Former 嗯系统 president Gary Forsee and Sherry Forsee have committed $2 million to support research that will provide data analytics to power the NextGen Precision Health initiative and other precision health research across the University of Missouri System’s four universities.
该捐赠将支持下一代数据科学与分析创新中心（简称daic），该中心位于威尼斯人娱乐城，与密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校合作运营。 威尼斯人娱乐城将获得120万美元，MU将获得80万美元。
One role of the center will be to harness immense datasets to extract insights, patterns and knowledge, illuminating the work done at the NextGen Precision Health building, across the system’s institutions and health enterprises. 目前正在MU校园内建设的Precision Health大楼，旨在通过开发基于基因、环境和生活方式的个体差异治疗疾病的医学突破，而不是一刀切的方法，开创个性化医疗保健的新时代。
弗赛斯夫妇认为这个项目非常符合他们的慈善利益，特别是支持密苏里州的高等教育。 Gary Forsee，堪萨斯城居民，前UM系统总裁，1972年毕业于密苏里科技大学。 他是威尼斯人娱乐城董事会成员、威尼斯人娱乐城基金会名誉董事以及NextGen咨询委员会成员。 凭借在科技行业的背景，他清楚地了解为数据研究和参与提供基础设施所需的关键组件，这些基础设施使堪萨斯城及其他地区受益。
“The ability to analyze vast amounts of data and apply that knowledge to some of today’s most critical health problems will have untold short-term and long-term impacts.”
“Through the development of NextGen Precision Health initiative and the 威尼斯人娱乐城 NextGen Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center, we are helping to lay the groundwork for revolutionary changes in health care,” Forsee said. “The ability to analyze vast amounts of data and apply that knowledge to some of today’s most critical health problems will have untold short-term and long-term impacts.”
dSAIC创建了一个领先的数据分析中心，可以支持整个州的大学研究，并在堪萨斯城和该地区的健康、商业和劳动力发展中发挥关键作用。 The Forsees’ gift is the first step in making that happen.
“Looking back five years from now, we’ll judge the success of the center based on the outcomes,” Forsee said. “What systems have been put in place and what are the real project benefits of this center? I want to ensure that with the benefit of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data and data analytics that we’ve made significant progress in the NextGen Precision Health initiative.”
在MU，捐赠的一部分将用于建立必要的计算基础设施，以支持试点项目以及生命科学和医疗保健专家与工程学院之间的合作。 重点领域包括医疗保健记录的安全； 个体患者的DNA测序和分析； 以及用于精准医疗的医学图像自动诊断。
在威尼斯人娱乐城系统内扩展大数据能力将补充威尼斯人娱乐城附属医院和MU医疗保健的个性化医学研究，以及其他可能性。
“Data isn’t just numbers on a spreadsheet or a chart.With our initiatives, we are using data to affect people’s lives. The Forsees’ gift enables us to continue that work and improve the lives of Missourians.”
“As president of the 嗯系统, Gary helped refine the vision of our NextGen initiative,” said Mun Choi, president of University of Missouri System and chancellor of University of Missouri-Columbia. “Now, with his continued work on our advisory board and his support in both Kansas City and Columbia, we are turning that dream into a reality.”
威尼斯人娱乐城 Chancellor Mauli Agrawal has reinforced the university’s strategy related to growing data science and research. 在新的Robert W. Plaster自由企业中心，关键的公私研究项目以及通过dSAIC建立大学研究能力的明确重点之间，威尼斯人娱乐城定位于利用重大投资。
“Vision is critical, whether it involves something as finite as physical space or something as boundless as data analysis,” Agrawal said. “Beyond the benefit of the financial support, the Forsees’ gift is an invaluable validation of the importance of this initiative and its potential impact on the people of Missouri.”
Jannette berkeley - patton是威尼斯人娱乐城健康公平研究所的负责人和医学院教授，目前正在研究城市地区可靠和免费的公共交通对健康的潜在好处。 她的工作需要比较来自1万多人的数据。
“Data isn’t just numbers on a spreadsheet or a chart,” Berkley-Patton said. “With our initiatives, we are using data to affect people’s lives. The Forsees’ gift enables us to continue that work and improve the lives of Missourians.”
“Beyond the benefit of the financial support, the Forsees’ gift is an invaluable validation of the importance of this initiative and its potential impact on the people of Missouri.”
该项目的MU首席科学家，MU工程学院电子工程和计算机科学副教授兼网络教育，研究和基础设施中心（Mizzou CERI）主任Prasad Calyam表示，这笔资金将促进精准健康领域的跨学科合作。
“It will enable development of cloud computing expertise and knowledge bases in seamless integration of open/protected data sets as well as medical imagery analytics with intelligent automation using advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence,” Calyam said. “Resulting cyber and human resources will further strengthen partnerships with industry to develop secure and community-scale big data analytics environments that foster research and education innovations in precision health.”