ProfNet Experts Available on Clean Energy, Big Data

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative
• Big Data and Cancer Care
• Treatment Algorithms and Cancer Care

MEDIA JOBS

• Senior Investment Writer – Kiplinger's Personal Finance (DC)
• Associate Editor – I-5 Publishing (KY)
• Business Reporter – Seattle Times

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Upcoming PR/Media Events
• Creating a Great Journalism Portfolio
• Blog Notes: Design, Lifestyle, Travel & Medicine

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative
Robert Atkinson
President
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
"The Department of Energy has been at the forefront of research and development in next-generation clean energy technologies. The Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative helps support a robust energy manufacturing sector that can produce emerging clean energy technologies, spur innovation, and boost economic growth."
Atkinson is co-author of "Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage." He was also appointed by President Obama to serve on the National Innovation and Competitiveness Strategy Advisory Board. He is based in Washington, D.C.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/robatkinson
Website: http://www.itif.org
Media Contact: William Dube, [email protected]

Big Data and Cancer Care
John Frenzel, M.D., M.S.
Chief Medical Information Officer
MD Anderson
"With the technological facility to marry genomic and other patient data, we now have the potential to generate scientifically based information on the best treatment option for a patient in mere minutes. The rules of cancer are in the genome. Big data provides cancer researchers and oncologists a key to unlock the rulebook."
Frenzel is the first-ever chief medical information officer of MD Anderson, appointed to the newly created position this past June. As CMIO, he oversees the clinical information technology areas, including EHR development, implementation, and support; clinical applications and support; and clinical analytics and informatics. Frenzel is a professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at MD Anderson and an adjunct professor of biomedical information, spending one day each week in the operating room. He is a co-leader on the effort to merge clinical, pharmacy and genomics databases onto a big data platform at MD Anderson as part of the institution's Moonshot Program. He is available discuss the emerging field of big data in relation to its use in cancer care.
Bio: http://tinyurl.com/d5vbst2
Website: http://www.mdanderson.org
Media Contact: Lauren Whisenant, [email protected]

Treatment Algorithms and Cancer Care
Andy Futreal, Ph.D.
Cancer Geneticist, Professor of Genomic Medicine
MD Anderson
"One of the biggest challenges big data presents, but also an area we're eagerly anticipating, is the ability to distill this data down to its essence, draw out the key relationships and begin to form treatment algorithms. Once tested, such algorithms can help direct the standard of care in the community."
As a co-leader on the Moonshots Program, Futreal is charged with directing the design and implementation of MD Anderson's big data platform. Prior to joining MD Anderson, Futreal was the joint director of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. A true left brain-right brain prodigy who records acoustic guitar compilations in his free time, Futreal brings the ability to visualize large-scale data systems, making them accessible, intuitive, and valuable to cancer researchers and clinicians. His research has explored the human cancer genome, focusing on BRCA1 and BRCA2 in breast cancer and BRAF in melanoma. He is available discuss the emerging field of big data in relation to its use in cancer care.
Bio: http://tinyurl.com/crg6o8q
Website: http://www.mdanderson.org
Media Contact: Lauren Whisenant, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS:

Following are links to job listings for staff and freelance writers, editors and producers. You can view these and more job listings on our Job Board: http://bit.ly/pncjobboard

• Senior Investment Writer – Kiplinger's Personal Finance (DC)
• Associate Editor – I-5 Publishing (KY)
• Business Reporter – Seattle Times

See more listings here.

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line at [email protected]

• UPCOMING PR/MEDIA EVENTS: We regularly update our ProfNet Connect calendar to include upcoming events we think will be of interest to PR and media professionals. To see some of the events taking place over the next week or so: http://bit.ly/10fDCRN
  
  
• CREATING A GREAT JOURNALISM PORTFOLIO: Are you looking to create a journalism portfolio but aren't sure how to start? In this week's Q&A Team column, four ProfNet experts discuss how to create a great online journalism portfolio: http://bit.ly/10KUhPg
  
  
• BLOG NOTES: DESIGN, LIFESTYLE, TRAVEL & MEDICINE: In this weekly helping of blogs reviewed on PR Newswire for Bloggers, Christine Cube looks at blogs that cover design, lifestyle, travel and medicine. http://bit.ly/15M1C0h

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