Big Data Training for Cancer Research
Helping health researchers develop skills for managing, visualizing,
analyzing, and integrating big data
Admission Decisions Coming Soon!
Our review process is in its final stage. Out team has been carefully going through all applications and we wll begin sending out admission letters very shortly.
We appreciate your patience throughout this process and look forward to sharing the news with you soon. Please expect to receive a decision from us before the end of May. If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to reach out to our team.
What is BigCARE?
Cancer big data is a collection of high-density information from a variety of sources, and it requires sophisticated statistical and computational tools to analyze and extract knowledge. Built on a previous big data training program designed for general biomedical researchers, BigCARE is aimed at helping cancer researchers develop the necessary analytical skills to work with big data, and translate it into knowledge that facilitates precision cancer medicine.
BigCARE 2026 Summer Workshop
The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) of the University of California, Irvine is pleased to announce the annual NCI-funded workshop on “Big Data Training for Cancer Research” (BigCARE) on July 20-August 1, 2026. This intensive workshop will help researchers develop skills for managing, visualizing, analyzing, and integrating various types of omics data in cancer studies. The workshop is open to cancer researchers including oncologists, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students. The workshop will be held on-site at the University of California Irvine, in Irvine, CA. There is no cost for tuition, and on-campus housing! Please check our website for updates or email us at bigcare@uci.edu.
Latest News
NCI Data Jamboree–Q&A session on April 10 at 11AM – 12PM ET
Application deadline extended to March 23, 2026
Accepting applications for 2026 summer!
Meet Our Team
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Min Zhang, MD, PhD
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
UC Irvine -
Dabao Zhang
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
UC Irvine
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Sean Davis
Professor; Associate Director of Informatics and Data Science
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
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Eric Adams
Senior Manager, User Support,
RCAC, Purdue University -
Jenny Wu
Director of Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC Irvine
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Ryan T DeRue
Senior Computational Scientist,
RCAC, Purdue University
Contact us at bigcare@uci.edu
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