WEEKLY COMMUNITY CALL MEETINGS
Due to the conclusion of the OHDSI Europe Symposium and the holiday in the USA, there will be no community call on July 4. Please join us July 11 for our next call, when members of the OHDSI Europe team will provide reflections on the July 1-3 Symposium.
WEEKLY WORKING GROUP MEETINGS (please note some cancelled meetings due to the US holiday)
Upcoming Workgroup Calls – OHDSI
OHDSI SHOUTOUTS
Congratulations to the team of David Vizcaya, Csaba P Kovesdy, Andrés Reyes, Elena Pessina, Pau Pujol, Glen James, and Nikolaus G Oberprieler on the publication of Characteristics of patients with chronic kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes initiating finerenone in the USA: a multi-database, cross-sectional study in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research.
• Congratulations to the team of Sajjad Fouladvand, Morteza Noshad, Mary Kane Goldstein, VJ Periyakoil, and Jonathan H Chen on the publication of Harmonisation of German Health Care Data Using the OMOP Common Data Model – A Practice Report in Volume 305 of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
• Congratulations to the team of Vlasios Dimitriadis, Achilleas Chytas, Margarita Grammatikopoulou, George Nikolaidis, Jenny Pliatsika, Martha Zachariadou, Spiros Nikolopoulos, and Pantelis Natsiavas on the publication of Use of Real-World Data to Support Adverse Drug Reactions Prevention During ePrescription in Volume 305 of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
• Congratulations to the team of SooJeong Ko, Se-Hyun Chang, Yeon Woong Chung, Young-Gyun Seo, Dong-Yoon Gang, Kwangsoo Kim, Dong-Jin Chang, and In Young Choi on the publication of Investigation of hepatic adverse events due to quetiapine by using the common data model in Pharmacoepidemiology Drug Safety.
OHDSI UPDATES
Thank you to everybody who organized, supported or took part in the 2023 OHDSI Europe Symposium, which took place July 1-3 in Rotterdam. Videos and research from the weekend will be shared when available.
The agenda for the 2023 OHDSI APAC symposium has been finalized, both for the main conference (July 13) and the tutorial day (July 14). Main conference sessions include: An artisanal approach to crafting real-world evidence; A step-by-step recipe for RWE: The OHDSI Save-our-Sisyphus Challenge; Too many cooks in the kitchen is never enough: Collaborative Data Harmonisation to improve patient care; and A Smorgasbord of Health Data Insights across the APAC Region. Registration will remain open for the APAC Symposium until July 6.
• You can now register for the tutorial and workgroup meetings during the Global Symposium weekend of Oct. 20-22 at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel & Executive Meeting Center in New Jersey, USA. There is no sign-up for the HowOften Workshop.
• The new Community Dashboard is now available on OHDSI.org. The dashboard includes tracking sites for publications, YouTube videos, EHDEN Academy courses, network studies, the phenotype explorer, and opportunities.
HADES Development Announcements
• Martijn Schuemie announced the release of ParallelLogger 3.2.0 (should now behave much better inside try…catch blocks), SqlRender 1.15.1 (a fix for translating Circe cohort expression SQL for DuckDB), DatabaseConnector 6.2.3 (fixes the ‘missing origin’ error the previous release introduced for older R versions) and Method Evaluation 2.3.0 (supports using your own benchmark - set of negative and positive controls).
• Martin Lavallee announced the release of Ulysses v0.0.1. This is a new R package aiming to help assist in the development and organization of an OHDSI study. Users can initiate a directory structure for an OHDSI study using the function newOhdsiStudy. The OHDSI study directory can then be injected with necessary documentation such as README and NEWS. Ulysses also introduces templates for vital documentation for an OHDSI study such as a protocol template, a how to run (explains how collaborators should execute the study) and contributor guidelines. For more information on additional functions and demo please visit the package website.
• Anthony Sena announced the release of FeatureExtraction v3.3.0. This new version supports using cohorts as covariates and adding covariates based on care_site_id. There are also a few bug fixes and updates to Java dependencies.
OHDSI SYMPOSIA
The 2023 OHDSI Global Symposium will be held Oct. 20-22 at the NEW location of the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel & Executive Meeting Center in East Brunswick, N.J. Registration is open, and the call for participation has passed; we received close to 170 submissions! Check out the symposium homepage for more information and updates as we get closer to the OHDSI symposium.
