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BDHSC Faculty Awarded Internal COVID-19 Research Grants
The UofSC Office of the Vice President for Research recently announced the recipients of its special internal funding initiative to support COVID-19 research and scholarship. BDHSC is pleased to announce that of the 42 projects funded, BDHSC faculty serve as PI for 10 projects and Co-I for 7 different projects.
Big Data Analytics Workshop on Statistical and Machine Learning of Challenging Neuroimaging Datasets
Synopsis The increasing volume and variety of neuroimaging datasets demand advanced modeling techniques to answer scientifically relevant questions such as causality and treatment effect. This workshop features novel statistical and machine learning approaches for...
Big Data in the Time of COVID-19: Live Lecture
Abstract: Udo Sglavo, Vice President of Analytics Research and Development at SAS, joined us for a live lecture on Data Science in the time of COVID-19.
Bayesian Regression for Group Testing Data Seminar
Abstract:Group testing involves pooling individual specimens (e.g., blood, urine, swabs, etc.) and testing the pools for the presence of a disease. When individual covariate information is available (e.g., age, gender, number of sexual partners, etc.), a common goal...
UofSC Holds Big Data Health Science Case Competition
As part of the 2020 University of South Carolina (UofSC) National Big Data Health Science Conference (https://www.sc-bdhs-conference.org), UofSC Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) launched the First Student Case Competition in Columbia, SC from Feb 7-9, 2020. In...
Leveraging Social Media Technology to Improve Health and Emotional Well-being Seminar
Abstract:Dr. Cavazos will present on systematic ways to explore social media posts about mental illness and substance misuse behaviors. Her research has implications for the delivery of online, accessible, and timely social media outreach that could facilitate new and...
Integrating Multi-Modal Biobehavioral Data to Treat Substance Use Disorders Seminar
Abstract:The role of neural circuitry in motivation, reward and drug use will be discussed; along with associations between inhibitory control and relapse vulnerability. These topics will be discussed in the context of ongoing research on the potential...
Utilizing Big Data for Drug Discovery (Repurposing) to Improve Patient and Disease Outcomes Seminar
Abstract:Drug repurposing holds the potential to bring existing medications with known safety profiles to new patient populations to accelerate drug development and lower treatment costs. Numerous examples exist for the identification of new indications for existing...
Neuroimaging Data Collection in NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials Seminar
Abstract:Established in 2014, the NIH StrokeNet is designed to conduct large multicenter clinical trials for stroke acute treatment, recovery, and prevention. The Data Coordination Unit at the Medical University of South Carolina is the National Data Management Center...