Our Events

Upcoming EVents

GLBIO Workshop MAY 15TH 2023

The ITN is hosting a workshop at the GLBIO conference on May 15th, 2023. This hands-on interactive workshop is intended for trainees and will have activities and information about: 


This training session attendees will be capped at the first 30 eligible trainees. 


Eligibility:

Trainees who are undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, or postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to attend. We expect up to 30 attendees for this workshop. 


Scholarships:

Travel scholarships are available but limited for several workshop attendees and will be supported by the ITCR Training network. You can apply here. Priority will be given to individuals of underrepresented groups and those with financial need. More information on the distributions of the funds will be provided to the selected awardees. We hope to provide funding before the meeting to aid with travel arrangements. Scholarship priority will be given to individuals of underrepresented backgrounds, however this is not required.

ICBAHS July 6 - 7 2023

The ITN is hosting two workshops at the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Sciences

More information coming soon!


Recent Events

ITCR AnnUal Meeting TraininG Day for Trainees! 

This event took place on September 15th, 2022 at the ITCR 2022 Meeting (September 13th - 14th)
Fifteen trainees won a travel award (covering costs to attend the meeting and this trainee event)! Trainees learned about reproducibility practices, version control, code review, and more! Trainees also used our OTTR tools to create a website. 

Photo by Kirk Thornton on Unsplash 


Recent Talks

ITCR Training Network (ITN) Background & how we can support you

ITCR PI Meeting Talk - Virtual - Jeff Leek

ITCR Training Network (ITN) Overview 

September 2022 - ITCR Annual meeting - St. Louis - Carrie Wright

Leveraging R for Cancer Informatics Training

August 2022 - RMedicine 2022 - Virtual - Carrie Wright

NCI Resource: Informatics Tools and Training Opportunities - The ITCR Training Network

April 2022 -  American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) - New Orleans, Louisiana - Carrie Wright & Candace Savonen (part of a larger talk)

Photo by Diego PH on Unsplash 

Training Events 

We host 3 different kinds of events:

Past Workshops

Topic Workshop - May 2022 - Documentation and Usability for Cancer Informatics Workshop

Keynote speaker Mary Goldman User Experience (UX) Design 

Topic Workshop -  Jan 2022 - Documentation and Usability for Cancer Informatics Workshop

Keynote speaker Mary Goldman User Experience (UX) Design 

Citizen Science Event - Oct 2022 

University of Illinois Chicago