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ICF to Support National Cancer Institute’s Health Initiatives Under Digital Comms BPA; Mark Lee Quoted

ICF has secured a potential five-year, $49 million blanket purchase agreement to help the National Cancer Institute implement behavioral health initiatives through digital communications design and strategy support. The company said Thursday it will provide expertise in smoking cessation, cancer control and multicultural community communications under the recompete BPA, which holds a one-year base period […] More

by Nichols Martin July 23, 2021, 11:48 am
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Two NIH Components Eye Digital Health Platforms for COVID-19 Response

The National Institutes of Health has issued a request for information on digital technology platforms that could help two NIH organizations respond to the coronavirus pandemic and advance public health response efforts.

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by Matthew Nelson May 28, 2020, 12:51 pm
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DOE Laboratory Employs Cerebras Systems-Built AI Computer

The Argonne National Laboratory has fielded a Cerebras Systems-built artificial intelligence computer that works to speed up research and development efforts for deep learning models.

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by Matthew Nelson November 20, 2019, 5:00 am
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Leidos Selects Tempus to Help Collate, Summarize NCI Clinical Data

Leidos' biomedical research business has tapped Tempus to collate and summarize follow-up clinical data for a National Cancer Institute project that aims to provide data that will contribute to improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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by Matthew Nelson June 12, 2019, 5:47 am
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National Cancer Institute Uses Druva Platform for Data Backup

National Cancer Institute is using Druva's cloud platform to modernize the agency's data backup, restoration and archiving activities. The company said Monday its patented deduplication process helps NCI perform backups with reduced costs in time and bandwidth.

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by Nichols Martin May 21, 2019, 6:41 am
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Leonard Freedman Named Chief Science Officer of Leidos-Operated Frederick National Laboratory

Leonard Freedman, founding president of the Global Biological Standards Institute, has been appointed chief science officer at a federally-funded research and development center Leidos manages for the National Cancer Institute. He will oversee internal scientific programs at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research and its external collaborative efforts in the science and technology area, FNLCR said Thursday. […] More

by Nichols Martin November 5, 2018, 10:05 am
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Octo Consulting Wins $75M NIH IT Support Contract; Jay Shah Quoted

Octo Consulting has won an approximately $75M multiyear contract to support the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, which operates under the National Institutes of Health. Octo will provide IT services and ServiceNow cloud implementation support to the CBIIT to help the institute address its IT needs and further its cancer treatment […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers November 1, 2018, 7:20 am
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NIH Renews AMRI’s Neurotherapeutic Drug Discovery Support Contract

Albany Molecular Research Inc. has secured a potential 10-year, $39.5 million contract renewal to support a National Institutes of Health program that aims to develop medicines for nervous system disorders. AMRI said Tuesday it will continue to provide medicinal chemistry, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion services to the Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network managed by NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and […] More

by Joanna Crews April 18, 2018, 6:38 am
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ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services

ICF International has secured two potential five-year blanket purchase agreements worth $70 million combined to provide web development, communications and cancer content development support services for the National Cancer Institute. The first BPA with NCI's office of communications and public liaison has a ceiling value of $50 million and the other agreement with the agency's […] More

by Jane Edwards January 9, 2018, 2:29 am
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ICF to Continue CDC Cancer Surveillance System Maintenance Support

ICF has secured a potential four-year, $9 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain a system used to track cancer occurrence, treatment and outcomes nationwide. The company said Monday it will continue to provide maintenance support for CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries ““ Cancer Surveillance System under the recompete task order […] More

by Joanna Crews December 5, 2017, 6:46 am
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Booz Allen, Kaggle Name Winners of 2017 ‘Data Science Bowl’ Contest

Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle have unveiled the winners of a global crowdsourcing competition that sought data science methods to develop lung cancer detection formulas and technologies. The third annual Data Science Bowl drew nearly 10,000 participants who submitted algorithms designed to help clinicians detect lung cancer, Booz Allen said Tuesday. The National Cancer Institute provided access to a publicly-available data set of […] More

by Scott Nicholas May 5, 2017, 5:39 am
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Kaggle-Booz Allen ‘Data Science Bowl’ to Include AI Integration Challenge for Lung Cancer Screening Tech

Kaggle and Booz Allen Hamilton will convene medical communities and data scientists for a challenge to use artificial intelligence in efforts to further develop lung cancer screening technology. The companies said Thursday the 90-day Data Science Bowl competition will look to boost current technologies for the early detection of lung cancer and potentially reduce lung cancer […] More

by Scott Nicholas January 13, 2017, 8:21 am