Driving Biological Projects and Solutions
To ensure that, at the end of the day, demonstrable healthcare improvements are achieved, Driving Biological Projects (DBPs) are selected to guide research development. The role of a NA-MIC DBP is to
- define a clinical problem
- provide a clinical dataset (individual or population)
- collaborate with algorithms scientists to develop a solution
- work with software engineers to create end-to-end applications for clinical users
At the inception of NA-MIC, the focus of biological project development was centered on schizophrenia. Schizophrenia provided a rich resource of neuroimaging data and a pressing need for new imaging technologies to unlock the white matter regions of the brain. The scope of project development has subsequently been expanded to include a broader range of diseases, as reflected in the current DBPs.
End-to-end solutions developed by NA-MIC's current Driving Biological Projects can be accessed below. Links are provided to disease-specific datasets, tutorials, software, representative peer review publications, and notes maintained by the individual DBPs on NA-MIC's interactive Wiki.
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| Schizophrenia | Lupus | Prostate Cancer | Autism |