Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
NCI
12530 Parklawn Drive
Rockville,
MD
USA
20850
Email:
gaheens@mail.nih.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Sharon Gaheen is Program Manager of Science Applications International Corporation’s (SAIC’s) bioinformatics initiatives supporting the National Cancer Institute Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (NCI CBIIT) and cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) Program. Ms. Gaheen’s program portfolio includes projects supporting the development of: service-oriented architectures enabling biomedical data integration; grid computing connecting the cancer research community; large-scale data repositories supporting expression studies; genomic-based analysis tools/algorithms; data mining/warehousing techniques facilitating translational research; technologies supporting in vivo cancer imaging; informatics supporting nanotechnology and nanoparticle characterization; standards based messaging frameworks supporting clinical research; and a variety of other applications supporting pre-clinical and clinical research.
Ms. Gaheen is an Assistant Vice President at SAIC and is Deputy Division Manager of SAIC’s Innovative Informatics Technologies (IIT) Division. Ms. Gaheen is an experienced IT manager and has been involved in all aspects of the software development life cycle for a variety of industries including life sciences, defense, and space sciences.
Ms. Gaheen has an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of business and a BS in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Gaheen is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and of SAIC's Science and Technology Fellows Council (STFC).