*OPEN INVITATION*
The Center for Biomedical Informatics at the MU School of Medicine will host a summit for research and medical professionals to discuss MU’s vision for precision medicine. 7:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in Acuff Auditorium
The summit, which is a follow-up to a June 2018 summit held by UM System leaders, will gather clinicians and quantitative scientists involved in the planning for the Translational Precision Medicine Complex (TPMC). The TPMC will be a resource for researchers and clinicians to work together on advanced technologies and share important initiatives across the UM System.
The event will include presentations from Mark McIntosh, PhD, MU vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and economic development, and UM System vice president for research and economic development; Patrick Delafontaine, MD, Hugh E. and Sarah Stephenson Dean of the MU School of Medicine; and two panels featuring MU researchers and clinicians. A full schedule of events can be found below.
https://medicine.missouri.edu/news/center-biomedical-informatics-presents-precision-medicine-summit
Agenda
7:30 a.m. - Coffee
8:00 a.m. - Implementing UM's Vision for Precision MedicinePresented by:

Mark McIntosh, PhD, Vice President, Research and Economic Development, UM System

8:10 a.m. - The Practice of Precision MedicinePresented by:

Patrice Delafontaine, MD, Dean of the MU School of Medicine

8:20 a.m. - Pediatric Precision MedicinePresented by:

David Gozal, MD,Chair, Child Health MU School of Medicine

8:30 a.m. - Panel on Progress and Proposed Translational MedicinePresented by:

Jeffrey Bryan, DVM, MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
David Gozal, MD, Chairman of Child Health
Leslie Lyons, PhD, Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor of Comparative Medicine.
Douglas Miller, MD, PhD, Director, Pathology Residency Program
Steven Segal, PhD, Chancellor's Professor of Research Excellence
Kevin Staveley- O'Carroll, MD, Director of Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Wes Warren, PhD, Professor, Animal Sciences Research Center

10:30 a.m. - Quantitative and Computational Methods in Precision MedicinePresented by:

Sounak Chakraborty, PhD, Associate Professor, Statistics
Trupti Joshi, PhD, Director of Translational Bioinformatics
Tim Middelkoop, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of Research Computing Support Services, College of Engineering
Abu Mosa, PhD, Director, Research Informatics
Danny Myers, PhD, Research Strategist, Health Sciences Informatics Group
Mihail Popescu, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Management and Informatics
Dmitriy Shin, PhD, Director of Pathology Informatics/IT
Kat Usop, Biomedical Engineer and HMI student
Katie Wilkinson, Director, Information Management and Population Health
Dong Xu, PhD, Professor and Director of Information Technology

12:00 p.m. - Adjourn for Lunch in Acuff Atrium
~ Welcome Aboard!