REMINDER: NCBO Seminar Series - Meeting Info for Wed, June 3!

REMINDER: NCBO Seminar Series - Meeting Info for Wed, June 3! Hello All! 

The next NCBO Seminar Series will be held Wednesday, June 3, at 10am PST . The seminar will be presented by Dr. Ida Sim . The title of the presentation will be “ Using Ontologies for Visualizing Design Heterogeneity in Human Studies ”. 

Below is Information on how to join this week’s online meeting and accompanying teleconference. Please note there will not be a VOIP option, and attendees must call into the teleconference. 

For more information about the series, please visit the Seminar Series home page: http://www.bioontology.org/seminar_series.html . Information on how to join this week’s webinar is given below. To receive information on or to join any future meetings, please contact me at skanel@stanford.edu . 

This series aims to showcase new projects, technologies and ideas in biomedical ontology by featuring the work of a different collaborator each session. It is a webinar held online, and as such is open to anyone interested, regardless of location or affiliation. The sponsoring organization, the National Center for Biomedical Ontology ( http://www.bioontology.org ), is a consortium of leading biologists, clinicians, informaticians, and ontologists who develop innovative technology and methods allowing scientists to create, disseminate, and manage biomedical information and knowledge in machine-processable form. 

We hope to see you there. 

Title: Using Ontologies for Visualizing Design Heterogeneity in Human Studies 

Abstract: The human studyome is the totality of all human studies worldwide, encompassing all interventional, observational and qualitative research on human subjects. The human studyome is one of the most valuable sources of knowledge for advancing the understanding of diseases and treatments. Dr. Sim will discuss her NCBO Driving Biological Project that sought to use ontologies to visualize design heterogeneity in randomized trials for comparative effectiveness researchers. She will also discuss some observations on the benefits and challenges of applying ontologies and ontology tools to computerizing the human studyome and to clinical research in general. 

Bio: Dr. Ida Sim is Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Director, UCSF Center for Clinical and Translational Informatics ( http://ccti.ucsf.edu/ < http://ccti.ucsf.edu/ > ). She received her MD and her PhD in Medical Informatics from Stanford University. Dr. Sim's research focus is on knowledge-based technologies for evidence-based practice, especially in the ontological representation of human studies for advancing clinical and translational research. In policy work, Dr. Sim was the founding Project Coordinator of the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, which sets global standards on clinical trial registration and reporting. She is a recipient of United States Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. 



Topic: NCBO Seminar Series 
Date: The 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every 1 months 
Time: 9:45 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00) 
Meeting Number: 926 719 478 
Meeting Password: ncbomeeting 


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To join the online meeting 
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1. Go to https://stanford.webex.com/stanford/j.php?ED=107799137&UID=0&PW=ebd7e38de40150565a40555c10050501&RT=MiM0 
2. Enter your name and email address. 
3. Enter the meeting password: ncbomeeting 
4. Click "Join Now". 
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. 

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To join the meeting on iPhone 
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Go to wbx://stanford.webex.com/stanford?MK=926719478&MPW=fa80f225f0bacb57916395a9454864fe09cdcc184b1d352d317ec99949d4d080 

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To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: 
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Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-429-3300 
Global call-in numbers: https://stanford.webex.com/stanford/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=107799137&tollFree=0 

Access code:926 719 478 

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2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support". 

You can contact me at: 
skanel@stanford.edu 
1-650-736-0786 

To update this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: 
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Shauna B. Kanel 
Communications Coordinator & Web Editor 
Stanford University 
Division of Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR) 
National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO) 

Medical School Office Building, Room X-217 
251 Campus Drive | Stanford, CA 94305-5101 
(650) 736-0786 
skanel@stanford.edu 



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