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Join us for “Adventures in Text Mining: Applications, Ethics, and Cancer Care”

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Promotional banner for Adventures in Text Mining eventJoin us for our webinar “Adventures in Text Mining: Applications, Ethics, and Cancer Care” on October 16 from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Eastern Time.

What is Text Mining?
Text mining helps researchers sift through mountains of documents, clinical notes, and research papers to find important patterns and information quickly. Dr. Manika Lamba (Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma) will introduce the topic through the lens of her work in digital libraries and information organization.

Applications in Cancer Care
Dr. Anyi Li (Chief, Associate Attendings, Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering) will explain how applying text mining technologies to clinical notes at MSK has automated radiation therapy processes, saving clinician time and allowing for risk event analysis and mitigation. He will address the ethical aspects of text mining in healthcare, including patient privacy and responsible data use.

Applications in the Published Literature
Text mining can allow researchers to analyze the vast volume of scientific literature. Dr. Zhiyong Lu (Senior Investigator, NIH/NLM, Deputy Director for Literature Search, NCBI) will showcase his work mining the literature in PubMed, which led to tools including the Best Match algorithm and LitCovid. 

Register now. All registrants will receive a link to the event recording, whether or not they can attend synchronously.

About the speakers:

Dr. Manika Lamba is an Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma. Previously, she served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the HathiTrust Research Center, University of Illinois. Her research broadly falls under computational social science and science of science. She primarily focuses on using computational methods, such as text mining and machine learning, to provide better solutions for information retrieval and organization of digital libraries.

Dr. Anyi Li, Associate Attending Physicist and Chief of Computer Service at the Department of Medical Physics at MSK, leads a talented team comprising mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and data scientists. Together, they collaborate with the Division of Clinical Physics and the Department of Radiation Oncology to harness artificial intelligence, operational research algorithms, and big data. Their objective is to optimize radiation therapy plans, enhance the efficiency of the radiation treatment process from start to finish, develop a data platform for clinical decision support, and improve patient safety by managing accumulated radiation doses. They utilize the latest language models to analyze clinical event timelines and construct workflow knowledge graphs, which improve the radiation therapy workflow and provide valuable insights to the clinical team. With a background as a theoretical nuclear physicist and research scientist tackling NP-hard (nondeterministic polynomial time) problems, Dr. Li transitioned into big data engineering and AI, bringing experience from positions at Yahoo and IBM Watson Health.

Dr. Zhiyong Lu is a tenured Senior Investigator at the NIH/NLM IPR, leading research in biomedical text and image processing, information retrieval, and AI/machine learning. In his role as Deputy Director for Literature Search at NCBI, Dr. Lu oversees the overall R&D efforts to improve literature search and information access in resources like PubMed and LitCovid, which are used by millions worldwide each day. Additionally, Dr. Lu is Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). With over 400 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Lu is a highly cited author, and a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI).

Advancing Authorship Webinar: The Impact of AI on the Scholarly Publishing Landscape

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The release of ChatGPT has generated considerable attention to generative AI. Those involved with scholarly publishing must be vigilant in understanding and managing AI technological developments that impact their work.

How will publishers maintain the integrity of the scholarly record? Manage and weed out non-existent articles? Detect research faked by sophisticated AIs? Adopt and implement policies that address AI?

Join us for presentations and conversation on how JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) is evaluating generative AI. JAMA’s Editor in Chief and Executive Managing Editor will share their experiences about what they have been seeing in the editorial process and the new policies developed around use of large language models (LLMs) in manuscript development and peer review. In addition, hear a preliminary view of generative AI from a member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Compliance and Internal Audit department.

Bring your questions about this growing issue as there will be time for attendees to participate in an interactive Q&A.

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, EST
Zoom Webinar: Register Now

Speaker Bios:

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, is the 17th Editor in Chief of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network. She is the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is a general internist, cardiovascular disease epidemiologist, and a national leader in prevention and interventions to address health disparities. She is a physician-scientist who has used observational studies, pragmatic trials, and simulation modeling to examine effective clinical, public health, and policy interventions aimed at prevention.

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo previously served as the inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine and the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. She co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital that generates actionable research to advance health equity and reduce health disparities in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and nationally.

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo was a member of the US Preventive Services Task Force from 2010-2017 and led the Task Force as the vice-chair and chair from 2014-2017. She is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Annette Flanagin, RN, MA, FAAN, is Executive Managing Editor and Vice President of Editorial Operations for JAMA and the JAMA Network.

Before joining JAMA, Ms. Flanagin held editorial positions with other journals published for health care professionals, and before that, she practiced cardiology nursing. She is a graduate of Georgetown University, with a BS in nursing and an MA in English Literature.

Ms, Flanagin is Past President of the Council of Science Editors (CSE) and has been honored with the CSE Award for Meritorious Achievement and the John P. McGovern Award for preeminent contribution to medical communication by the American Medical Writers Association. She serves as the Executive Director of the International Congresses on Peer Review and Scientific Publication and as Co-Director of the African Journal Partnership Program. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a member of the board of STM: International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers. Ms. Flanagin has co-developed a number of guidelines and policies to guide authors, editors, and publishers in scientific publication and is a committee member and author of the AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. She participates in research, lectures, and publishes on issues related to scientific publication for authors, editors, and publishers.

Philip Watson, PhD, is the course director for the Multi-Institutional Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) program sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), Weill Cornell Medicine, Rockefeller University, and Hospital for Special Surgery. He is an Associate Director in Compliance and Internal Audit at MSK. Previously, he was an Assistant Lab Member (Assistant Attending Biologist) at MSK, with a research interest in prostate cancer.

 

Webinar: “Retractions Are on the Rise….But Not Enough”

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The number of retractions has increased significantly in recent years. Fraudulent research impacts all researchers, their institutions, and the journals that have accepted their manuscripts for publication. Join us for an historical overview and insights from our speakers about the cost of scientific fraud and the retraction process. 

In addition, there will be time for attendees to participate in an interactive Q&A session.

Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM, EST
Location – Zoom Webinar – Register Now

Speakers:

Dr. Ivan Oransky, MD, Co-founder of Retraction Watch, Editor in Chief of Spectrum and distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University’s Arthur Carter Journalism Institute
Dr. Ivan Oransky was previously the President of the Association of Health Care Journalists and Vice President of editorial at Medscape. He has held editorial leadership positions at MedPage Today, Reuters Health, Scientific American and The Scientist. He is the recipient of the 2015 John P. McGovern Medal for excellence in biomedical communication from the American Medical Writers Association, and in 2017 was awarded an honorary doctorate in civil laws from The University of the South (Sewanee). In 2019, the judges for the John Maddox Prize, which promotes those who stand up for science in the face of hostility, gave him a commendation for his work at Retraction Watch.

Michael Streeter, Director of Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics at Wiley
Mike Streeter leads Wiley’s work in implementing best practices and policy for ethics and integrity in Wiley’s research portfolio; he champions quality and transparency in journals publishing.  He has worked in academic publishing for the last seventeen years and through that experience recognizes the value of close collaboration and communication with our communities.