The Titan Awards honor individuals or institutions that have made significant contributions towards advancing OHDSI’s mission, vision and values. Both nominated and voted on by members of the OHDSI community, the Titan Awards get handed out during the Global Symposium closing talk. We were thrilled to honor our seven winners during the 2026 Global Symposium.
Titan Award for Data Standards: Masha Khitrun
Titan Award for Methodological Research: Bingyu Zhang
Titan Award for Open-Source Development: Richard Boyce
Titan Award for Clinical Application: Eyecare and Vision Research WG
Titan Award for Community Leadership: Jason Hsu
Titan Award for Community Collaboration: Andrew Kanter
Titan Award for Community Support: Renske Los
There were 71 individuals or teams that were nomintated by fellow community members for Titan Awards in 2026. Congratulations to all of our nominees: ASSURE team, David Bard, Robert Barrett, Clair Blacketer, Rich Boyce, Danielle Boyce, Evanette Burrows, Cindy Cai, Carrot and Bunny Team, Cindy Chen, Pascal Coorevits, Data4Life, Scott Duvall, Noemie Elhadad, Lee Evans, Eye Care and Vision Research WG, FastOMOP, Mornin Feng, Davera Gabriel, Josh Gagne, Sarah Gasman, Lars Halvorsen, Peter Hoffmann, Christian Högberg, Michelle Hribar, Jason Hsu, Ben Illigens, Andy Kanter, Elisse Katzman, Masha Khitrun, Mack Kigada, Chungsoo Kim, Chris Knoll, Haeun (Hannah) Lee, Gaeun Lee, Renske Los, Benjamin Martin, Valentina Martufi, Mind Meets Machine, Evan Minty, Karthik Natarajan, Bill O’Brien, Sean O’Reilly, OHDSI UK organizers, Julio Oliveria, Anna Ostropolets, Woo Yeon (Jen) Park, Rowan Parry, Paul Petraro, Melanie Philofsky, Hanieh Razzaghi, Jenna Reps, Harry Reyes Nieva, Marti Sabate, Craig Sachson, Alexander Saelmans, Martijn Schuemie, Sarah Seager, Anthony Sena, Cynthia Sung, Jim Todd, Mui Van Zandt, Annelies Verbiest, Fleur Vereijken, Katia Verhamme, Ilse Vermeulen, David Vizcaya, Tom White, Qi Yang, Seng Chan You, Bingyu Zhang.
The 2026 awards were the ninth set of Titans awarded during an OHDSI Symposium. You can find all the past winners here.
