A brief description of the Data Integration project funded by the Jisc Transformations programme, led by University of Bristol.

Jisc Transformations: Data Integration

In this episode, Professors Grant Stewart and Stephen Price discuss what it means to be both a cancer surgeon and a clinical researcher. They talk about how they can improve surgery for brain and kidney cancer patients, how they can identify cancer as quickly as possible through screening, and how they can improve on the outcomes of surgery by augmenting it with other treatments such as radiotherapy and drugs.

Grant is co-lead of both the Institute for Integrated Cancer Medicine and the Urological Malignancies Virtual Institute at the CRUK Cambridge Centre, UK, and is Professor of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Stephen is co-lead of the Brain Cancer Virtual Institute at the CRUK Cambridge Centre, UK, and is Professor of Neurosurgical Oncology and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Integrated Cancer Medicine: Research in Focus

Surgery and clinical research in cancer

Dr Ines Machado, Dr Gabriel Funingana, Thomas Buddenkotte and Amied Shadmaan talk about the research they are undertaking within the collaborative project between GE Healthcare, the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They also provide an update on the development of the Oncocare platform.

Ines is a Research Associate in the Crispin Lab at the CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK.

Gabriel is a Clinical Fellow and PhD student in the Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, UK.

Thomas is a consultant to the Crispin Lab. He obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK, working at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and the Department of Radiology. He is now affiliated with the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, and the Hamburg-based company Jung Diagnostics.

Amied is Director of AI & Clinical Collaborations at GE Healthcare.

AI in cancer research and an update on the GE Healthcare collaboration

Have you ever wondered how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in research in a healthcare setting? Rebecca Wray and Bill McGough, two PhD students at the University of Cambridge, both use AI in different ways in their research into the screening and treatment of kidney cancer.

Rebecca is an MRes PhD student investigating the response and resistance to therapy in patients with kidney cancer. She uses AI to find tumour features at multiple scales. For his PhD, Bill is developing AI models that will sift through the mounds of imaging data produced during the Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial (funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research), flagging images that show masses in the kidneys.

This interesting conversation gives insight into how researchers are using patient data safely in order for AI models to integrate all the information about a patient to help review their treatment and personalise it. The discussion also highlights how using AI in the screening setting is speeding up processes to help save clinicians' time and allowing the potential earlier detection of kidney cancer in a cost-effective manner.

Using AI in the screening and treatment of kidney cancer

Could the environment around a cancer tumour hold the key to better treatments?

In this episode, PhD students Emily Lythgoe and Ellie Bunce from the University of Cambridge discuss their research into tumour microenvironments. They explain why studying these environments in ovarian cancer (in a clinical setting) and head and neck cancer (in a pre-clinical setting) is so important for predicting how tumours might respond to treatment. They also highlight the value of integrating multiple technologies to create a more complete picture of a patient and their disease.

This insightful conversation explores how their work helps to understand the building blocks of these cancers and why such complex research could be crucial for developing new ways to treat patients in the future.

Studying the tumour microenvironment

John Myers of Enterprise Management Associates and Murthy Mathiprakasam of Informatica discuss big data, data management challenges, security and privacy

EMA Podcast Nugget - John Myers and Murthy Mathiprakasam part 1

If you are tackling a job that hasn’t been done before, you need a strong team. One full of people who challenge the status quo and who aren’t afraid to ask why. Stefanie Causey is the Senior Director of IS Solutions Delivery at Aspect Software. Aspect Software is a provider of customer engagement, workforce optimization, and self service solutions geared towards mid-sized to large enterprises. Stefanie has been in IT for many years and has witnessed a complete transformation in the way things are done in the industry. &nbsp;She was brought onboard at Aspect when it was clear they needed a solutions architect to work on their very outdated systems and servers. Stefanie joined us for this episode of Digital Transformation Pioneers to talk about putting together a team to overcome unique challenges at Aspect, Artificial Intelligence, and her key lesson learned along the way.

How To Challenge the Status Quo When Tackling Big Projects w/ Stefanie Causey

Getting things from A to B isn’t as simple as it sounds. Especially when we’re talking shipping on a continental scale. That’s what I recently chatted about with Lindsey Shellman, Vice President at WIN (Web Integrated Network), where she’s responsible for sales, operational, and strategic direction. “We identified early on that shippers wanted a tool to manage their own shipping,” Lindsey said. The old way to do it: Make a bunch of calls. Get a bunch of quotes and compare them. Go to different websites and start typing. Print stuff out. Try to coordinate all the info somehow. “It's not efficient and it takes up a lot of time,” Lindsey said. Cue the new way: WIN. “It's a single platform that you can use to manage all of your shipping,” she explained. “It takes a lot of time out of the process and provides a lot more efficiency.” Because everything’s integrated.

5: 3 Values of Digital Transformation Pioneers w/ Lindsey Shellman

While every modern company has some amount of technology, many IT professionals find themselves in companies where the main product or service has seemingly little to do with technology. Often, these IT workers are relegated to the back offices of systems maintenance. Worse, the IT department may desire to be in the back office, hiding away from the the frustrations of “real business.” On this week’s episode of Digital Transformation Pioneers, we took a different approach. Instead of finding an a hip IT professional at a tech startup, we found Joe Lalor, an amazing techie at a hot tub company. He spelled out the 3 dilemmas every IT pro faces when they are working at a non-tech-driven company. Joe showed how to confront each of these pitfalls and ensure success. Joe’s the Director of IT for Watkins Wellness, the leading hot tub manufacturer in the world. Before his time at Watkins, Joe worked at Callaway Golf as the Senior Manager of IT. He’s also worked at SAIC for nearly 23 years as a Software Engineer and Systems Analyst.

Episode 6: The 3 Dilemmas of IT Leaders Working in Non-Tech Companies w/ Joe Lalor

The Sources and Destinations Podcast explores the world of the Data Engineer and hosts discussions with forward thinking data engineers and influential ecosystem players.

Sources and Destinations Podcast Episode #1 The Data EngiYear

Managing Research Director for EMA's Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing practice specializing in telecom analytics and business process management

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