UCMCCC Computational Oncology Unit

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCMCCC) Computational Oncology Unit (COU) is a centralized entity that provides research, educational, and infrastructure resources related to computational oncology and cancer-focused bioinformatics. The overall unit mission is to be the computational, bioinformatics, and analytics hub supporting oncology research at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Areas of Interest:

• Omics and multi-omics data analysis and management
• Big data management and sharing
• Cancer health disparities analyses
• Computational cancer immunology
• Modeling cancer evolution
• Pharmacogenomics tools for modeling drug-target interactions
• Developing tools to support precision medicine approaches to cancer therapy

The three major domains of COU activities are:

• Research: COU provides researchers access to advanced, cutting-edge computational and bioinformatics expertise and services to advance their cancer research. COU also continually develops novel methods and analytic approaches through collaborations with other cores and centers to solve challenges in cancer research.
• Education and Training: Through educational workshops and training, COU prepares computational oncology and bioinformatics students, fellows, and researchers for the unique challenges of modern molecular life sciences.
• Infrastructure: COU provides computational and bioinformatics technologies and support to the University of Chicago cancer research community.