“The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) is looking for data management services to help develop a large research resource to advance in breast cancer research.”
“The research resource will be part of the Confluence Project, which is aiming to build a large research resource for the scientific community by 2021 for studying the genetic architecture of breast cancer. As part of the project, NCI is working with Queen’s University, Belfast, which is developing the Male Breast Cancer Consortium (MBCC). The MBCC will serve as the largest consortium of epidemiological and clinical studies dedicated to studying breast cancer among males.”
“A Sources Sought notice on Beta.Sam.gov explained that data management support services are needed to contact institutions with existing studies on male breast cancer to discuss the inclusion of their data in the Confluence project. The support services will include collecting study information and data; setting up data transfer agreements; and performing data management, storage, and access services. The eventual contractor will also assist NCI with developing a secure cloud-hosted data platform…” Read the full article here.
Source: NIH Needs Data Management Services to Aid in Cancer Research – By Kate Polit, February 23, 2021. MeriTalk.
