Big Data Training for Cancer Research
Helping health researchers develop skills for managing, visualizing,
analyzing, and integrating big data
Accepting Applications!
We are accepting applications for the BigCARE 2025 Summer Workshop now! Please submit your application HERE.
Application deadline: Monday, March 31, 2025.
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 2025 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 7-18, 2025. 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 registration, tuition, food, and lodging! Please check our website for updates or email us at bigcare@uci.edu.
Latest News
Applications will open soon…
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Research Misconduct: From Definitions to Prevention
Overview of Bioconductor for Cancer Research
Integrating Data Types to Understand the Impact of Early-Life Experiences
UC Irvine and HHS/NIH Health Ecosystem
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Application period closed for 2024.
We are accepting applications for 2024 Workshop!
Summer Workshop Enrollment Ended
Now Accepting Applications
BigCare 2023 Summer Workshop (on-site)
BigCare 2023 Online Course
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
But please first visit our FAQ below, to see if your questions have already been answered.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cancer researchers including oncologists, faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students who are inexperienced in big data science. For graduate students, we require you to pass the qualification/preliminary exam to apply.
All applicants will be required to have finished coursework related to cancer biology, to have research training in cancer studies, and to have taken one graduate level class in statistics.
To apply to the workshop, applicants must complete the online application. It calls for applicants to provide personal information, a summary of education background, a research statement (at most 2000 characters), an NIH biosketch, and completion of a questionnaire which helps us assess your statistical/computing skills. Additionally, graduate students/post-docs/research staff will be asked for a letter of support from their mentor(s) that clearly states that they are supportive of your participation in the program and recognize the time commitment necessary to successfully complete the program.
You need to provide the CITI training certificate, complete pre-course survey, go through the pre-course materials, and set up accounts for accessing supercomputer as preparation for the training program. Instructions will be provided once you are enrolled.