Cancer Data Science Pulse

The Cancer Data Science Pulse blog provides insights on trends, policies, initiatives, and innovation in the data science and cancer research communities from professionals dedicated to building a national cancer data ecosystem that enables new discoveries and reduces the burden of cancer.

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NCI Funding Helps AI Researchers Gain Global Insight on Cancer

Meet Drs. Ajay Aggarwal and Anant Madabhushi, two grantees funded by NCI’s Center for Global Health’s Affordable Cancer Technologies (ACTs) Program. These ACTs-supported grantees are using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop tools that can be used in a variety of conditions and health systems around the world.

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Semantics Series—A Deep Dive Into Common Data Elements

Common Data Elements (CDEs) are a key component of NCI’s semantics infrastructure. CDEs allow us to assign meaning to data in a way that’s predictable, consistent, and persistent across time. In this blog, CBIIT’s Ms. Denise Warzel and Dr. Gilberto Fragoso take a deep dive into CDEs and show how they help researchers define, map, and use data more efficiently.

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Theranostics and AI—The Next Advance in Cancer Precision Medicine

If you can see it, you can treat it. In this blog, Dr. Baris Turkbey, senior clinician in NCI’s Molecular Imaging Branch, Center for Cancer Research, explores the field of theranostics. He describes how artificial intelligence and data are helping researchers “see” cancer in a new way, resulting in a more precise way of targeting cancer treatment.

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Visualizing Genetic Mutations in Three-Dimensions—Pro-Tips From a Structural Biology Perspective

CBIIT’s series on data visualizations continues with a look at visualizing genetic data in a three-dimensional (3D) format. Here, Dr. Michael Sierk, a contractor with Essential Software, Inc., and Dr. Daoud Meerzaman from CBIIT’s Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics Branch show how they create visualizations in 3D using a new tool called 3DVizSNP.

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Trusting the Data—A Look at Data Bias

Dr. Vivian Ota Wang shares her perspectives on data bias and outlines ideas for making data more equitable, fair, and useful to the greatest number of people, all of which would benefit cancer research.

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Complete Your Research Project with Tips from a Cancer Data Scientist

Hear from CBIIT’s Chief of the Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Branch as he gives advice on how to conduct a research project using data science and the value data science brings to supporting the cancer research community.

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Career Confessions: 5 Things a Research Fellow Learned in a Cancer Data Scientist Lab

We spoke to an early-career cancer data scientist at NCI to get advice for anyone pursuing a career in data science. Hear the five things he’s discovered since receiving his doctorate, plus the experience he’s gained in the field.

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NCI’s National Cancer Plan and Data’s Critical Role

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.

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Using Cancer Data Science to Advance Your Research

How can data science support your cancer research? Explore this helpful quick start guide to find out! We’ll show you an overview of how data science enhances cancer research and how you can get started applying it to your work.

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Job Interview Questions for Cancer Data Scientists and How to Answer Them

Learn what one NCI hiring manager is looking for when interviewing a candidate for a cancer data scientist job. CBIIT’s own Dr. Daoud Meerzaman provides his input on what certain questions mean during the interview process.

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