'''Training and Strategy Workshop for [[ImmPort]] Data Submitters'''
'''Date:''' October 9-10, 2013
'''Venue:''' Alpha-Beta Room, [http://www.rhoworld.com/rho/federal-research Rho Federal Systems Division] (6330 Quadrangle Dr. Suite 500, Chapel Hill, NC 27517)
'''Parking and Security:''' Non-Rho attendees can park anywhere, although there are visitor parking spaces near the front door. You need to check into the front desk where you will receive a name tag and be escorted to the room where we will be meeting. People who are traveling and have luggage with them have the option of leaving items in a locked closet during the meeting.
'''Goals of this meeting:'''
*to provide assistance to actual and potential submitters of data to [https://immport.niaid.nih.gov/immportWeb/home/home.do?loginType=full ImmPort]: how to make submission more intuitive and more efficient?
*to enable interaction between submitters and those charged with managing and improving ImmPort in order to identify problems and opportunities for improvement
*to improve extraction of data from ImmPort: how can we make ImmPort data more easily discoverable and more useful to researchers?
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'''Schedule'''
'''Day 1: Wednesday, October 9'''
8:00 Breakfast
8:45 Barry Smith (ImmPort / University at Buffalo): '''Opening Remarks'''
8:50 '''Participant Self-Introductions'''
9:00 David Ikle (Rho Federal): '''Database Creation and Data Analysis Processes at Rho Federal'''
9:30 Barry Smith : '''A Practical Introduction to ImmPort and to NIH Mandates for Data Sharing and Reuse''' [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2013/Rho/Smith-Rho.pptx Slides]
:-- overview of the goals of ImmPort
:-- role of standards and ontologies (1) for data submission (2) for data reuse
:-- successes and failures we can learn from
10:00 Anna Maria Masci (Duke University): '''The ImmPort Submission Process. A View From Biology''' [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2013/Rho/MASCIAM.pptx Slides]
Masci: '''Which Standards Do We Need For Data Analysis''' [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2013/Rho/Masci-standards.pptx Slides]
10:30 Break
10:45 Herman Mitchell and Jeremy Wildire: '''NIAID Asthma Consortium Facilitated Data Explorer'''
11:00 Discussion leader: Barry Smith
:Brainstorming on
:-- existing data management strategies and software tools to enhance data submission
:-- how to make your data discoverable and useable by external researchers
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Jeff Wiser (ImmPort / Northrop Grumman): '''Training session on submitting data to immPort
:-- the need to grow ImmPort's clinical submission area
14:30 Break
15:00 John Lim and Karen Kesler (Rho): '''The ImmPort Submission Process: Two Views from Rho'''
15:30 Jeff Abolafia (Rho): '''CDISC, C-DASH, SDTM, ADM'''
16:00 Discussion leader: Jeff Wiser
:Brainstorming on identifying pain points in submission and on strategies for improvement
Evening: Dinner
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'''Day 2: Thursday, October 9'''
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Lindsay Cowell: '''Immunology Ontologies''' [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2013/Rho/Cowell-Rho.ppt Slides]
9:45 Barry Smith: '''Introduction to Allergy Ontology''' [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2013/Rho/Smith-Allergy.ppt Slides]
10:45 Break
11:00 '''Who will be the users of ImmPort? / Next steps'''
12:00 Close
[http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2013/Rho/Smith-Summary.pptx Slides summarizing results]
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External participants
:[http://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/120432/lindsay-cowell.html Lindsay Cowell] is a computational immunologist at UT Southwestern
:[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=41459681&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile Anna Maria Masci] is in charge of submission of data to ImmPort for the Multiscale System Immunology project
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/ Barry Smith] is ImmPort ontology lead.
:[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ravi-shankar/4/b17/b52 Ravi Shankar] is a researcher in the Atul Butte Lab at Stanford working on clinical trial ontology
:[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6635310&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=vXQ9&locale=en_US&srchid=27153661377103222322&srchindex=1&srchtotal=10&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A27153661377103222322%2CVSRPtargetId%3A6635310%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary Jeff Wiser] manages the ImmPort project at Northrop Grumman.