Tanja Davidsen, Ph.D.
Branch Chief
Data Ecosystems Branch
Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
Projects
As the chief of the Data Ecosystems Branch, I lead my team in developing the Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC), a scalable data science infrastructure for managing and sharing high volumes of data. As a biomedical informatics specialist, my research interests focus on cancer, infectious diseases, biological databases, cloud applications, and large-scale genomic analysis.
Publications
- Genome-wide Discovery of Somatic Coding and noncoding mutations in pediatric endemic and sporadic Burkitt lymphoma. Blood, 2019.
- The Molecular Landscape of Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia Reveals Recurrent Structural Alterations and Age-specific Mutational Interactions. Nature Medicine, 2018.
Background
Education
- Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine
- B.S., Biology and Computer Science, The College of William & Mary
Previous Work
- Assistant Professor, J. Craig Venter Institute
- Bioinformatics Manager, J. Craig Venter Institute
- Bioinformatics Engineer, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)
Recent Awards
- 2017 NIH Director’s Award (group award in collaboration with Genomic Data Commons Project
Team) - 2015 NIH Director’s Award (in collaboration with Therapeutically Applicable Research to
Generate Effective Treatment [TARGET] Team)