Erika M. Kim (Kwon), Ph.D.
Supervisory Health Science Administrator
- Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
- Informatics and Data Science Program
- Data Ecosystems Branch
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Current Role
Current Role
As the Senior Biomedical Informatics Program Officer of the NCI Data Ecosystems Branch, I lead a team of research professionals and support staff within the Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC). We collaborate in developing and implementing strategies focused on the creation and ongoing support of large-scale data sharing, management, and analysis tools to accelerate NCI-funded scientific research. My current research interests include the development of interoperable, multi-modal biological databases and accessible cloud applications to facilitate collaboration among researchers at all stages of their careers to perform large-scale, multi-modal analysis.
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Projects
Projects
Helps you access and make better use of biomedical data from thousands of disparate sources.
Connects you to the data ecosystem, NCI's primary platform for cancer research. -
Publications
Publications
Featured Publications
Redundant Mechanisms Driven Independently by RUNX1 and GATA2 for Hematopoietic Development. Blood Advances, 2021.
Provider Engagement in Radiation Oncology Data Science: Workshop Report. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, 2020.
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In the News
In the News
Construction of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s (ARPA-H’s) BDF Toolbox program is well underway. ARPA-H has awarded contracts to nearly 20 teams—representing academia, nonprofits, and commercial organizations—who are tackling a broad range of projects, many of which are directly related to cancer research.Explore the NCI Cancer Research Data Commons’s latest portal to find clinical and translational data from NCI-funded studies!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., Human Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- M.S., Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins University
Previous Work
- Research Scientist and Bioinformatician, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Recent Awards
- 2023 NCI CBIIT Director’s Award
- 2022 NCI Director’s Award
- 2018 NHGRI Genome Recognition of Employee Accomplishments and Talents (GREAT)
- My Team