The Data Commons Project
Storing, managing, standardizing and publishing the vast amounts of data produced by biomedical research is a critical mission for the National Institutes of Health. In support of this effort, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded researchers from all over the country to come together as the Data Commons Pilot Phase Consortium (DCPPC) to create a roadmap for modernizing the NIH-funded biomedical data science ecosystem. Rebecca has been documenting their journey to build and implement the cloud-based platform that promises to significantly increase the rate of biomedical discoveries.