Data is everywhere and data sharing is now required by many funding agencies and journals.  Large-scale, multi-modal datasets have been utilized and continue to be utilized to make advancements for all human health, including cancer.  The National Cancer Institute (NCI) provides access to data resources from many large NCI funded studies.  In addition, cloud compute workspaces and analytical workflows are also available.  These NCI resources will be described as well as paths to access them and scientific exemplars using these data and other datasets for cancer.

As Acting Director of NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) and Associate Director for Informatics and Data Science (IDS) Program in CBIIT, Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan leads CBIIT's efforts to shape data science, data sharing, and technology strategies with the ultimate goal of fostering collaboration within NCI and across NIH and the cancer research community. In addition, she also maintains a robust research agenda in descriptive epidemiology and etiology of brain tumors as an intramural NCI researcher in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), Trans-Divisional Research Program (TDRP).