Welcome to the Center for Clinical Cancer Informatics and Data Science (CCIDS) at Brown/Lifespan.
Mission Statement: To enhance the ecosystem of clinical cancer informatics and data science at Brown and Lifespan
Vision:
To lead and collaborate in the development of standards for clinical cancer informatics and genomics; to demonstrate and improve best practices in interoperability of the local data ecosystem that aligns with clinician and informatician workflows; to develop best-in-class natural language processing (NLP) solutions for cancer phenotyping at scale; to identify and promote rapid translational innovations; and train next generation of clinicians and basic researchers in the domain of clinical cancer informatics; through collaboration with stakeholders across Lifespan and Brown University, and the national organizations.
CCIDS is built around 5 pillars, conveniently following the acronym CCIDS:
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Content standardization,
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Clinical integration,
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Information extraction,
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Dissemination of new technologies, and
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Scholarship/Education.
