Dr. Brinkman is also active in the community as Chair of International Society for Advancement of Cytometry's (ISAC) Data Standards Task Force, coordinating the Flow Cytometry: Critical Assessment of Population Identification Methods (FlowCAP.flowsite.org) Project and FlowRepository.org, an open public repository for sharing FCS data associated with peer-reviewed publications (currently adopted by PLoS, Nature Publishing Group and Cytometry A). Dr. Brinkman has been recognized for these efforts as a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar, a Terry Fox Foundation New Investigator, an ISAC Scholar and most recently as the recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Service Award from ISAC.