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Drs. Nikhil Wagle (on the left) and Corrie Painter (on the right) lean against a table with a laptop in between them. Behind them in a large computer monitor presenting information about “Count Me In” that includes picutes of participants in the program.

“Count Me In” Gives Patients a Voice in Scientific Discovery

“Count Me In” (CMI) is a unique project that gives patients an opportunity to share their cancer-related data directly with scientists. According to Corrie Painter, associate director of CMI, this is a largely untapped but vital part of data science. Here she describes the project and what it could mean for future research efforts.

Imaging Data Commons website portal featuring a radiology image and a graph chart, Cases by Major Primary Site. Chest has the most, then brain, head and neck, breast.

Imaging Data Commons Brings the Power of the Cloud to Cancer Research

On October 20th, NCI launched the Imaging Data Commons (IDC), the latest data repository to be offered within the Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) infrastructure. Through the IDC, both researchers and clinicians will have access to a wide range of cancer-related images, including radiology and pathology imaging data, as well as their accompanying metadata.

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How Can Big Data Help to Address Health Disparities?

Dr. Tony Kerlavage, director of NCI’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT), sat down to discuss one key component of racial inequality, the issue of health disparities, as it relates to Big Data. As noted by Dr. Kerlavage, representing our diverse U.S. population in research and in the workforce are key, but we also need better data.

Depiction of circular collaboration between lab scientist, bioinformaticist, statistician, and clinician.

It Takes a Village: The Value of Collaboration in Genomic Cancer Studies

The explosion of genetic information and direct access to large-scale genomic data not only opens up new areas for exploring today's most pressing research questions, it also serves as a reminder of the importance of collaboration at every stage of the study. NCI’s Dr. Daoud Meerzaman describes a new "circular" way of collaborating that keeps everyone in the loop when devising new genomics studies.

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Spotlight on CBIIT Staff: Sherri de Coronado

This new blog installment shines a spotlight on the staff who are working to turn data and IT resources into solutions for addressing data-driven cancer research. This spotlight features Sherri de Coronado, program manager in the CBIIT Cancer Informatics Branch.

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