Cracking the Cancer Code

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Cracking the Cancer Code, we discuss critical role of ethics in cancer research data management. Dr. Jody Platt discusses with us how researchers navigate patient consent, data sharing, and privacy protection in an era of rapidly evolving technology. The episode highlights the importance of transparent communication, cultural competency, and the emerging concept...

Send us Fan Mail This episode takes a powerful and human-centered look at the stories behind cancer data. While researchers often work with spreadsheets full of numbers and categories, each data point represents a real person with a complex, emotional journey. The episode features intimate conversations with three cancer survivors: Johanna Kenney, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at an unusual...

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on the often-overlooked administrative side of scientific research, particularly in cancer research. We talk to Sandy Ormbrek and Dr Anna Green about the complex world of grant administration and funding. Special thanks to Maleah O'Connor for all the work she does to support the grants we work on! Also a special thanks to Allison Peters, Denise Albano, Ma...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss how modern cancer research increasingly requires collaboration between traditional lab scientists and computational experts from the earliest stages of study design. The episode challenges the common misconception that data scientists only analyze data after collection, highlighting how early involvement of computational experts can strengthen experiment...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast episode discusses the importance of reproducibility in modern cancer research and data science. Through interviews with experts like Dr. Roger Peng, Dr. Casey Greene, and Dr. Jaclyn Taroni, it explores how making research reproducible - by sharing code, data, and detailed documentation - not only helps verify scientific findings but also makes research more efficient...

Send us Fan Mail This episode discusses the dramatic increase in data use in cancer research over the past two decades. It highlights how the data revolution has democratized access to data, creating new challenges in data management and analysis. The episode features insights from Dr. Jeffrey Leek, a Chief Data Officer, and Dr Juli Klemm, the program director for NCI's Informatics Technology...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of "Cracking the Cancer Code" explores the critical role of data sharing in cancer research, particularly in pediatric oncology. Featuring interviews with experts from the "Data for the Common Good" initiative at the University of Chicago, the podcast highlights how collaborative data sharing is essential for meaningful research in rare diseases. T...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of "Cracking the Cancer Code" focuses on the challenges and advancements in working with different types of cancer data, particularly free text clinical data and imaging data. The hosts, Dr. Carrie Wright and Candace Savonen, interview experts in these fields to discuss the current state of cancer informatics and the tools being developed to improve data ana...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast episode introduces a new series called "Cracking the Cancer Code" that explores cancer research and how data science is revolutionizing the field. The hosts, Dr. Carrie Wright and Candace Savonen, discuss the history of cancer, its complexity as a disease, and how cancer research has evolved over time. Find out more about the ITCR Training Network at the web...

Send us Fan Mail Cracking the Cancer Code is an upcoming podcast series that will explore how data is being used to fight cancer! Join us as we talk to leading experts in cancer data science to talk in plain language about what this means for the future of cancer research.