The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one billion people—one-sixth of the world’s population—suffer from one or more of thousands of rare, neglected diseases.  In an effort to better understand those diseases using data science approaches, the USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Genomics Program, in partnership with Shriners Hospitals […]

The second annual USF One Health Codeathon was held last February, before the onslaught of COVID-19. What’s a codeathon? According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a codeathon (aka hackathon) is an event in which “researchers and [computer program/software] coders from a variety of backgrounds … work together and […]