Esmeralda “Emi” Casas-Silva, Ph.D.

Health Science Administrator

  • Current Role

    Current Role

    As a health science administrator and program director, I apply my biomedical sciences and policy background in support of the Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC), including development oversight of NCI’s Clinical Trials Data Commons. I also co-lead NCI’s Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Cancer Research (ENRICH) forum, and I contribute to the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health’s (GA4GH’s) efforts to enable genomic data sharing for the benefit of human health.

  • Projects

    Projects

    Stylized image of a cloud showing repositories of data represented by circles with small icons hovering over top. The repositories include canine, imaging, genomic, and other types of data.
    Cancer Research Data Commons
    Connects you to the data ecosystem, NCI's primary platform for cancer research.
    Image shows cells treated with hematoxylin and eosin staining (H&E), a process that helps scientists differentiate between normal and diseased cell structures. Here H&E staining shows several bright pink cells, many of which are in the process of dividing, indicating the presence of cancer cells.
    National Clinical Trials Network/NCI Community Oncology Research Program Data Archive
    Stores and shares data sets generated from National Clinical Trials Network and NCI Community Oncology Research Program clinical trials.
  • Publications

    Publications

    View Emi’s PubMed Summary
  • In the News

    In the News

    NCI’s Clinical and Translational Data Commons Has Launched!
    Explore the NCI Cancer Research Data Commons’s latest portal to find clinical and translational data from NCI-funded studies!
    NCI Data Science at the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting
    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!
    Award-Winning Commitment to Innovation: NCI’s CPTAC and PDC Team Recognized by FedHealthIT
    Celebrate the NCI team that recently received a 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award for their commitment to advancing cancer research through work proteomics efforts such as the Proteomic Data Commons.
  • Background

    Background

    Education

    • Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA)
    • Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, University of California, San Diego

    Previous Work

    • Scientific Program Manager/Science Policy, Biorepositories and Biospecimen Branch, NCI’s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellow, NCI
    • Research Technician, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    • Program Manager, American Red Cross (San Diego, CA)