Biomedical Informatics: the past, present and future

Date: 2023/07/14 - 2023/07/14

Academic Seminar: Biomedical Informatics: the past, present and future

Speaker: Lana Garmire, Associate Professor, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Medical School, University of Connecticut

Time: 10:00 - 11:30, July 14, 2023 (Beijing Time)

Location: CIMC Auditorium (Room 300), JI Long Bin Building

Abstract

Biomedical informatics (BMI) is an interdisciplinary field emerged over the last few decades as a driving force behind many biological and health innovations.  BMI builds upon traditional disciplines including computer science, biology/biomedicine, and statistics. It concerns the effective uses of biomedical data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving, and decision making, to improve human health. In this talk, I will first give the general overview of the different sub-fields of BMI and highlight some past achievements. I will then exemplify some current research areas that heavily utilizes machine-learning and deep-learning methodologies to push forward biomedical and healthcare innovations. Lastly, I will elaborate future perspectives of BMI in improving global human health.

Biography

Lana Garmire is an associate professor of Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Biomedical Engineering from University of Michigan. Her research interest includes single-cell sequencing informatics and genomics; precision medicine through integration of multi-omics data types; novel modeling and computational methods for biomarker research, and population science. She has published over 90 papers in top quality journals and delivered over 100 invited talks. She is a standing member of BDMA study section and serves on the editorial advisory board for journals such as Genome Biology. Her work has been continuously funded by NIH in the last 10 years. Among the awards, noticeable ones include US Presidential Early Career Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).