Maryia (aka Masha) Khitrun is the Technical Lead of the OHDSI Vocabulary team at Odysseus Data Services (an EPAM company), based in Vilnius, Lithuania. A medical doctor by training, she brings hands-on clinical experience to her work in health informatics. Masha started her career in OHDSI as a junior data analyst performing concept mappings and has grown into her expertise in vocabulary development and support, step by step.
Masha is an active member of the Vocabulary Working Group, and she has led vocabulary workshops at OHDSI Symposia, as well as present at Community Calls. She is the person who brings your expectations for vocabularies to life.
In the latest edition of the Collaborator Spotlight, Masha discusses her career journey, the challenges and importance of maintaining standardized vocabularies, new processes to enhance community contribution, and plenty more.