Saint Louis University's AHEAD Institute and the Administrative Data Core Services at Washington University in St. Louis will co-host the third annual Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Big Data Research Symposium on Sept. 25, 2024, at Saint Louis University's Il Monastero Banquet Center.
This cross-institutional event welcomes leaders and researchers in big data from across the St. Louis region to showcase administrative data research aimed at improving health outcomes, quality of care and health service delivery.
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Event Details
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024
Time: Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Il Monastero Banquet Center
3050 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63103
Free parking is available in the venue parking lot.
We are pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker is Karen Joynt Maddox, M.D., associate professor at the Washington University School of Medicine and the Brown School of Social Work. Joynt Maddox is also the co-director for the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research at the Washington University Institute for Public Health. Learn more about Joynt Maddox's health equity research here.
Abstract Submission and Review Process
Those eligible to submit abstracts for the poster session and oral presentations include faculty from Saint Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Missouri who have an active ICTS membership. Residents; fellows; and doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students with a faculty sponsor who is an ICTS member are also eligible to submit abstracts. If you are not an ICTS member, you can easily register here.
Abstracts must utilize big administrative data sources for the investigation of health outcomes and health services research. Examples of administrative data sources include electronic health records, medical claims, Health Care Cost and Utilization Project, Veterans Affairs, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Abstracts will be blinded and graded by a team of reviewers. The abstract submission deadline is at 11:59 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2024. Notifications of acceptance will be sent no later than Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Select abstracts will be chosen for oral presentations.
We look forward to this opportunity to exchange knowledge and enhance the educational and academic landscape across our institutions. Please refer to this website for event updates. For any questions, please contact ahead@health.slu.edu.