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2024 UCSF CCMBM & Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Scientific Retreat - Fueling MSK Health and Discovery with Data Science, Technology, and Digital Health

This scientific event, entitled “Fueling MSK Health and Discovery with Data Science, Technology, and Digital Health”, brings together research scientists, clinicians, and patients to explore recent advances and opportunities in the fields of data science, tech, and digital health as they intersect with musculoskeletal research and clinical practice. Preeminent speakers from the Bay Area and throughout the country will join together to share cutting edge research and management frameworks across the biological, rehabilitative, imaging, and epidemiologic sciences. Distinguished guests include Dr. Rob Reich of Stanford University; Dr. Anita Ho from the UCSF Bioethics Program; Dr. Marina Sirota from the UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute; NIH ODSS Director Dr. Susan Gregurick; members of the Center for Intelligent Imaging; members of UCSF Data Sciences CoLab; members of UCSF Academic Research Services and Versa AI; and members of the Stanford Healthcare AI Team.

Please join us for this special two-day retreat sponsored by the NIH P30 Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM) and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. We will convene in-person for this year's event at UCSF's Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall, 600 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.
 

 


TENTATIVE EVENT AGENDA
 

DAY 1 - TUESDAY, March 12th, 5:30-8:00 PM

Open to the general community.

  • Welcome Gathering with speakers, MSK Leaders, UCSF Leaders, and invited guests
  • Event Program with Keynote Speakers
    Rob Reich, PhD, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
    Governance of Emerging Technologies: The Case of AI Norms, Standards, and Policies
    Anita Ho, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor at the UCSF Bioethics Program 
    Deep Ethical Learning in the Evolving AI Landscape for MSK Health
  • Panel Discussion on the ethics of artificial intelligence with keynote speakers will be moderated by Marc Kohli, MD, Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF
  • Slam Talk Competition & Lightning Talks
  • Poster Session and Reception

Graduate students, postdocs, and other trainees: Opportunities to present your research via a slam talk on Day 1, and/or posters on Day 2 are available here.


THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS

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DR. DAVID BRADFORD
LECTURESHIP FUND

Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations (CDMI)

 

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

 

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

 

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science


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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE EVENT COMMITTEE

Event Chair - Victor Cheuy, PhD
Event Co-Chair - Galateia Kazakia, PhD
Tamara Alliston, PhD
Noah Bonnheim, PhD
Kelsey Collins, PhD

Eva Gonzalez Diaz, PhD
Serra Kaya, PhD
Gurcharan Kaur, PhD
Pui Yee Law
Tom Sullivan

 

DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY, March 13th, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Open to the scientific community.

7:30 AM

8:15 AM

 

BREAKFAST

WELCOME REMARKS - Tamara Alliston, PhD, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

CHANCELLOR'S ADDRESS - UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood

10th Anniversary Reflections

8:45 PM  SESSION I - BASIC SCIENCE

Christopher Hernandez, PhD, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Gut Microbiome and Aging Musculoskeletal Tissues

Saul Villeda, PhD, UCSF Department of Anatomy
Blood Based Approaches to Counter Aging

Gabriela Loots, PhD, UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Understanding Factors that Modulate Post Traumatic Osteoarthritis through scRNA-seq

Valentina Pedoia, PhD, UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging & Altos Labs
Multiscale AI-Powered Microscopy from Molecules to Organs

10:10 AM
 

10:25 AM

10:40 AM

Lightning Talks by MSK Center T32 & CCMBM STRETCH Scholars

BREAK

BRADFORD DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP/ KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Marina Sirota, PhD, UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
From Bulk to Single Cell Signals: Using Data to Understand Autoimmune Disease in the Era of Precision Medicine ​​​​​​

11:15 AM  SESSION II - CLINICAL SCIENCE

Timothy Tsai, MD, Stanford Healthcare AI Applied Research Team
Advancing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Primary Care

Jeannie Bailey, PhD, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Using Real-World Data from Smartwatches to Track and Predict Chronic Low Back Pain Episodes

Tom Peterson, PhD, Core Center for Patient-centric, Mechanistic Phenotyping in Chronic Lower Back Pain (REACH)
Big, Small, Sparse, and Dense: Planning and Executing Research using Prospective and Retrospective Clinical Data

12:15 PM
 

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Lightning Talks by MSK Center T32 & CCMBM STRETCH Scholars

LUNCH / Junior Investigator Lunch Social

POSTER SESSION

NIH DATA SCIENCE STRATEGY by Susan Gregurick, PhD, NIH Office of Data Science Strategy
AI for Health and Research: Exploring NIH’s Strategies, Challenges, and Vision for the Future

3:15 PM  SESSION III - DATA SCIENCE RESOURCES PRACTICUM

Sharmila Majumdar, PhD, Center for Intelligent Imaging

Emma Bahroos, PhD, Radiology Research Support Services

Remi Frazier, MS, Academic Research Services

Oksana Gologorskaya, MS, Versa AI

Gabriela Fragiadakis, PhD, Data Sciences CoLab

5:15 PM

CLOSING REMARKS - C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Chair of the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery