NIH-DRKB 2026 Annual Meeting


National Institute of Health
Data Repositories and Knowledge Base (NIH-DRKB) Network
2026 Annual Meeting

March 4-5, 2026

Host: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Objectives: This meeting will convene PIs/teams representing the data repository and knowledgebase awards funded in response to PAR-20-089, PAR-20-097, PAR-23-078, PAR-23-079 , PAR-23-236, PAR-23-237. The purpose of this meeting is to encourage and provide an opportunity for networking and collaborations towards fostering a community around biomedical data repositories and knowledge bases that are funded by the NIH.

Location
The Mount Sinai Hospital, Annenberg Building, Stern Auditorium, 1190 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029

Hotel Accommodations
You are responsible for making your hotel room reservations. 

Schedule

Wednesday, March 4, 2026
5:00 p.m. – Optional pre-conference dinner (off-site/location details to follow)

Thursday, March 5, 2026 (Stern Auditorium, Mount Sinai Hospital)

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.          
Registration, coffee, and light breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.          
Welcome remarks

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.       
Session 1: Artificial Intelligence and Clinical Data Resources

10:00– 10:30 a.m.     
Networking break

10:30 –12:00 p.m.      
Session 2: Opportunities for Building a Federated Network of DRKB Resources

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.       
Lunch (Poster Viewing & Networking)

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.          
Session 3: DRKB Strategies for enabling Reproducible Research

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.          
Networking break

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.          
Session 4: Knowledge Integration across Basic and Clinical Data Resources

4:30 – 4:45 p.m.          
Short break

4:45 – 5:45 p.m.          
Session 5: DRKB Resources for Supporting Exposomics

5:45 – 6:00 p.m.          
Adjourn Meeting


Questions, contact
Dinesh Barupal, PhD
Director, Integrated Data Science Laboratory for Metabolomics and Exposomics
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
dinesh.barupal@mssm.edu