Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine (CIBM) Training Program and the 2026 Biomedical Data Science (BDS) Annual Retreat

The 2026 Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine (CIBM) and Biomedical Data Science Annual Retreat will be held on Friday, May 29 from 9-4 in the Discovery Building.

Agenda is below:

9:00-9:30 – Check in and continental breakfast, Atrium

9:30-9:40 – Welcome remarks; Introduction to the CIBM (Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine) Training Program and BDS (Biomedical Data Science) Graduate Program, H.F. DeLuca Forum 

9:40-10:40 – Jenna Wiens, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
The Right Prediction at the Right Time: Designing AI for Clinical Workflows

10:40-11:00 – Lightning Talks 

11:00-11:15 – Coffee break  

11:15-12:15 – Aly Khan, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
New computational approaches to understand immune function

12:15-1:15 – Lunch, Atrium 

1:15-2:15 – Burcu Darst, Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Leveraging biobanks, genetics, and metabolomics to inform prostate cancer risk prediction across multi-ancestry populations

2:15-2:35 – Lightning Talks 

2:35-4:00 – Poster Session, Atrium (Refreshments served during session)

Please contact Shelley Maxted (maxted@biostat.wisc.edu) for additional information.