Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Ph.D.
CBIIT Acting Director, IDS Associate Director
- Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
- Informatics and Data Science Program
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Current Role
Current Role
As the acting director of CBIIT, I am responsible for advancing open data, open software, and open science for NCI. Alongside my peers who make up CBIIT’s Offices and Programs—the Office of the CIO, the Office of Data Sharing, the Informatics and Data Science Program, and the Office of Business Operations—I continue to engage in ground-breaking efforts in data science, including the Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) and the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI).
As the Associate Director for Informatics and Data Science Program, I lead efforts at CBIIT to shape informatics and data science strategies and foster collaboration within NCI and across NIH and the cancer research community. Additionally, I am pursuing a robust research agenda in descriptive epidemiology and etiology of brain tumors as an intramural senior investigator in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) Trans-Divisional Research Program. Thus, as both an active researcher and administrator, I have insight into how data can be translated into real-world solutions to help diagnose, prevent, and treat cancer.
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Projects
Projects
Connects you to the data ecosystem, NCI's primary platform for cancer research.
Advances computation, predictive models, and artificial intelligence/machine learning to accelerate precision oncology. -
Publications
Publications
Featured Publications
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In the News
In the News
She speaks to how these areas are interconnected, shares her personal career journey, and uses her experience to advise you on how to be a successful cancer researcher.Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan is CBIIT’s new acting director following Dr. Tony Kerlavage’s retirement last week. In addition to this role, Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan maintains her responsibility as associate director for the Informatics and Data Science Program and senior investigator in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Trans-Divisional Research Program.Are you planning to attend this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting? Make sure to add these NCI-affiliated data science activities to your schedule! -
Background
Background
Education
- Ph.D., Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health
- M.S., Statistics, The University of Texas at Austin
- B.S., Mathematics, University of Florida
Previous Work
- Professor and Associate Director for Translational Informatics/Data Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Director of Research Health Analytics and Informatics, University Hospitals
- Assistant Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine
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My Team
Federal Staff
My Team