Zhining Wang, Ph.D.

Health Science Administrator

  • Current Role

    Current Role

    I am a subject matter expert on bioinformatics and cancer genomics. As a health science administrator, I serve as a federal lead for a few Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) projects, focusing on data harmonization and sharing. I will also serve as a CRDC liaison to NCI’s Genomic Data Commons.

    I am a certified Contracting Officer’s Representative level three (COR III). I am also a member of the following NCI or NIH committee/working groups: NCI Data Management and Sharing working group member (Genomics and other Omics Subgroup), NCI IITAG (voting member), NCI CMI data ecosystem implementation team, and NCI CRDC.

  • Projects

    Projects

    Connects you to the data ecosystem, NCI's primary platform for cancer research.
  • Publications
  • Background

    Background

    Education

    • Ph.D., Genetics, University of Idaho
    • M.S., Computer Science, Southeastern University, Washington, D.C.
    • M.S., Genetics, Zhejiang University, China
    • B.S., Agronomy, Zhejiang University, China

    Previous Work

    • Biomedical Informatics Specialist, Center for Cancer Genomics, NCI
    • Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Henry M. Jackson Foundation

    Recent Awards

    • 2017 NIH Director’s Award, for work with NCI’s Genomic Data Commons
    • 2014 NIH Director’s Award, for work with The Cancer Genome Atlas