BRIITE Meeting Agenda

The mission of BRIITE is to facilitate the effective use of information technology (IT) at biomedical research institutions. To this end, we bring together IT professionals and bioinformaticians so that we can

establish personal contacts, bringing together those responsible for research computing activities at biomedical research institutions,
identify and document common problems and interests,
seek opportunities for partnership / consortium activities, and
identify common issues that should be brought to the attention of home institutions, government, and other funding agencies.

BRIITE began as an ad hoc gathering of interested parties from cancer centers, but it has rapidly expanded into a larger, open activity. BRIITE meetings have a major session devoted to a particular theme and several other sessions devoted to the exchange of information technology insights and ideas among meeting participants.

The major-theme subject of this coming meeting is RESEARCH IN A REGULATED ENVIRONMENT. Regulation is now affecting almost all biomedical research, with major implications for the design of information systems. Does this new database need to be HIPAA compliant? How do we extend our specimen health-information website need IRB approval?

Come to the BRIITE meeting to learn what regulation means and will mean for your research institution and your information infrastructure. And, come to the BRIITE meeting to learn how your peers are addressing many other information technology challenges, ranging from A (array analysis) to Z (ZOPE and other open-source tools).

		Presentation: Research in a Regulated Environment J. Robert Beck, MD VP and CIO Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE
		Presentation: Research in a Regulated Environment Paul Eggers, PhD Director, Kidney & Urology Epidemiology Program National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases Bethesda, MD PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE
		Presentation: Research in a Regulated Environment Lawrence E. Hunter, PhD Director, Center for Computational Pharmacology University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, CO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE
		Panel Discussion: Research in a Regulated Environment Michael J. Becich. MD Director of the Center for Pathology Informatics University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE
		Panel Discussion: Research in a Regulated Environment Michael Liebman, PhD Director, Computational Biology University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE
		Panel Discussion: Research in a Regulated Environment Robert J. Robbins, PhD Vice President, Information Technology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE
		Patient Confidentiality and Security Issues in Genomic Data Mining and Data Warehousing in Cancer Research: A Case Study from the University of Pittsbugh Cancer Institute Michael J. Becich. MD Director of the Center for Pathology Informatics University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE