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TB DEPOT Demo at AMIA 2019
The TB Data Exploration Portal was selected for a systems demonstration at the annual AMIA meeting happening this year in Washington, DC. The presentation will be featured as a part of AMIA's Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for MOC-II credit to board-certified clinical informaticians on November 19, 2019 between 3:30-5:30PM in Monroe Room.
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2019 Union World Conference on Lung Health
The TB Portals Program will be attending the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India on October 30 – November 2, 2019. We will present the following abstract: “Tuberculosis detection in chest X-rays: the effects of image preprocessing on deep learning classifier, OA-05-332-31, October 31, 16:00 – 17:30, Hall 1. Please contact us if you would like to meet at the conference.
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Union Conference Side Meeting: “Using Programmatic Data for Research”
During the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) TB Portals Program and its partners will host a side meeting on repurposing surveillance and programmatic data for research in order to accelerate TB control. More information and registration for the meeting can be found on the event page.
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2019 TBPP Steering Committee Meeting
The TB Portals Program will convene September 23-25, 2019 in Chisinau, Moldova for its Annual Steering Committee Meeting. This meeting brings together researchers, clinicians, and IT specialists to discuss challenges in research and treatment of MDR-TB, and to identify new ways for using technology (image analysis, genomics, data science, and advanced analytics) to address those challenges.
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2018 Union World Conference on Lung Health
The TB Portals Program will be presenting at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague, Netherlands on October 24-27, 2018. We will present the following abstracts: “Online resource for GWAS analysis for large annotated DR-TB database: identification of unique genomic markers for M. tuberculosis strains circulating in Belarus”, PS10-511-25, October 25, 13:35 – 13:40, Poster Area. “Online resource for data explorations in large annotated DR-TB database. Comparative analysis of annotated CT scans of patients with drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis,” SOA16-1163-26. October 26, 16:35-16:42, Everest 1 & 2 (120). “Genomic context of drug resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Moldova,” PS34-779-26. October 26, 13:20 – 13:25, Poster Area. Please contact us if you would like more information on or would like to meet at any of these events.
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Union Conference Side Meeting: “Advancing TB research through data science and informatics for public heath impact”
The TB Portals Program, along with Critical Path to TB Regimens, will be hosting a side meeting at the Union Conference in the Hague on October 25, between 10am and 1pm. This meeting, will highlight how data science-based approaches can be used to advance TB research, while also stressing the extensive collaboration and data sharing it requires. Panelists will include a diverse range of stakeholders from government, academia, policy, and NGOs to provide a breadth of perspective on the subject and encourage discussion on how to move forward in this area. More information and registration for the meeting can be found on the event page.
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2018 International Tuberculosis Portals Consortium
The TB Portals Program will convene October 15-18, 2018 in Bucharest, Romania for its Annual Steering Committee Meeting. This meeting brings together researchers, clinicians, and IT specialists to discuss challenges in research and treatment of MDR-TB, and to identify new ways for using technology (image analysis, genomics, data sciences, and advanced analytics) to address those challenges.
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MICCAI 2018
Medical imaging and radiomics work will be presented at the DATRA satellite event at the 21st International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI).
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TB Research in Paraguay meeting
The TB Portals Program will be participating in the "Seminario sobre Investigación en Tuberculosis en Paraguay" September 6-7 in Asunción, Paraguay. This meeting will discuss and share best practices to address TB in the Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil region, including using state-of-art scientific tools and informatics-based methods.
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TB Portals G-AP presented at ASM Microbe
Genomics Analysis Portals (G-AP), the Program's newest analytical tool, will be presented at ASM Microbe 2018 on Friday June 8, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information on location and time, see the online abstract.
