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Ahalt S, Avillach P, Boyles R, Bradford K, Cox S, Davis-Dusenbery B, Grossman RL, Krishnamurthy A, Manning A, Paten B, Philippakis A, Borecki I, Chen SH, Kaltman J, Ladwa S, Schwartz C, Thomson A, Davis S, Leaf A, Lyons J, Sheets E, Bis JC, Conomos M, Culotti A, Desain T, Digiovanna J, Domazet M, Gogarten S, Gutierrez-Sacristan A, Harris T, Heavner B, Jain D, O'Connor B, Osborn K, Pillion D, Pleiness J, Rice K, Rupp G, Serret-Larmande A, Smith A, Stedman JP, Stilp A, Barsanti T, Cheadle J, Erdmann C, Farlow B, Gartland-Gray A, Hayes J, Hiles H, Kerr P, Lenhardt C, Madden T, Mieczkowska JO, Miller A, Patton P, Rathbun M, Suber S, Asare J. Building a collaborative cloud platform to accelerate heart, lung, blood, and sleep research. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2023:7165700. [PMID: 37192819 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocad048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Research increasingly relies on interrogating large-scale data resources. The NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute developed the NHLBI BioData CatalystⓇ (BDC), a community-driven ecosystem where researchers, including bench and clinical scientists, statisticians, and algorithm developers, find, access, share, store, and compute on large-scale datasets. This ecosystem provides secure, cloud-based workspaces, user authentication and authorization, search, tools and workflows, applications, and new innovative features to address community needs, including exploratory data analysis, genomic and imaging tools, tools for reproducibility, and improved interoperability with other NIH data science platforms. BDC offers straightforward access to large-scale datasets and computational resources that support precision medicine for heart, lung, blood, and sleep conditions, leveraging separately developed and managed platforms to maximize flexibility based on researcher needs, expertise, and backgrounds. Through the NHLBI BioData Catalyst Fellows Program, BDC facilitates scientific discoveries and technological advances. BDC also facilitated accelerated research on the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stan Ahalt
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | | | - Kira Bradford
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- RTI International, Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
| | - Steven Cox
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | | | | | - Ashok Krishnamurthy
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Alisa Manning
- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Benedict Paten
- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
| | | | - Ingrid Borecki
- Independent Consultant, BioData Catalyst Steering Committee Chair, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| | - Shu Hui Chen
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
| | - Jon Kaltman
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
| | | | | | - Alastair Thomson
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
| | - Sarah Davis
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | | | - Jessica Lyons
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Elizabeth Sheets
- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
| | - Joshua C Bis
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Matthew Conomos
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | | | - Thomas Desain
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | | | | | - Stephanie Gogarten
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | | | - Tim Harris
- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
| | - Ben Heavner
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Deepti Jain
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | | | - Kevin Osborn
- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
| | - Danielle Pillion
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Jacob Pleiness
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| | - Ken Rice
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | | | - Arnaud Serret-Larmande
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Albert Smith
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| | - Jason P Stedman
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Adrienne Stilp
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | | | - John Cheadle
- RTI International, Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
| | - Christopher Erdmann
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Brandy Farlow
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | | | - Julie Hayes
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Hannah Hiles
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Paul Kerr
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Chris Lenhardt
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Tom Madden
- RTI International, Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
| | - Joanna O Mieczkowska
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Amanda Miller
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Patrick Patton
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | | | - Stephanie Suber
- Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| | - Joe Asare
- RTI International, Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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