On the registration link above you may sign up for the Intro to OHDSI tutorial, the HL7 FHIR-OMOP Connectathon, the ISPE-RWE for Pharmacovigilance meeting or the numerous workgroup meetings offered over the weekend; there is no sign-up required for the HowOften Workshop.
Please make sure you secure your hotel room by using the link found on the OHDSI website symposium homepage under hotel information; rooms are on a first-come, first-served basis at the special OHDSI rate.
• The 2023 Asia-Pacific (APAC) Symposium will be held July 13-14 at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and it will follow MedInfo 2023 (July 8-12 in Sydney, Australia). Registration and the call for participation has opened for this event. The call for participation deadline for abstracts is April 15. The agenda is now posted on the event homepage. The main conference will be held July 13 with sessions focused on OHDSI Global, Research, and OHDSI APAC, while there will be tutorials held on July 14.
OHDSI JOB POSTINGS
• Frank DeFalco posted an opening for an Janssen Research & Development for an Associate Director, Observational Health Data Analytics – Global Epidemiology. This position will work closely with colleagues within the Epidemiology department. Among other primary responsibilities, this position will be expected to contribute with minimal supervision to the successful delivery of observational analyses for clinical characterization, population-level effect estimation, and patient-level prediction to meet the needs of J&J’s scientific and business functions. More information is available here.
• Evan Phelps shared an opening at UC San Francisco for an experienced ETL Developer / Health Data Analyst on my Research Data Assets team at UCSF. While this position will not initially be focused solely on OMOP, we have a growing focus in that direction, and I’d love to see some applicants from the OHDSI community. This is a full-time, permanent position on a team that primarily works remotely, so relocation would not be required if you already live within the United States. More information is available on this post or on the application link.
• There is an opening with IQVIA for an OMOP Data Analyst. Job overview: Under broad guidance, performs data analytics activities related to complex business problems and issues to provide insight to decision makers. May provide analytic support for internal project teams and for external client consulting or services engagements. You can find the full posting and apply here.
• Ajit Londhe shared a recent forum post announcing a position for Senior Associate Director, Real World Data & Analytics at Boehringer Ingelheim. The purpose of this position is to: generate real world evidence (RWE) to support in-line and pipeline products; provide statistical advice on the analysis of real world data (RWD) to various internal and external stakeholders; contribute to the RWD acquisition strategy and tool evaluation; and participate in the development and presentation of RWE trainings. More information and an application link are available here.
• Dina Gifkins also posted an opening on the forums for the position of Associate Director, Epidemiology, at Janssen Research & Development. Among the primary responsibilities would be to: assist with identifying research study needs, drafting proposals and protocols, and contributing to epidemiology and real world data strategy and study conduct across the clinical development program; conduct literature reviews and synthesis; provide assistance to clinical teams with study design; and identify and evaluate data resources to meet therapeutic needs; and work closely with other colleagues in the Epidemiology department when defining research questions, developing epidemiological protocols, and implementing solutions. More information and an application link are available here.
• Justin Starren announced that the Successful Clinical Response In Pneumonia Therapy (SCRIPT) Systems Biology Center (SCRIPT) is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to work at the intersection of systems biology and clinical data management. The fellow will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, biologists, geneticists, and data scientists to develop tools to improve the management of multifaceted data to support systems biology research. Candidates should have strong software development skills and an MD or PhD with research experience with Electronic Health Record data. Experience with Common Data Models, such as OMOP CDM from OHDSI, is preferred. More information is available here.
• Andrew Williams announced an opening for a Software Developer Analyst II at the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). This position will be responsible for executing software development initiatives, including collaborating with various stakeholders to understand requirements and design solutions, evaluating options and developing technical designs, and developing solution using appropriate programming language and/or technical tools.
• Noémie Elhadad shared that the Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) is seeking exceptional junior-level faculty members in the tenure track. The positions are open to researchers interested in developing and applying informatics theory and achieving tangible benefits to health care and biology. Three particular foci are (1) machine learning for healthcare and health-related data science, (2) health information technology-based interventions to improve health care and the health of individuals and populations, and (3) translational bioinformatics. DBMI serves as the coordinating center for OHDSI; more information and an application link are posted here.
• The Center for Computational Life Sciences at Cleveland Clinic offers an opportunity for a visionary Senior Faculty to establish our biomedical research and healthcare system as a global leader in Artificial Intelligence Research (AI). This Senior Faculty position will shape and expand AI technologies and applications centered around biomedical science and healthcare, supported by strong institutional commitment to build their vision. More information is available here.
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