2022 Annual Conference 

The National Big Data Health Science Conference is a signature annual event of the USC Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC). The theme of the 2022 conference was “Unlocking the Power of Big Data in Health: Developing an Interdisciplinary Response for Health Equity.” Highlights of the virtual conference included keynote and panel speakers from diverse areas of the health sciences, government, and academia as well as poster sessions, networking events, and breakout sessions in areas of electronic health records, geospatial, social media, genomics, and bionanomaterials research. The Conference was held virtually on February 11 – 12, 2022. More information is available at https://www.sc-bdhs-conference.org.

Keynote Speakers

G. Thomas Chandler, Ph.D., M.Sc

Dean, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

Stephen J. Culter, Ph.D.

Interim Provost, University of South Carolina

Susan Gregurick, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) at the National Institutes of Health

Hao Helen Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona 

 

Sergio Baranzini, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Fransisco 

Holly Gaff, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University

 

Windsor Westbrook Sherrill, Ph.D.

Professor, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University and Chief Science Officer, Prisma Health-Upstate 

 

Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Ph.D.

Vice President for Industry Relations & Dean, College of Engineering, Anderson University

Linda Bell, M.D.

SC State Epidemiologist & Director, Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, DHEC

Wilbert van Panhuis, M.D., Ph.D

Director, NIAID Office of Data Science and Emerging Technologies