With International Love Data Week 2025 just around the corner, you might be wondering how data science could be leveraged in your own cancer research projects. Luckily, the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology (CBIIT) has been developing some wonderful training resources designed to help clinical oncologists and cancer researchers build their basic cancer data science skills – see https://datascience.cancer.gov/training.
Whether you have the time available to dedicate to working through a multi-chapter video course or prefer the flexibility of jumping to particular topics of interest via the online training guides, there is something useful for all types of learners with different knowledge levels.
https://datascience.cancer.gov/training/learn-data-science
https://datascience.cancer.gov/training#howcan
https://datascience.cancer.gov/training/improve-data-science-skills
NCI’s basic skills video course is a great place for beginners to start. You can work through each chapter at your own pace, watching the videos, testing your knowledge, and exploring links to extensive lists of related materials. No registration required – just jump in and start learning – gaining data science skills as you go!
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