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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News NIH Office of the Director (OD) <http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/> For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 31, 2018 CONTACT: NIH News Media Branch, 301-496-5787, <e-mail:nihnmb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> MEDIA AVAILABILITY NIH RELEASES STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DATA SCIENCE WHAT: Storing, managing, standardizing and publishing the vast amounts of data produced by biomedical research is a critical mission for the National Institutes of Health. In support of this effort, NIH today released its first Strategic Plan
for Data Science <https://datascience.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIH_Strategic_Plan_for_Data_Science_Final_508.pdf> that provides a roadmap for modernizing the NIH-funded biomedical data science ecosystem. Over the course of the next year, NIH will begin
implementing its strategy, with some elements of the plan already underway. NIH will continue to seek community input during the implementation phase.
Accessible, well-organized, secure, and efficiently operated data resources are critical to modern scientific inquiry. By maximizing the value of data generated through NIH-funded efforts, the pace of biomedical discoveries and medical
breakthroughs for better health outcomes can be substantially accelerated. To keep pace with rapid changes in biomedical data science, NIH will work to address the: -- findability, interconnectivity, and interoperability of NIH-funded biomedical data sets and resources -- integration of existing data management tools and development of new ones -- universalizing innovative algorithms and tools created by academic scientists into enterprise-ready resources that meet industry standards of ease of use and efficiency of operation -- growing costs of data management To advance NIH data science across the extramural and intramural research communities, the agency will hire a Chief Data Strategist. This management function will guide the development and implementation of NIH’s data-science activities
and provide leadership within the broader biomedical research data ecosystem. WHO: Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, is available to comment on this strategic plan. CONTACT: To schedule interviews, please contact the NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison, News Media Branch, nmb@xxxxxxxxxx or 301-496-5787. About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting
and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <www.nih.gov>. NIH...Turning Discovery into Health -- Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ### This NIH News Release is available online at: <https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-releases-strategic-plan-data-science>. To subscribe (or unsubscribe) from NIH News Release mailings, go to <http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USNIH_1>. If you subscribed via the NIH LISTSERV, go to <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=nihpress>. |
