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NIDDK-CR Data Science and Meet the Expert Webinar Series

The monthly NIDDK-CR Data Science and Meet the Expert Webinar Series aims to accelerate data science and AI-driven biomedical research by fostering collaboration between biomedical researchers and experts in the field. The goals of this webinar series are:

  • Goal 1: Enhance understanding of the data science lifecycle, including advanced data use methodologies and AI methods, in support of the NIH data science ecosystem
  • Goal 2: Encourage the generation of new research questions and projects that apply the data science lifecycle and advanced data use methodologies, leveraging data and cloud resources available to the research community from NIH/NIDDK

Webinar Schedule

Webinars are held on the last Thursday of each month. Information about each webinar and how to join are provided below.

Date/TimeTimeDescriptionRegister
May 29, 20252 - 3pm ETMay 29, 2025, 2 - 3pm ET

FAIR and AI-Ready Data Sharing

This session is geared towards researchers wanting to understand and implement the skills and competencies needed to make biomedical and behavioral research data FAIR and AI-ready, including:

  • FAIR principles and workflows
  • Ethical considerations of data generating, handling, and sharing
  • Core competencies to support AI-assisted biomedical research
  • NIH-supported open-source data sharing
  • Training and educational resources available to researchers
June 26, 20252 - 4pm ETJune 26, 2025, 2 - 4pm ET

Different Privacy-Preserving Methodologies and Implications for Researchers

This session is geared towards researchers interested in learning about how privacy-preserving methodologies and technologies are used for data sharing and linkage to mitigate data privacy and the risk of re-identification of study participants, including:

  • Importance of data privacy and participant confidentiality
  • Privacy Preserving Record Linkage (PPRL)
  • Differential privacy techniques
  • Real-world applications and examples
Registration Coming
July 31, 20252 - 3pm ETJuly 31, 2025, 2 - 3pm ET

Challenges, Opportunities, and Considerations for Researchers using Electronic Health Records and Real-World Data Sources

This session is geared towards researchers interested in leveraging real-world data in biomedical and behavioral research, including:

  • What is Real-World Data (RWD)
  • Scientific value and quality considerations for collection, use, and sharing of RWD
  • Using RWD as part of the scientific paradigm
  • RWD resources
Registration Coming
August 28, 20252 - 4pm ETAugust 28, 2025, 2 - 4pm ET

Impact and Innovations from use of NIDDK-CR Resources

Hear from researchers who have accessed data from the NIDDK-CR on the impact and innovations from their research in the fields of data science, AI, and ML.

Registration Coming
Past Webinars
DateTimeTopicMaterials
February 27, 20253 - 5pm ET

Data Science Fundamentals

March 27, 20252 - 3:30pm ET

Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals

April 24, 20252 - 3:30pm ET

Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals Applications

Materials will be posted here
If you need accessible versions of documents, please email your request to NIDDK-CRsupport@niddk.nih.gov