PRCTRC Events

Patricia Ordoñez-Rozo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
College of Natural Sciences
University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus

Abstract

The complexity and volume of collected medical data is greater now than at any point in the history of medicine. Providers are expected to examine large volumes of data and identify correlations between parameters based on their own clinical experience to detect significant medical events. The information overload that providers face may hinder the diagnostic process.   Existing visualizations to assist the provider in analyzing information consist mainly of tables or plots of values for a particular parameter over time. Multivariate Time Series Amalgams (MTSAs) provide an integrated, multivariate approach to represent clinical and physiological data. The hybrid representation automates the personalization of baselines and threshold values based on a patient’s medical history, while also incorporating traditional baselines and thresholds. MTSA visualizations capture the rate of change of provider-selected parameters and the relationships among them.

The second half of my research consists of developing automated techniques for discovering correlations among parameters over time to assist providers in making a diagnosis. The underlying premise of my research is that the complexity of a highly integrated system such as a human being is better captured by examining patterns as multivariate temporal abstractions as opposed to conjunctions of univariate ones -- the more common approach for multivariate time series analysis and in medicine. The objective of such an approach is to assist in the identification of latent patterns within the data associated with specific medical conditions or events.

Thus, in addition to the MTSA visualizations, I will present two novel multivariate time series representations, Stacked Bags-of-Patterns and Multivariate Bag-of-Patterns, which have been effective at classifying medical data, robotic sensor data, and motion capture data.  These representations are more compact than the raw multivariate time series and would facilitate the retrieval of patients from large medical databases based on physiological similarity and ideally on the presence of similar medically significant events or conditions.

Sponsored by the Departments of Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology &  the RCMI Center for Information Technology and Telecommunications (CentIT2) and the Biomedical Informatics Key Activity of the Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium, with the collaboration of the Department of Computer Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus.

John Quackenbush, Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

See the live transmission at:
UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center (UPRCCC) Amphitheater
*a light lunch will be served after the seminar

REVISED SCHEDULE

25 October 2012
Dept. of Biochemistry Library- Rm A641, 6th floor of main building UPR-Medical Sciences Campus
9:30 am Introducing Caribbean Genome Center – Taras K Oleksyk
10:00am-12:00 Current Perspectives in Genomics Research – Meredith Yeager

26 October 2012
Amphitheater – 6th floor of main building, UPR-Medical Sciences Campus
1:00 pm Sequence Data Analysis For Ion Torrent Data –Joseph Boland, NCI
2:00 pm Ion Torrent Sequencing In Non-Human Models Organisms –Michael Cullen, NCI
3:00 pm Life Technologies for the Biomedical Sciences –Andy Felton, Life Technologies
4:00 pm Question and Answer session –all participants CaribbeanGenome Center at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

J. Víctor García-Martínez, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research Division of Infectious Diseases University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Persons interested in meeting with the speaker that day
from 1:00 to 3:00 pm please contact:
Zahíraliz Reyes Bou at (787-798-3001, Ext. 2079)
Ivonne Amill at (787-798-3001, Ext 2093)
Irves Rivera at (787-798-3001, Ext 2094)
Confirm your attendance - Lunch will be provided

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Instructors:

• Linnette Rodriguez, PhD, MS
  Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, GSPH, UPR-MSC
• Raul Ramon, MS
  Data Analyst and PRCTRC DBE Coordinator at Universidad Central del Caribe

For reservation please contact Katya Giovannetti

Speaker:

Stella Pappa, MD
Emory University School of Medicine

SPEAKER:
Laura Freimanis, MD, PhD
Westat, Rockville, MD

Partially supported by: National Institutes of Health: HiREC S21MD001830, CRECD Grant Number R25RR017589 from NCRR/R25MD007607 from NIMHD and PRCTRC 8U54MD007587-03.

