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Description

This panel will introduce the Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR) program, an NCI initiative to support investigator-initiated informatics technology driven by critical needs in cancer research. Investigators supported by ITCR will share their perspective on the importance and challenges in developing and disseminating informatics technology stemming from an academic setting, using their own projects as case studies, and will discuss how programs like ITCR can benefit these efforts. Panelists will also describe how their tools are benefiting the scientific goals of the targeted cancer research communities and how interactions with end users have shaped the development of their tool. In addition, the panel will discuss ways in which the cancer informatics community of practice that is evolving through ITCR is promoting collaboration and interoperability within and beyond program participants. The NCI ITCR program coordinator will moderate the discussion and will provide a brief overview of NCI’s goals for supporting informatics technology development.

Learning Objective: After participating in this session, the learning should be better able to:
- Understand the importance and challenges in developing and disseminating biomedical software developed in an academic setting
- Identify successful approaches and priorities for maximizing the value of academially-developed software for cancer research
- Identify successful methods for engaging a targeted user commnity when developing biomedical software

Authors:

Simina Boca (Presenter)
Georgetown University

David Hanauer (Presenter)
University of Michigan

Ian Holmes (Presenter)
UC Berkeley

Despina Kontos (Presenter)
University of Pennsylvania

Juli Klemm (Presenter)
National Cancer Institute

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