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Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Virtual Grand Rounds—Utilizing Data to Make Novel Discoveries for Cancer

April 17, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

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Interested in learning about various cancer indicators, approaches for data integration, and how to leverage data to drive scientific discovery? Then join NCI CBIIT’s Acting Director, Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, for a conversation about her work using data science for cancer research.

She’ll address the following topics:

  • Examples of research involving brain tumors
  • How to select a data set and use various ones for your research
  • The strengths and limitations of registry data
  • The benefits of Cancer Research Data Commons cloud resources
  • A comparison of cancer registry-based data sets
  • The strengths and limitations of Real-World Data

Speaker

  • Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Ph.D. is the acting director of NCI CBIIT, as well as the associate director of the Informatics and Data Science Program, and an intramural senior investigator in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Trans-Divisional Research Program.
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