@Dymshyts I’m so excited and can’t wait it any longer, too!
Hi all!
A quick but important update: the Vocabularyathon is now officially confirmed as part of the 2025 Global OHDSI Symposium agenda! We’ll meet in person on Tuesday, October 7th, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a focused, collaborative sessions on long-standing vocabulary challenges.
How to sign up?
You can now register for the Vocabularyathon during your Symposium registration.
If you already registered before this option was added, you can:
- Log back into your Eventbrite registration and update your choices, or
- Email symposium@ohdsi.org and ask the team to add you to the Vocabularyathon.
Confirmed Topics & Leads
We’re thrilled to already have the following teams confirmed:
- Surveys & EAV-type data – led by Nicole Gerlanc
- Vaccine vocabulary – led by Oliver He
- Races/Ethnicities – led by Melanie Philofsky & Piper Ranallo
- Visit definitions – led by Melanie Philofsky & Piper Ranallo
- Non-same-as standard concept mapping – led by Dmitry Dymshyts
- Procedure modifiers – led by Oleg Zhuk
- Oncology-related topics – led by Asieh Golozar
- Microbiology & drug susceptibility – led by Jared Houghtaling
- Rare diseases (Orphanet, Monarch) – led by Bryan Laraway
Topics in Discussion
We’re also in active discussion on forming teams for:
- Missing & reused NDCs
Topics Still in the Bummock
There are many other ideas floating - some with a rough outline but still waiting for someone to take them on. One example is the Family history problem summarized by @m-khitrun here. We’ve sketched out potential directions, but it needs a lead.
If you’ve got a topic that belongs in the Vocabularyathon or want to help lead one of the above, now’s the time to raise your hand.