Biomedical Research and Healthcare – Are we in an Era of Disruption?
Biomedical Research and Healthcare – Are we in an Era of Disruption?
Speaker: Dr Philip Bourne
Locations: Monash University: Time: 9.00 - 10.00am Seminar Room G12A, Building 26, Clayton Campus. Enquiries: Caitlin Slattery (Faculty of IT)
University of Queensland: Time: 9.00 - 10.00am Seminar Room 505A/B, Axon Building (#47), St Lucia Campus. Enquiries: Fran Moore (Research Computing Centre)
Abstract:
Digitisation followed by exponential growth of digital content have proved disruptive to other industries which are subject to a free market economy. Will the same happen in biomedical research and health care? If so, or indeed if a new path emerges, what are the opportunities and challenges for those graduating? We will address these questions together.
Biography:
Dr Philip Bourne took up his position as the first permanent Associate Director for Data Science (ADDS) at NIH in early 2014. Previously he was the Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Industry Alliances of the Office of Research Affairs and a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He also is the Associate Director of the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) Protein Data Bank. Dr. Bourne was trained as a physical chemist and obtained his Ph.D. from The Flinders University in South Australia.
Dr. Bourne’s professional interests focus on relevant biological and educational outcomes derived from computation and scholarly communication. This work involves the use of algorithms, text mining, machine learning, metalanguages, biological databases, and visualization applied to problems in systems pharmacology, evolution, cell signaling, apoptosis, immunology, and scientific dissemination. He has published over 300 papers and five books. One area to which he is extremely committed is to furthering the free dissemination of science through new models of publishing and better integration and subsequent dissemination of data and results.
About RCC/MURPA Seminar Series
RCC and MURPA (Monash Undergraduate Research Projects Abroad) co-host an IT-focused seminar series in the second semester each year.
Speakers are leaders in their field — from either the academic world, government or industry — and are often based overseas.
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The UQ location is room 505A, level 5, Axon Building (47), St Lucia Campus. Please address enquiries to Fran Moore at: rcc-admin@uq.edu.au.
The Monash University location is Lecture Theatre S3, 16 Rainforest Walk, Clayton Campus. Please address enquiries to Caitlin Slattery at: caitlin.slattery@monash.edu.