"Ethical Considerations in Human Biobanking"
Gwen Quinn, PhD

"Proteomics for Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine"
John Koomen, PhD

"Using Proteomics to Personalize Melanoma Therapy"
Keiran Smalley, PhD

Lunch with Speakers to follow Presentations

*Registration begins at 8:30 am

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Instructor:    Heidi Venegas, DrPH, MS - DBE Biostatistics Leader

Instructors:

• Linnette Rodríguez, PhD, MS - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, UPR-MSC
• Raúl Ramón, MS - Data Analyst and PRCTRC DBE Coordinator at Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC)

***Spaces are limited***
For reservations, please contact Mariely Nieves-Plaza, PRCTRC DBE Coordinator at UPR-MSC via email (mariely.nieves1@upr.edu) or by phone (787) 759-0306, extension 239. Since the training activity is a hands-on workshop, no transmission will be available to UCC and Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences. However, investigators from these institutions are encouraged to attend this workshop.  

Speaker:
Georgamaly Estronza, MS
Medical Sciences Campus
IRB Administrator - Compliance Officer

This activity is sponsored by the Regulatory Knowledge and Support Key Function

The Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical Research, in partnership with the Multi-disciplinary Training and Career Development (MTCD) Key Function of the Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (PRCTRC) are pleased to announce the schedule for the Summer 2012 schedule for the Grantsmanship Workshop.

12 sessions  starting:
June 4, 2012 – October 1, 2012

APPLICATION DUE DATE:  April 13, 2012

For more information download the following documents:

• Course Description & Schedule
• Application Form

Speaker:

Angel M. Mayor, MD, MS

Conference description:
The term health disparity describes a type of injustice that arises from unequal access to resources, such as education, health care, clean water, and clear air, resulting in an uneven disease distribution. Health disparities may be the underlying cause of several social and environmental vulnerabilities, including those that operate on individual, community, and society-wide levels. It is important to understand these disparities, so that they can be correctly identified, approached and managed. The present conference will introduce the concepts of health disparity, their causes and the paradigm shifting recommendation in research to reduce these gaps.

For additional information and space reservation at UCC please call 787-787-8710 or 787-787-8722.
For space reservation at UPR-MSC please contact Mariely Nieves at mariely.nieves1@upr.edu.
For investigators at PSM & HS, please contact Wanda Vega at wvega@psm.edu.

Recursos:

María José Crespo, PhD
Catedrática
Departamento de Fisiología
Escuela de Medicina, RCM-UPR

Annabelle Segarra, PhD
Catedrática
Departamento de Fisiología
Escuela de Medicina, RCM-UPR

Dipak Banejee, PhD
Catedrático
Departamento de Bioquímica              
Escuela de Medicina RCM-UPR

Lynnette Ruíz,PhD
Profesora Adjunta
Escuela de Medicina
Unidad de Medicina Comparada

Delia M. Camacho,PhD
Catedrática
Escuela de Profesiones de la Salud
Directora
Centro Mujer y Salud RCM-UPR

¡Esperamos contar con su presencia!
Llamar para confirmar, espacios limitados.
787-758-2525 ext. 1368

Parcialmente subvencionado por el PRCTRC:  “National Center for Research Resources” (U54 RR 026139-01A1) y el “National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities” (8U54 MD 007587-03) de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH).

Objectives:

Disseminate successful strategies to optimize the capabilities and resources to conduct clinical and translational research.

Promote the integration of effective models to develop independent clinical and translational researchers.

Strengthen research education, training, and networking through information technology tools.

Call for Poster Presentation

Abstract Submission Deadline: December 14, 2011

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Preliminary Scientific Program

This short conference will provide an introduction to qualitative research
and its applications in the health field. The logistics, epistemological,
conceptual and ethical-political fundaments of qualitative research in the
study of health related problems and issues will be presented. The most
commonly used tools and methods for this field will be described. Also,
the peculiarities of qualitative versus quantitative approach in terms of
rigor and application of findings will be discussed. The discussion of
some research examples from the qualitative paradigm point of view will be
included for further understanding our research area.
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Registration: lizbelle.dejesus@upr.edu
Limited to 30 participants
Sponsored by: Collaborations and Partnerships / Multidisciplinary Training and Career Development

Program

Speaker:

Horacio Serrano Rivera, MS, PhD
Professor, School of Public Health
& School of Medicine MSC

Limited availability.  Please confirm your attendance by email: lizbelle.dejesus@upr.edu.

Sponsored by PRCTRC - Multidisciplinary Training and Career Development
Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium, NCRR, NIH Grant  1U54RR026139-01