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Announcing NCI’s New Deputy Director for Data Science and Strategy

NCI has a new data science leader as of June 30, 2024! Meet Dr. Warren Kibbe. He’s bringing a wealth of experience to a brand new position at NCI—with the goal of advancing the use of data and data science in cancer research and care.

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NCI Helps Address Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the GA4GH

NCI staff contributed to an October 2023 publication that highlights how the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) coalition is creating a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment within its standards and members. This is to prevent continuing biases in genomics data collection methods and the genomics workforce. By taking actions to address such changes, the GA4GH coalition hopes to inspire others to do the same and make genomic data more representative of the global community.

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Interpretable AI Helps Predict the Effectiveness of Immunotherapy

Learn about NCI’s LORIS, a new artificial intelligence-approach to help you predict how a patient will respond to immunotherapy.

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Evaluating Diversity in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model for Breast Cancer

Can you develop an algorithm that applies to every patient, in every situation? A recent study shows the importance of adding diversity to your data when developing AI models.

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Artificial Intelligence Aids in Predicting Prostate Cancer

See how NCI researchers are using artificial intelligence to develop tools that may someday help oncologists make more informed decisions when caring for people with prostate cancer.

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Machine Learning Helps Refine a New Approach for Early Colorectal Cancer Screening

NCI-funded researchers are using machine learning to help identify an early-warning screening approach for colorectal cancer.

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MuSiCal—A New NCI-Funded Tool for Analyzing Genetic Mutations

Want to identify existing gene mutations more accurately and discover new signatures more efficiently? There’s a new NCI-funded tool, the Mutational Signature Calculator, that can help improve your standard workflow.

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Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan Named CBIIT’s Acting Director

Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan is CBIIT’s new acting director following Dr. Tony Kerlavage’s retirement last week. In addition to this role, Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan maintains her responsibility as associate director for the Informatics and Data Science Program and senior investigator in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Trans-Divisional Research Program.

CAFCW24

What is Healthy AI? Submit Your Abstract by August 9 for the Tenth Computational Approaches Workshop

CAFCW24 is an opportunity to collaborate with experts in data science, computational biology, artificial intelligence (AI), computer science, and other disciplines to drive cancer research and innovation.

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Model Helps Predict Protein’s Immune-Boosting Ability

Are you researching immunotherapies and having trouble predicting which epitope will deliver the biggest punch? Try this new model for predicting immunogenicity, which is reportedly outperforming current models.

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