Cancer Informatics Core

The Cancer Informatics Core seeks to become the central facility to support the informatics needs of Cancer Center researchers, allowing investigators to focus on their own work and have those with bioinformatics expertise address the myriad of informatics components that research studies often rely upon. The Core seeks to address which include but are not limited to the: 1. design and maintenance of databases, 2. development of novel bioinformatics tools, 3. integration of disparate clinical and molecular data from multiple sources, 4. purchasing, maintaining, and upgrading hardware and software, 5. ensuring that data is secure and meets HIPAA-compliance standards, 6. hiring and training skilled technical professionals, and 7. assisting with data exploration, mining, and analysis. Thus, the Core will provide for a more effective, efficient and coordinated use of resources, a framework for developing cancer informatics infrastructure and tools, and transparent integration of data to support clinical, translational, and basic science research.