Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan Talks Informatics, Data Science, and Epidemiology in NCI Podcast

October 3, 2024

The latest episode of NCI’s Inside Cancer Careers podcast features CBIIT Acting Director, Informatics and Data Science Associate Director, and Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Senior Investigator, Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan. In the podcast, she talks about her research background and role in the fight against cancer. Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan, who has her footing in informatics, data science, and epidemiology, explains to host Center for Cancer Training Director Oliver Bogler how she arrived at this intersection of research areas (as well as her current leadership role).

If you’re an early-career cancer researcher, we invite you to listen to her journey, discover the significance of the aforementioned research areas, and consider the advice she has for navigating your own career path. Listen to the full episode.

A Few Key Takeaways

• Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan shares the mission of NCI CBIIT and how both CBIIT and the greater NCI community are giving you the tools, training, and cancer data you need to make a lasting impact.
• She gives recommendations on essential skills you should develop if you’re computationally and quantitatively inclined.
• She provides career advice on how you should be true to your strengths, ask questions of your peers, and give yourself some grace to pivot.

Inside Cancer Careers is a collaboration between NCI’s Office of Communications and Public Liaison and the Center for Cancer Training.