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Blog from December, 2012
SYNOPSIS:
The NCI clinical and translational informatics program allows for targeted bioinformatics capabilities facilitating interoperability, collaboration, and integration across applications, as well as easing reporting burdens through harmonization of implementable data standards. NCI data collection standards made possible through the eCRF Harmonization Project provide the semantic tools needed to integrate and interoperate data across multiple systems and entities both at the NCI and the extramural and pharmacologic communities. This talk will review the challenges and benefits of developing, implementing and governing standards use across the NCI cooperative groups. The speakers will also discuss intramural adoption and provide updates on two new initiatives to facilitate standard adoption among NCI-supported cancer research institutes.
SPEAKERS:
David Patton is the Associate Director for Clinical Research Programs in CBIIT.
Dianne M. Reeves is the Associate Director for CBIIT Biomedical Standards.
Ginger Riley is a Senior Study Director and clinical data manager for Westat.
SUMMARY:
Topic: NCI Data Collection Standards: Development, Implementation, and Policy
Speakers: David Patton (NCI), Diane Reeves (NCI), Ginger Riley (Westat)
Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Time: 11 AM – 12 PM
Location: Two presenters will be at NCI; one will present remotely. Our offices are at 2115 East Jefferson Street, Room 6033, Rockville MD.
Presentation: A screencast of the presentation will be available for viewing after the event here on our Speaker Series Videos page and on the NCI Events YouTube Channel 
About the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) Speaker Series is a bi-weekly knowledge-sharing forum featuring both internal and external speakers on topics of interest to the biomedical informatics and research communities. For additional information, including past speaker series presentations, visit the CBIIT Speaker Series page.
Questions? Please email us at NCICBIITcomms@mail.nih.gov.
Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this program should contact the Office of Space and Facilities Management (OSFM) at 240-276-5900 or the Federal TTY Relay number 1-800-877-8339.
SYNOPSIS:
Genome-directed cancer therapy holds great promise for the future of cancer treatment; however, many challenges remain. This talk will review the informatics challenges and solutions related to the Vanderbilt Personalized Cancer Medicine Initiative. Dr. Mia Levy will present Vanderbilt’s initial solution including how tumor gene-mutation testing results were integrated into the electronic health record with a link to a decision-support knowledge service to assist providers in understanding actionable gene-directed therapies including local and national clinical trials. The resource, called “My Cancer Genome,” is now publicly available at MyCancerGenome.org 
. Dr. Levy will describe the development and maintenance of this application including the annotation of the National Cancer Institute PDQ clinical trial registry with gene associations. Session details ...
BIO:
Dr. Levy is the Ingram Assistant Professor of Cancer Research, an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, and the Director of Cancer Clinical Informatics for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. She is the informatics lead for both the Vanderbilt Personalized Cancer Medicine Initiative (PCMI) and the Vanderbilt Oncology Information System (VOIS). She is also the faculty lead for the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Research Informatics Core (RIC).
Dr. Levy’s research interests include biomedical informatics methods to support the continuum of cancer care and cancer research. Current research projects include informatics methods for 1) image-based cancer treatment response assessment using quantitative imaging; 2) clinical decision support for treatment prioritization of molecular subtypes of cancer; 3) protocol-based plan management; and 4) learning cancer systems. Dr. Levy is also a practicing oncologist specializing in the treatment of breast cancer. She received her M.D. from Rush University and her Ph.D. in biomedical informatics from Stanford University.
SUMMARY:
Topic: Informatics to Support Genome-Directed Cancer Medicine
Speaker: Mia A. Levy, M.D., Ph.D.
Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Time: 11 AM – 12 PM
Presentation: A screencast of the presentation will be available for viewing after the event on the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series YouTube playlist.
About the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) Speaker Series is a bi-weekly knowledge-sharing forum featuring both internal and external speakers on topics of interest to the biomedical informatics and research communities. For additional information, including past speaker series presentations, visit the CBIIT Speaker Series page.
Questions? Please email us at NCICBIITcomms@mail.nih.gov.
Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this program should contact the Office of Space and Facilities Management (OSFM) at 240-276-5900 or the Federal TTY Relay number 1-800-877-8339.
