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Salon '25

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In 2025, our annual Salon event welcomed students, faculty, staff, alumni, community members, and data science professionals to explore the real-world impact of data science across sectors. 

Under the theme of "The Evolving Landscape of Data Science,” the event featured hands-on workshops, a poster session, a resource and career expo, and a networking reception designed to connect attendees with peers, mentors, and collaborators. The event included a keynote address titled “Our Journey from AI to AGI” and concluded with a panel discussion on our theme.

Watch highlights from the day:

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Featured Speakers

John Thompson

Senior Vice President & Principal, The Hackett Group Inc.

Rachel Trana

Senior Engineering Manager, Grainger

Jose Faria

Computational Biologist, Argonne National Laboratory

Matt Von Konrat

Head of Botanical Collections, The Field Museum

Anil J Saldanha

Chief Innovation Officer RUSH

Mehul Sheth

Regional Medical Director Of Health Informatics, Trinity Health

Elaine Morrato

Dean, Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Meharvan Singh

Vice Provost of Research, °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Nicholas Soulakis

Chair, Health Informatics and Data Science, °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Steering Committee

Samie Tootooni

Assistant Professor, Health Informatics and Data Science, °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Steven Platt

Executive Lecturer; Director, AI Business Consortium °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Qunfeng Dong

Professor, Stritch School of Medicine °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Ron Price

Associate Vice President, Research & Analytics Services °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Francisco Iacobelli

Associate Professor °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

George Thiruvathukal

Steering Committee

Professor and Chair, Computer Science °µÍø½ûÇøChicago

Expo Exhibitors

  • Center for Health Outcomes and Informatics Research (CHOIR)
  • Loyola's Clinical Research Office
  • Quinlan Lab for Applied AI
  • Loyola's Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Medical Organization for the Latino Advancement (MOLA)
  • Loyola's department of Health Informatics and Data Science
  • Loyola's Research and Analytics Services
  • Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM)
  • Northern Trust
  • Loyola's Career Development Center
  • Grainger
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Loyola Center for Data Science