Brandon J. Wright, Ph.D.

Health Science Administrator

  • Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
  • Office of Data Sharing
  • Scientific Policy and Program Branch B
  • Current Role

    Current Role

    I provide support for NCI implementation of data sharing efforts across NCI divisions, offices, and centers. I serve as a genomic program administrator (GPA). As a GPA, I process data access requests and develop metric reports. I also conduct various analyses, including landscape analysis across NCI resources and support optimization and streamlining efforts. Borrowing from my expertise in neuroscience, cancer research, and computing-related technologies has allowed me to sit on various working groups, including Future Tech Trends, Trans-NIH Data Sharing, and Trans-NCI Artificial Intelligence.

  • Projects

    Projects

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    Childhood Cancer Data Initiative

    Develops the means to collect and share childhood cancer data to learn from every child with cancer.
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    Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Access Committee

    Grants researchers access to controlled childhood cancer and structural birth defects data.
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    NCI Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC)

    Connects researchers with data sets and tools to analyze large- scale cancer research data in the cloud.
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    NCI Data Access Committee

    Reviews requests to access data in the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes.
  • Publications

    Publications

    View Brandon's PubMed Summary

    Featured Publications

    Structure of hRpn10 Bound to UBQLN2 UBL Illustrates Basis for Complementarity Between Shuttle Factors and Substrates at the Proteasome. Journal of Molecular Biology, 2019.

    The Locus Coeruleus Drives Disinhibition in the Midline Thalamus via a Dopaminergic Mechanism. Nature Neuroscience, 2018.

    H+ Channels in Embryonic Biomphalaria Glabrata Cell Membranes: Putative Roles in Snail Host-schistosome Interactions. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017.

  • In the News

    In the News

    NCI Data Science at the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting
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  • Background

    Background

    Education

    • Ph.D., Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • B.S., Computer Science, Grambling State University

    Previous Work

    • Intramural Postdoctoral Fellow, Protein Processing Section, NCI
    • Intramural Postdoctoral Fellow, Unit on the Neurobiology of Affective Memory, NIMH

    Recent Awards

    • Cancer Research Training Award (2017–2021), NCI
    • Neuroscience Scholars Program (2017–2019), NIMH
    • Intramural Research Training Award (2016–2017), NIMH