About caBIG™ at Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is actively engaged in the design and development of the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid, a revolutionary tool for cancer research. caBIG™ is a national information network that enables cancer researchers to access a rich collection of clinical data across research institutions. Through these shared resources, the grid provides opportunities to enhance and build new collaborations and accelerate the pace of discovery. caBIG™ is an open-access infrastructure built on common tools and standards that seeks to modify biomedical research tools like clinical trial management systems, tissue banks and pathology tools according to the need of each individual and institution. These tools redefine the methodology of cancer research, delivery of patient care and relationship between patient and biomedical research enterprise. University partners are engaged in three of the eight divisions of the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid through network design, system development in managing drug trials and research integration in the community. The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Protein Information Resource and Advanced Research Computing provide the research infrastructure through a "virtual web" where cancer centers are linked together to enable information sharing. Lombardi seeks the integration of peer institutions, PIR extends access to its database to more researchers through the caBIG™ project and ARC, division of the University Information Services, designs the database to enable data-sharing. |
