IT Operations in a Biomedical Organization

Biomedical Research Institutions Information Technology Exchange

MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

27–29 April 2005



GOALS OF THE MEETING


Information technology plays an essential role in almost all biomedical research. To be competitive, biomedical research organizations must provide access to key information technology as part of the institutional infrastructure available to their researchers. At the same time, individual investigators must be allowed maximum flexibility in the pursuit of their research. Reflecting these differing needs, biomedical institutions often have multiple decentralized units delivering administrative, clinical, and research IT services. In the past, these units could operate relatively independently of each other. Now, concerns for security and interoperability, and increased technical complexity, have led to greater need for coordination among the various facets of IT support for biomedical institutions.

IT Operations in a Biomedical Organization is the theme of this meeting. We will explore specific operational challenges in a few plenary presentations and group discussions. Then, smaller, self-organizing working groups will convene to consider issues of mutual interest.




SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS

IT Operations: Making IT Work in a Profoundly Heterogeneous Environment
       Robert J. Robbins, PhD
       Vice President, Information Technology
       Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
       Seattle, WA
PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF
Delivering Basic Infrastructure: A Comparison of Biomedical and Financial Institutional Approaches
       Michael Townsend, PhD
       Director of Information Technology
       Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
       Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE PDF   PPT
Building Secure Networks: Technical Approachs and Operational Implications
       Ron Hood
       Chief Security Officer
       Fred Hutchinson Cancer Researh Center
       Seattle, WA
PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: NOT AVAILABLE
Playing Nice Together: Developing IT Governance in a Large, Decentralized Institution
       Lynn Vogel, PhD
       VP & CIO
       MDAnderson Cancer Center
       Houston, TX
PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF
Translational Research: Making Cancer History
       Robert C. Bast, Jr., MD
       VP for Translational Research
       MD Anderson Cancer
       Houston, TX
PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF
Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Clinical Research: An Informatics Testing Ground
       Roy Jones, MD PhD
       Blood and Marrow Transplantation
       MD Anderson Cancer
       Houston, TX
PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF


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