Winship Data and Technology Applications

We work in collaboration with the Winship Cancer Institute research programs, other Winship shared resources, the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Emory University School of Medicine core facilities. Our core's multi-pronged approach to addressing the data management needs of investigators is critical for the scientific mission of Winship Cancer Institute.

Services Available

Core services include:

• Database design, development and management
• Data abstraction/collection
• Matching existing clinical and biological information resources to research needs
• Designing case report forms
• Clinical annotation for disease specific biospecimen banks
• Systematic reviews and meta analysis (search strategies, data extraction, literature review, analysis)
• Cohort discovery
• Access to National Cancer Database files for solid and hematologic malignancies 
• Support for grants/manuscripts/meeting abstracts
• Support for training programs

In addition, we provide access to National Cancer Database files for solid and hematologic malignancies. This service is available to Winship members for research purposes and is provided in collaboration with the Biostatistics Shared Resource, and Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Shared Resource.

Service Request

For assistance, please fill out our request form on the PPMS service request system.

Contact Information

Contact Madhusmita Behera, PhD, core director, at (404) 778-2923 or via email for more information.

Publication Acknowledgement Policy

The National Cancer Institute requires that publications acknowledge the Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG), and it is tracking compliance. If a Winship Cancer Institute CCSG-supported Shared Resource provided data, designed the study, performed analyses, provided results used in your publication, and/or provided any systems or services that were used for the work that resulted in your publication, please include the following statement in the acknowledgment section of your publication(s):

Research reported in this publication was supported in part by the Winship Data and Technology Applications Shared Resource of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and NIH/NCI under award number P30CA138292. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.