NLM Talk Features Elhadad, June 12

The next talk in the NLM Informatics and Data Science Lecture Series—Advancing Women’s Health through Data Science and Personal Health Informatics—will be given by Dr. Noémie Elhadad on Wednesday, June 12 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Lister Hill Auditorium, Bldg. 38A.

She will discuss two issues: how to characterize and discover the different ways endometriosis presents in individuals, essentially phenotyping the disease, and how to support individuals with the disease, considering its heterogeneous presentations. 

Elhadad is associate professor and co-interim chair of the department of biomedical informatics at Columbia University and is affiliated with the computer science department and data science institute. Her research is at the intersection of machine learning, technology and medicine. 

The talk will be broadcast live and archived at http://videocast.nih.gov/. Individuals who need reasonable accommodation to participate should contact Ebony Hughes at (301) 451-8038 or Ebony.Hughes@nih.gov or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).