Nathan Boyd, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator
- Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
- Office of Data Sharing
- Scientific Policy and Program Branch A
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Current Role
Current Role
I have a background in biomedical sciences and cancer research with experience utilizing large data sets such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). As a health science administrator, I serve as a member of the NCI data access committee, I support the implementation of the NCI Data Management and Sharing Policy, and I provide program support to the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI).
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Projects
Projects
Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI)
Develops means to collect and share childhood cancer data to learn from every child with cancer.
Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Access Committee
Grants researchers access to controlled childhood cancer and structural birth defects data.
NCI Data Access Committee
Reviews requests to access data in the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes. -
Publications
Publications
Featured Publications
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In the News
In the News
Want to know what NCI learned from a recent RFI on data sharing processes? Explore insights and NCI’s future plans to support cancer data scientists! -
Background
Background
Education
- Ph.D., Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- M.S., Cell, Molecular Biology, and Physiology, Georgia State University
- B.S., Biology, Georgia State University
Previous Work
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University
Recent Awards
- 2019 Best Oral Presentation, SE Brain Tumor Research Meeting
- 2017 Morris Award for Exemplary Leadership, Excellence, and Service to Graduate Student Body
- 2015 NCI F31 NRSA Fellowship