Nationwide Children’s Presents a Multifaceted Computational Approach to Pediatric Care

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 14, 2013 - Computational scientists at the Kloczkowski research group, Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, have taken the initiative to collaborate with several of the researchers and clinical doctors at The Research Institute (RI) and Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH).  In the past year, these collaborations with clinical researchers, who conduct studies relating to childhood cancer, nephrotic syndrome, cardiovascular and infectious diseases, have brought synergy and determination to combat childhood diseases.

At CHI’s Bioinformatics in the Genome Era conference, the following individuals will share their experiences and perspectives in applying computational techniques to these studies and working together with scientists coming from widely varying fields of research.

Moderator: Andrzej Kloczkowski, Ph.D., Professor, Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Panelists:

Saras Saraswathi Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Richard Ransom, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Faculty, Nephrology and Urology Research Affinity Group, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Peter Houghton, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Hematology/Oncology & Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) and Director, Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Pam Lucchesi, Ph.D., Director, Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and Principal Investigator, Heart Center, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Registration discounts are available until January 18, 2013.  For complete event details, visit: http://www.triconference.com/bioinformatics-genome

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