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Global Genes Week in Rare
Date/Time: Sep 25, 2024, 08:00 AM to Sep 28, 2024, 05:00 PM
Location: Loews Kansas City Hotel
Week in RARE combines the RARE Advocacy Summit and RARE Health Equity Forum, in addition to the RARE Champions of Hope awards ceremony and annual membership meetings for Global Advocacy Alliance and RARE Corporate Alliance. This is a unique opportunity to gather and engage rare disease advocates and leaders in the same space for conversation.
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Apr
10
01:00 PM • Union Station, Chamber Board Room
14th Annual UMKC Health Sciences Student Research Summit
About the Student Research Summit
The Student Research Summit enables members of the UMKC health sciences community to display posters in a forum that:
Highlights the health sciences research being conducted in the UMKC schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Health Studies, Pharmacy and Science and Engineering.
Fosters research collaborations across disciplines and schools that will produce economic, health, education and quality-of-life benefits for the greater Kansas City community.
Apr
16
12:00 PM • Virtual
Medical University of South Carolina: Integration of Decentralized Pragmatic Studies and Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Meaningful Implementation and Investigation of Digital Health Technologies
This webinar will explore how decentralized pragmatic studies and learning health systems can work together to accelerate the evaluation, implementation, and refinement of digital health
technologies. Drawing on real world examples for care at home of patients with chronic diseases in ambulatory, acute, and post-acute settings, the session will highlight strategies for embedding
evidence generation into care delivery to support faster, more meaningful innovation that become part of standard of care through the existing healthcare reimbursement models.
Apr
16
01:00 PM • Zoom
DIDACT Symposium (John Hopkins Trial Innovation Center)
Join the JHU Trial Innovation Center for the next virtual symposium highlighting how they determine what questions to answer when planning a trial.
Speakers:
Frank Harrell, Ph.D., Emily O'Brien, Ph.D., Kelley Kidwell, Ph.D.
Apr
23
12:00 PM • Zoom
Research and Discovery Grand Rounds: AI in Clinical & Translational Research
This Research and Discovery Grand Round is Part 2 of the Spring 2026 Series on harnessing Big Data, AI and Emerging technology to advance discovery and innovation.
Speaker: Dawn King, Ph.D., Director of KU Medical Center's Enhanced Artifical Intelligence Center for Human-Centered Research
Apr
30
08:00 AM • Westin Crown Center, Kansas City
14th Annual Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference
The 14th Annual Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference (CPA2026) is pleased to invite researchers, practitioners, and experts from diverse disciplines to submit proposals for our upcoming conference, focusing on the theme of "Addiction in Context: Addressing Social Determinants and Structural Drivers Through Interdisciplinary Science.”
CPA2026 updates: https://addictionpsychology.org/cpa
Direct questions or concerns to the Program Co-Chairs Jordan Davis (jordand@rand.org) and Alexander Sokolovsky (alexander_sokolovsky@brown.edu)
May
04
09:00 AM • TBD
2026 Spring Mock Study Section
Additional information will be released at a later date, including due dates and how to submit.
May
12
02:00 PM • Virtual
Team Science Research and Practice: 40 years of Progress & What Next
Dr. Eduardo Salas is an internationally recognized expert, researcher, and thought leader in the use of teams. He is a pioneer in the fields of teamwork, team effectiveness, team training and learning, and individual training. He helps organizations on how to foster teamwork, design and implement team training strategies, facilitate training effectiveness, manage decision-making under stress, develop performance measurement tools, and design learning environments. He will share the overarching themes that have emerged from 40+ years as a researcher in these areas.
May
18
09:00 AM • Hybrid
From the University of New Mexico Health Sciences CTSA: Health Experiences Research 1.0 Hybrid Training
Launched in 2014, HERN is the United States chapter of DIPEx International. It is a partnership among researchers at the University of New Mexico, Oregon Health and Science University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, University of Utah School of Medicine, Veterans Administration and Mount Siani School of Medicine.
Interactive sessions methodology, project development and implementation; opportunities to present your research; and networking time with peers and senior researchers.
Cost: In person: Faculty/Staff: $550; Students/Residents: $275; Virtual: Faculty/Staff: $400; Students/Residents: $200
Cancellation: Full refunds by April 30, 2026 minus processing fee. Non-refundable after April 30, 2026.
May
21
03:00 PM • Hybrid
New Directions in Senior Care
Location: (virtual option available)
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Register for Virtual Attendance.
Register for In-Person Attendance.
May
28
12:00 PM • Zoom
Research and Discovery Grand Rounds: AI Driven Wearable Interventions
This Research and Discovery Grand Round is Part 3 of the Spring 2026 Series on harnessing Big Data, AI and Emerging technology to advance discovery and innovation.
Speaker: Jeff Thompson, Ph.D., Chief Research Informatics Officer at KU Medical Center along with a panel of experts in the field.
Jun
25
12:00 PM • Zoom
Research and Discovery Grand Rounds: Big Data in Precision Medicine
This Research and Discovery Grand Round is Part 4 of the Spring 2026 Series on harnessing Big Data, AI and Emerging technology to advance discovery and innovation.
Diego Robles Mazzotti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical Informatics at KU Medical Center and the All of Us Heartland Consortium
Jul
16
03:00 PM • Hybrid
Rural Health Reimagined
Location: (virtual option available)
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
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Register for In-Person Attendance.
Sep
10
03:00 PM • Hybrid
Moving the Needle in Maternal Care and Outcomes
Location: (virtual option available)
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
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Register for In-Person Attendance.
Oct
09
09:00 AM • KU Edwards Campus - BEST Conference Room
Heartland Association of Research Professionals Annual Conference (2026)
Research Resiliency: Challenges and Adaptations in Healthcare Research
The goal of the HARP conference is to provide networking and educational opportunities for research professionals across the heartland region. Past attendees have consisted of research coordinators, data scientists, principal investigators, and other research professionals from a variety of disciplines.
