Cancer Data Science Pulse

Celebrate the advancements in cancer data science as we highlight our top five most-read blogs of 2024!

Following 13 years at NCI and seven years as CBIIT’s director, Dr. Kerlavage plans to retire at the end of May. He shares his experience serving as director, advice for the future director, and plans for his retirement.

NCI’s recently released National Cancer Plan details eight strategic goals. Our NCI CBIIT leadership team offers insight into the new Plan, with particular emphasis on how data science and related technologies will support this work and serve as a catalyst for future cancer research at NCI.

To celebrate the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science,” we asked CBIIT’s Associate Director for Informatics and Data Science, Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, to share her experience as a woman in data science. She tells about her journey to CBIIT and underscores the value of adding women’s perspectives to the data science field.

Allen Dearry, Ph.D., will retire from NCI’s CBIIT on December 31. Here Dr. Dearry reflects on his 31 years at NIH, including his role in helping to establish the Cancer Research Data Commons. He also offers advice for people just entering the field and describes what he’s planning to do next.

CBIIT Director Dr. Tony Kerlavage loves data. He also loves to solve puzzles. In this blog, Dr. Kerlavage describes how advances in data and technology are helping us find solutions to some of today’s most pressing cancer-related questions. According to Dr. Kerlavage, there’s no problem too hard to solve and no question that we shouldn’t bother asking.

In recognizing the Power of Data and celebrating NCI’s 50th anniversary, we asked Dr. Ned Sharpless what data means to him and the field of cancer research. Read about his past experiences and where he thinks data will take cancer research in the future!

On May 24, CBIIT welcomed Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan as the new associate director for Informatics and Data Science. In this latest Q&A blog, Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan tells a little about herself, including what brought her to CBIIT, what keeps her centered, and what makes her most proud.

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.