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 Thurs March 5 conference will be held at the Mount Sinai Hospital, Annenberg Building, Stern Auditorium (entrance via 1468 Madison Avenue or 1190 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029). The pre-conference meeting on Weds March 4 will be held in the Hess Building, 1470 Madison Avenue.
Schedule
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
4:00 – 5:45 pm, Pre-Conference Meeting (optional)
Location: Hess Center, 1470 Madison Avenue (at E 102nd Street), 2nd Floor Seminar Room B
5:45 pm, Walk to Restaurant
6:00 pm, Networking Dinner (optional), Conmigo Restaurant, 1410 Madison Avenue
Thursday, March 5, 2026
The Mount Sinai Hospital, Annenberg Building, Stern Auditorium (entrance via either 1468 Madison Avenue or 1190 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029)
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
Hotel Accommodations
You are responsible for making your hotel room reservations. The Courtyard by Marriott New York Manhattan/Upper East Side (410 East 92nd Street) is one of the closest major hotels to the Mount Sinai campus. It is about 1 mile to the Mount Sinai Hospital — about a 10 minute taxi ride, 20 minute bus ride (M96 on 96th Street), or about a 25 minute walk. Hotels in Midtown Manhattan, particularly near Grand Central Station, are also convenient, with easy access to the Upper East Side via the 6 subway line (at the E 96th Street stop).
Registration
A registration fee of $300 applies to all participants for the Thursday, March 5 meeting. The Wednesday, March 4, pre-conference dinner is optional and will be at an additional cost.
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
Robert Schuler, PhD
Lead Scientist, Informatics Systems Research Division
Information Sciences Institute, Viterbi School of Engineering,
University of Southern California, Marina del Rey
schuler@isi.edu