Challenges for Implementation of Cross-Disciplinary Research in the Big Data Era
Agenda
Merrill Research Retreat
Lied Lodge, Nebraska City, NE
July 10-12, 2019
Wednesday, July 10
6:00 pm Opening Reception in the Steinhart AB
7:00 Dinner, Steinhart AB
Welcome by Mabel Rice, Director of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center at KU
Introduction of Participants
Thursday, July 11
6:30-8:00 am Breakfast in the Timber Dining Room
8:00-8:30 Brief group photo shoot on lobby stairs
8:30-8:45 Meeting in the Steinhart AB
Mabel Rice, Director, Merrill Advanced Studies Center - Welcome and
introduction of the keynote speaker
8:45-9:45 Keynote Address by Dan Reed, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, The
University of Utah “Big Data, Big Challenge, Big Opportunity”.
9:45-10:15 Open Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 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?”
11:30-Noon Open Discussion –Moderator, Rick Barohn
Noon-1:00 Lunch, Timber Dining Room
1:00-2:00 Research Dissemination:
Lisa Federer, NIH/NLM, “Quantifying and Understanding Biomedical Data Reuse”
Marianne Reed, University of Kansas, “Journal Programs and Cross Disciplinary
Research”
2:00-2:15 Open Discussion –Moderator, Simon Atkinson
2:15-3:15 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 crossdisciplinary research in the big data era”
3:15-3:30 Open Discussion – Moderator, Simon Atkinson
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-4:45 Research / Administrator Panel:
Bob Wilhelm and Jennifer Clarke, University of Nebraska, “Training for crossdisciplinary 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”
4:45-5:00 Open Discussion – Moderator, Deb Hamernik
5:30-6:45 Drinks – Library Lounge
7:00 Dinner – Timber Dining Room
Friday, July 12
6:30-8:30 am Breakfast
8:30-10:00 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”
10:00-10:30 Open Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Final Discussion with Moderator Mabel Rice
11:45-12:45 Lunch and Departure