Volchenboum, Samuel MS

The Kids First Data Resource will aggregate genetic and clinical data from childhood cancer and structural birth defect patient cohorts, empowering researchers to search, aggregate and analyze the data to uncover entirely new ways of understanding childhood cancer and structural birth defects. The Kids First Data Resource will 1) serve as a centralized data hub to integrate dispersed data sources and provide harmonized data sets 2) provide easy access to and querying of disparate data sets via a web portal for researchers without bioinformatics expertise 3) provide tools for analyzing large and complex data sets encompassing genetic sequence and clinical data. By increasing the utility of genetics data, the Kids First Data Resource will maximize the potential to yield novel discovery and better understanding of genetic etiology underlying childhood cancer and structural birth defects for improved treatment and outcomes.