Data Science Events

Find virtual and in-person data science events, webinars, and trainings from NIAID and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Hosting a data science event? Feature your event on this page by emailing the Office of Data Science and Emerging Technologies.

Upcoming Events

Computational Tools for Spatial Metabolomics

Mon, July 7, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Virtual

Hosted by NIH's Metabolomics Special Interest Group, this webinar features Dr. Theodore Alexandrov from the University of California San Diego discussing cutting-edge technologies for spatial and single-cell metabolomics.

July Data Sharing and Reuse Seminar- Fostering Collaboration with Health Metadata Commons

Fri, July 11, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Virtual

Hosted by NIH's Office of Data Science Strategy, this seminar features Dr. Zsuzsanna Hollander presenting the Health Omics Metadata Commons, a free centralized hub for storing and disseminating metadata. Event page includes more details and registration information.

Third Annual Data Sharing Symposium: How Data Advances the Impact of Cancer Research Day 1

Tue, September 30, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
NCI Shady Grove Campus, 9609 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD 20850

Day 1 will include a panel about data sharing and reuse for cancer and sessions "Cancer Data in Action" and "Data Citation and Reuse Metrics."  Virtual option available. Register on linked website.

Third Annual Data Sharing Symposium: How Data Advances the Impact of Cancer Research Day 2

Wed, October 1, 2025, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
NCI Shady Grove Campus, 9609 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD 20850

Day 2 will include sessions "Navigating Risk in Sharing Cancer Data" and "Sharing difficult-to-share data" in addition to lightning talks and a poster session. Virtual option available. Register on linked website.

Seminar Series and Recurring Events

ScHARe Think-a-Thons

Hosted monthly by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Think-a-Thons are open to researchers at any level to learn about and discuss bias mitigation in artificial intelligence and health research. Follow the link to learn more about upcoming meetings and view past meeting recordings.

The Foundations of Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series

Speakers from a variety of biomedical data science disciplines present at this series weekly each Friday at noon ET. Publicly available recordings of past seminars can also be found at this link.

Bridge2AI Educational Materials

These materials include seminar series, blogs, and other educational resources from the NIH-funded Bridge2AI Consortium. Bridge2AI brings together experts across biomedical and behavioral research to develop FAIR datasets and ethical AI/ML practices.

Past Events

Genome Editing Consortium Workshop

June 12, 2025
Virtual

AI and Flow Cytometry Workshop Day 2

June 10, 2025
Virtual

Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (BV-BRC) Bioinformatics Workshop

May 5 - 8, 2025
Room 306, J. Craig Venter Institute, 4120 Capricorn Lane, La Jolla, CA

Discover the Pathogen Data Network

April 29, 2025
Virtual

6th National Big Data Health Science Conference

February 13 - 14, 2025
Pastides Alumni Center at University of South Carolina
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