caBIG™ Wins Prestigious Computerworld Award for Accomplishments in Cancer Research
Booz Allen is contributing vital support to the National Cancer Institute in facilitating this breakthrough project.
On June 5, 2006, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Booz Allen Hamilton celebrated a significant achievement in furthering cancer research for the benefit of cancer patients and survivors through the use of technology.
At a black tie gala dinner in Washington, DC, NCI was awarded the distinguished 2006 Computerworld Honors 21st Century Achievement Award for Science for their accomplishments related to the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid, or caBIG™, program.
Booz Allen has supported the groundbreaking initiative for over three years. Says Booz Allen principal Chalk Dawson, “The dedication and hard work of the caBIG™ program staff is being recognized on a global scale and is beginning to yield tangible results which will make the promise of caBIG™ a reality.”
caBIG™ is a virtual infrastructure that connects data, research tools, standards, scientists, and organizations to form “a World Wide Web of research” that is accelerating all aspects of cancer prevention, detection, and care by reducing technical and collaborative barriers. As noted in the Computerworld Honors Program Case Study: “caBIG™ has been supported by the NCI as a key enabler of its vision to eliminate suffering and death due to cancer.”
Launched in 2003 as part of a multi-year National Institutes of Health contract with Booz Allen, caBIG™ was developed in collaboration with 50 NCI cancer centers and 30 other organizations.
Dedicated to a “search for new heroes,” the Computerworld Honors Program has been recognizing the accomplishments of individuals, organizations, and institutions that are leading the IT revolution since 1988. Program awards are presented in 10 categories, and candidates are chosen based on project originality, breadth of vision, and benefit to society. Source materials of the winning projects are available to scholars and the public at www.cwhonors.org, and at 250 universities, libraries, and research institutions throughout the world.
For More Information
For additional information on the caBIG™ project, read a PDF version of a case study about caBIG™ or visit https://cabig.nci.nih.gov.
story posted June 8, 2006
