NCBC Dissemination Working Group Discussion
What is the NCBC Dissemination Working Group? The NIH National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBCs) were established to "create a networked national effort to build the computational infrastructure for biomedical computing in the nation." As part of that effort, the NCBCs are charged with "providing the tools and resources that biomedical and behavioral researchers need to do their work." The focus of the NCBC Dissemination Working Group is make researchers aware of these NCBC-developed tools and resources and how they can impact biology and clinical medicine.
Information about other NCBC working groups
Contacts
Joy Ku (<joyku AT stanford DOT edu>)
Trish Whetzel (<whetzel AT stanford DOT edu>)
Activities
- Current activities
Cross-NCBC calendar, listserv, and RSS feed to promote awareness of NCBC workshops and other events
RSS feed of NCBC news & events (possibly merge with calendar RSS feed)
- ncbcs.org website: Peter Lyster asked for feedback about other tabs needed for dissemination efforts
- Ideas for future activities
- NIH Institute or disease/clinical area brochures
- Idea: 2-page (4-sided) brochure: back cover = list of all NCBCs, maybe some background info; center 2 pages provide overview of biocomputing in the given disease area with highlights of work by difference NCBCs
- How to divide effort? Perhaps have each NCBC take charge of 1 brochure? Funding?
This activity also been discussed by the DBP impact working group
- Joint conference presentations
- Information collecting phase to plan brochures and/or joint conferences
- What top X NIH institutes and/or diseas areas is your center focused on?
- What conferences does your center attend or would like to attend?
- NIH Institute or disease/clinical area brochures
Meetings
- Proposal: teleconference once every 3 months, about 1 week before the teleconference for all NCBC working groups