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Call for Abstracts Open: 6th National Big Data Health Science Conference
The University of South Carolina Big Data Health Science Center invites you to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the 6th National Big Data Health Science Conference, to be held February 13-14, 2025, in Columbia, SC. Abstracts may be submitted for,...
Save the Date: 6th National Big Data Health Science 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 2025 conference is “Unlocking the Power of Big Data in Health: Transforming Data into Actionable Intelligence.” Highlights...
BDHSC Featured: Big Data Health Science Center Brings Big Minds, Big Ideas
Read the full feature at https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2024/04/big-data-health-science-center-big-ideas.php
4th Cohort of R25 Big Data Health Science Faculty Fellows Announced
We’re excited to announce the 2024 R25 Fellows who will join the NIAID-funded R25 Big Data Health Science Fellow Program. As part of the BDHSC’s professional development mission, the Big Data Fellow program is designed to address these gaps and promote big data health science research at USC. Representing three different academic colleges/schools, the 2024 fellows include Pieter Baker (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Hui Chen (Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences), Lelia Larson (Assistant Professor of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior), Parthenia Luke (Research Assistant Professor, College of Social Work), Yuan Wang (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Yanfeng Xu (Assistant Professor, College of Social Work). Since 2021, a total of 20 junior faculty fellows have joined the Big Data Health Science Fellow Program. Learn more about our fellows, their mentors, and their proposed research.
The BDHSC Welcomes its 2024 Cohort for the Third Annual T35 Summer Research Training Program for Infectious Diseases
The University of South Carolina (USC) Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) welcomes the 2024 cohort of its third annual Big Data Health Science Summer Research Training Program for Infectious Diseases. This program is a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35), and is designed to contribute to the growing demand for workforce development in the data science field. Studies show the existing shortage of data scientists in healthcare research and operations is growing, with demand already outstripping supply by 50–60%. This shortage is further exacerbated by the high demand for the same talent by healthcare providers, payers, and other industries. Recognizing this shortage, the health care industry needs academia to reengineer its curriculum to focus on using big data analytics.
2024 Health Geographic Information Science (GIS) Scholars
The Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) at the University of South Carolina (USC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Health Geographic Information Science (GIS) Scholars Program:
Morgan Boncyk, a PhD candidate in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior at the Arnold School of Public Health, and Bridget Hamilton, a PhD student in the College of Nursing. Eight graduate students have received the Health GIS Scholarship in total since 2021.
T35 Summer Research Training Program Application Deadline Extended to Feb. 29!
It's not too late to apply! The University of South Carolina has extended the application deadline for their third annual T35 Big Data Health Science in Infectious Diseases Summer Research Training program to February 29th, 2024! The NIH-funded program is is open to...
The 5th National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition Winners Announced!
A team from the University of South Carolina won the $5,000 first place prize in the 5th National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition, which focused on developing an efficient method to classify unlabeled electroencephalogram (EEG) sleep data and deploying a machine learning model to address chronic sleep disorders.
USC’s Affiliation with the Atlanta Research Data Center
Membership to the center provides USC faculty and students with access to restricted U.S. Census data and data from other restricted government-sponsored agencies. Among other benefits, this membership allows USC affiliates access to fine resolution data (e.g., on individuals, specific businesses or firms, and high geographical resolution), otherwise unavailable complete datasets and additional variables, and longitudinal data to track individuals over time (e.g., to examine how policies at birth affect adult outcomes).
Continuous Contribution of the BDHSC to Workforce Development with its Big Data Health Science in Infectious Diseases Summer Research Training Program
The University of South Carolina (USC) Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) continues to contribute to workforce development through its National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short-Term Institutional...