Challenges for Implementation of Cross-Disciplinary Research in the Big Data Era

Lied Lodge, Nebraska City, NE

July 10-12, 2019

Merrill Center retreats bring together university administrators and researcher-scientists for informal discussions that lead to the identification of pressing issues, understanding of different perspectives, and the creation of plans of action to enhance research productivity within our institutions. In 2019, our focus continued to be on opportunities and challenges of big data for research in public universities.

Pictured front to back, and left to right: Lisa Federer, Mabel Rice, Daniel Reed, Richard Barohn, Jennifer Larsen; Jim Coleman, Christophe Royon, Daniel Andresen, Bob Wilhelm; Carl Lejuez, Simon Atkinson, Jennifer Clarke, Teresa Girolamo; John Colombo, Robert Simari, Daniel Sui, Samantha Ghali, Marianne Reed, Suzanne Scales. 

 

Front to back, and left to right: Lisa Federer, Mabel Rice, Daniel Reed, Richard Barohn, Jennifer Larsen; Jim Coleman, Christophe Royon, Daniel Andresen, Bob Wilhelm; Carl Lejuez, Simon Atkinson, Jennifer Clarke, Teresa Girolamo; John Colombo, Robert Simari, Daniel Sui, Samantha Ghali, Marianne Reed, Suzanne Scales

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Retreat Participants

Keynote Speaker

  • Daniel A. Reed, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Utah

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

  • Lisa Federer, Data Science and Open Science Librarian

University of Arkansas

  • Jim Coleman, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
  • Daniel Sui, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

Kansas State University

  • Daniel Andresen, Director, Institute for Computational Research in Engineering and Science Professor, Department of Computer Science

University of Kansas

  • Mabel L. Rice, Fred and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies Director, Merrill Advanced Studies Center
  • Simon Atkinson, Vice Chancellor for Research
  • Richard Barohn, Vice Chancellor for Research, KUMC
  • John Colombo, Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Director, Life Span Institute
  • Samantha Ghali, Child Language Doctoral Program Doctoral Candidate
  • Teresa Girolamo, Child Language Doctoral Program Doctoral Candidate
  • Carl Lejuez, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
  • Marianne Reed, Digital Initiatives Manager, KU Libraries
  • Christophe Royon, Foundation Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Robert Simari, Executive Vice Chancellor, KUMC, Executive Dean & Franklin E. Murphy Professor of Cardiology

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Jennifer Clarke, Professor, Food Science and Technology
  • Deb Hamernik, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
  • Bob Wilhelm, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • W. Scott Campbell, Associate Professor, Senior Director Research Technologies - UNMC Director of Public Health Laboratory Informatics and Pathology Laboratory Informatics, Department of Pathology/Microbiology
  • Jennifer Larsen, Vice Chancellor for Research, Louise and Morton Degen Professor of Internal Medicine

Agenda

Lied Lodge, Nebraska City, NE

July 10-12, 2019

Wednesday, July 10

Opening Reception

Dinner

  • Welcome by Mabel Rice, Director of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center at KU
  • Introduction of Participants

Thursday, July 11

Breakfast

Brief group photo shoot on lobby stairs

  • Welcome and introduction of the keynote speaker – Mabel Rice

Keynote Address

  • Dan Reed, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Utah, “Big Data, Big Challenge, Big Opportunity”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice

Break

Researcher Administrator Panel

  • John Colombo, University of Kansas, “Big Data → Big Impact”
  • Robert Simari, University of Kansas Medical Center, “Why Don't We Have Inclusive Clinical Trials?”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Rick Barohn

Lunch

Research Dissemination

  • Lisa Federer, NIH/NLM, “Quantifying and Understanding Biomedical Data Reuse”
  • Marianne Reed, University of Kansas, “Journal Programs and Cross-Disciplinary Research”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Simon Atkinson

Research/Administrator Panel

  • Jim Coleman and Daniel Sui, University of Arkansas, “Institutional Strategies for Facilitating Cross-Disciplinary Research: Does Big Data Make a Difference?” and “Convergence Research in the Age of Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges”
  • Dan Andresen, Kansas State University, “Making mountains out of molehills: Challenges for Implementation of Cross-Disciplinary Research in the Big Data Era”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Simon Atkinson

Break

Research/Administrator Panel

  • Bob Wilhelm and Jennifer Clarke, University of Nebraska, “Training for Cross-Disciplinary Bioresearch and Science as a Team Sport”
  • Carl Lejuez, University of Kansas, “Protecting the Value of Interdisciplinary Collaborations in the Development of a New University Budget Model”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Deb Hamernik

Dinner

Friday, July 12

Breakfast Researcher Panel

  • Christophe Royon, University of Kansas, “Cross-Disciplinary Research: from Nuclear Physics to Cosmic Ray Detection and Medical Applications”
  • Jennifer Larsen, University of Nebraska Medical Center, "Challenges for Implementation of Cross-Disciplinary Research in the Big Data Era”
  • Scott Campbell, University of Nebraska Medical Center, “Practical Use of Clinical Terminologies: SNOMED CT in Pathology and Genomics”
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice

Break

Final Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice

Lunch and Departure