

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Ying Lu & Stanford DBDS colleagues win UCB-Stanford Industrial Relation & Digital Health Research Award

Ying Lu & Stanford DBDS colleagues win UCB-Stanford Industrial Relation & Digital Health Research Award

Ying Lu [pictured here], together with visiting scholar Ruben van Eijk and Tze Lai and Lu Tian of the Department of Biomedical Data Science and the Center for Innovative Study Design,

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Unstructured clinical notes within the 24 hours since admission predict short, mid & long-term mortality in adult ICU patients

Unstructured clinical notes within the 24 hours since admission predict short, mid & long-term mortality in adult ICU patients

DBDS faculty researcher Suzanne Tamang [pictured here] and her colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Department of Energy published a research article in PLoS One on using clinical notes in combination with structured data for the prediction of ICU outcomes.

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A blood test to predict surgical complications?

A blood test to predict surgical complications?

DBDS faculty researcher Nima Aghaeepour and colleagues “have led a national study showing that a blood-based test they developed can predict which patients are at higher risk of surgical complications,

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Teri Klein named AAAS Fellow

Teri Klein named AAAS Fellow

DBDS faculty researcher Teri Klein is one of “Nine researchers from Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory [who] have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 

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James Zou: Trust is AI’s most critical contribution to health care

James Zou: Trust is AI’s most critical contribution to health care

“AI can reveal remarkable medical insights, but only if patients and doctors have faith in it. Thus, trust has become AI’s singular goal,

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Research explores how scammers take advantage of COVID-19

Research explores how scammers take advantage of COVID-19

“While the pandemic brought out the best in many people — including those who delivered food to elderly neighbors, sewed masks and risked their lives to care for afflicted patients —

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Presentation Recording: Reconstructing Cell-Cell Interactions in the Tumor Microenvironment with Sylvia Plevritis

Presentation Recording: Reconstructing Cell-Cell Interactions in the Tumor Microenvironment with Sylvia Plevritis

The Cambridge Center for AI in Medicine and Director Mihaela van der Schaar hosted a special seminar by DBDS Chair Sylvia Plevritis.

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T cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma

T cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma

“Checkpoint inhibition has revolutionized oncology, but unfortunately many patients given the strongest forms of this cancer therapy will experience severe side effects,” said Aaron Newman,

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Fastest DNA sequencing technique helps undiagnosed patients find answers in mere hours

Fastest DNA sequencing technique helps undiagnosed patients find answers in mere hours

“A research effort led by Stanford scientists [including DBDS faculty researcher Euan Ashley] set the first Guinness World Record for the fastest DNA sequencing technique,

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Aaron Newman, Serena Yeung & James Zou named Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators

Aaron Newman, Serena Yeung & James Zou named Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators

DBDS faculty researchers Aaron Newman, Serena Yeung, and James Zou have been selected to join the second cohort of scientists to be named Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators following a competition for individual awards.

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Julia Palacios receives an NSF Career Award

Julia Palacios receives an NSF Career Award

DBDS faculty researcher Julia Palacios has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award for support of the project entitled “CAREER: New Statistical Approaches for Studying Evolutionary Processes: Inference,

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Gill Bejerano: How cryptogenomics advances both science and privacy

Gill Bejerano: How cryptogenomics advances both science and privacy

Uniting computer science, mathematics and genomics, Professor Gill Bejerano hopes to expand access to DNA while also keeping it secret.

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