Weekly OHDSI Digest – August 12th, 2019

OHDSI MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Gold Standard Phenotype Library WG meeting  – Tuesday at 10am ET
URL: https://gatech.webex.com/webappng/sites/gatech/meeting/info/128704664173552569?MTID=mdd4af3e9b84212fc7df3eb0150703df5

The Book of OHDSI working group meeting  – Tuesday at 11am ET
Zoom URL: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/258043190

OHDSI Community Call  – Tuesday at 12pm ET
URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M59X2V1U61WC9ASID2Z5N3UT95-D1JL&rnd=96139.930901412523321531221112212141232121131213113112112121536

CDM-Genomics WG Call – Wednesday at 0am KT
URL: https://abmi.webex.com/webappng/sites/abmi/meeting/info/116787143000498361?MTID=m2747af107665e0586909629968cc2260&siteurl=abmi

ATLAS workgroup meeting  – Wednesday at 10am ET
URL: https://jjconferencing.webex.com/webappng/sites/jjconferencing/meeting/info/129429150951851372?MTID=mca074ae1ff6eb7d80245d36b59188c80

Natural Language Processing WG meeting – Wednesday at 2pm ET
URL: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/707196421

Patient-Level Prediction WG  – Wednesday at 2pm ET
URL: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/972917661

Population-Level Estimation WG (Western Hemisphere)  – Thursday at 12pm ET*
URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M3T9BZV9RSB6YNDM8WDDZMI19D-D1JL

You can find a full list of upcoming OHDSI meetings here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X0oa9R-V8cwpF1WQZDJOqcXZguPKRiCZ6XrQ2zXMiuQ/edit

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Looking for presenters for upcoming OHDSI community calls  We are looking for collaborators to share their work on upcoming OHDSI calls. If you are interested in presenting on an upcoming OHDSI call please email me at beaton@ohdsi.org

2019 OHDSI Symposium – Titan Awards  Don’t forget to submit your nominations for the 2019 Titan Awards. Submit your nominations here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5d9G-KEW5G9wS2S5qxe8iGtsRVEHeMxDvwCCuj-Rg0qZYpw/viewform
Deadline to submit nominations is 5pm ET on August 13th

2019 OHDSI Symposium – CREATIVE SUBMISSIONS  – We want to give collaborators a chance to showcase their special talents! This could include, playing a musical instrument, singing, an interpretive dance, or an OHDSI-inspired painting. For more information about creative submissions, please check out our creative submissions page:
https://www.ohdsi.org/creative-submissions/
The deadline for creative submission is today at 5pm ET

2019 OHDSI Symposium – TUTORIALS Registration is now open for tutorials at this year’s OHDSISymposium. Tutorials are set to take September 15th and 17th. More details about tutorials being offered is available here: https://www.ohdsi.org/tutorialworkshops2019/
Register for tutorials here: https://www.ohdsi.org/tutorialregistration2019/

2019 OHDSI Symposium – Women in Real-World Analytics Leadership Forum As part of the 2019 OHDSI Symposium, the Women of OHDSI group will be hosting a leadership forum which is set to take place from 6-8pm on Sunday, September 15th at the Bethesda North Marriott in North Bethesda, MD. For more details and to RSVP, check out our event page: https://www.ohdsi.org/2019-women-in-real-world-analytics-leadership-forum/

Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion
Tina Fey

COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS

DQueST: dynamic questionnaire for search of clinical trials.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31390010

FPheValuator: Development and Evaluation of a Phenotype Algorithm Evaluator.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31369862

Challenges with quality of race and ethnicity data in observational databases.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31365089

Developing a Regional Distributed Data Network for Surveillance of Chronic Health Conditions: The Colorado Health Observation Regional Data Service.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31348165

Association of APOL1 Risk Alleles with Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans in the Million Veteran Program.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31337231