Friday, July 9, 2021

Webinar on Streamlining Access to Controlled Data at NIH: Tackling Challenges and Identifying Opportunities

Registration now open for July 9 webinar

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a webinar titled “Streamlining Access to Controlled Data at NIH: Tackling Challenges and Identifying Opportunities” on July 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. 

This webinar will explore perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in accessing controlled data stewarded by NIH. This event will be open to all interested participants with opportunities to hear from thought leaders on this topic as well as to ask questions and provide ideas with follow-up activities. The webinar will be of particular interest to data scientists and investigators who use NIH data resources.  

Organized by the NIH Controlled Data Access Coordination Working Group, the webinar will help inform the group’s recommendations to NIH leadership on ways to streamline access to controlled data. 

A recording of this webinar will be available after the event at Streamlining Access to Controlled Data at the NIH. Visit this page to learn more on this topic and register for additional webinars.

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July 9: Webinar Agenda

Time (EDT) Details

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

Opening Remarks and Goals of the Informational Webinar

Susan Gregurick, Ph.D. – NIH Associate Director for Data Science

10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

Keynote Presentation – Opportunities for Advancing Research Through Better Access to Controlled Data

Richard Hodes, M.D. – Director, National Institute on Aging, NIH

10:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Plenary Presentations

  1. Streamlining Controlled Data Access: Ana Navas-Acien, M.P.H., M.D., Ph.D. – Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University
  2. Making Controlled Access Data Readily Findable and Accessible:  Lucila Ohno-Machado, M.D., Ph.D. – Director of BioMedical Informatics for the Clinical and Translational Research Institute, UCSD
  3. Emerging Technologies for Addressing Privacy Risks in Data Sharing:  Hoon Cho, M.S., Ph.D. – Schmidt Fellow, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard 

12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Discussion and Next Steps in Collecting Community Feedback
Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. – Director, National Library of Medicine, NIH