The OHDSI community will lead two sessions during the upcoming 2025 Science Summit, which has a theme of highlighting the critical role of scientific innovation in ensuring Earth’s stability and resilience, emphasizing the need for responsible science that respects the planet’s natural limits and prioritizes the well-being of society and its people.

Leaders within the community will host two-hour sessions on Sept. 18 at 8:30 am and 11:00 am. The title of the talks is ‘Standardizing Health Data and Analytics to Accelerate Clinical Impact and Global Reach.’ Individual talks, as well as registration links, are posted below.

Session 1 • 8:30 am – 10:30 am (More Details and Registration Link)

1. Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI): Inclusive and Collaborative Science. George Hripcsak, Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Data Science Institute, Columbia University, USA
2. Promoting Data Harmonization and Data Science in Africa. Agnes Kiragga, Wellcome Trust-funded Principal Investigator, Data Science Without Borders, African Population Health Research Center, Kenya
3. Rapid Analytics Durng the Covid-19 Pandemic Using a National Scale Database. Seng Chan You, Assistant Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea
4. OHDSI in Asia Pacific and the Australia Health Evidence and Data Network. Nicole Pratt, Professor and Deputy Director, Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Center, University of South Australia, Australia
5. Q&A Session

Session 2 • 11:00 am – 1:00 pm (More Details and Registration Link)

1. EHDEN – Enabling Reliable Evidence at Scale from Real World Data. Peter Rijnbeek, Professor and Chair of the Medical Informatics Department, Erasmus Medical College, The Netherlands
2. DARWIN-EU® – Delivering Real World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making by the European Medicines Agency. Katia Verhamme, Associate Professor, Use and Analysis of Observational Data, DARWIN-EU®, The Netherlands
3. OHDSI Adoption and Current Implementation Landscape in Latin America, Julio Cesar Barbour Oliveira, CEO Precision Data, Brazil
4. Learning Opportunities for OHDSI Skills Development, Cynthia Sung, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regulatory Excellence, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
5. Clinical and Public Health Impact of OHDSI, Patrick Ryan, Vice-President, Observational Health Data Analytics, Janssen Research and Development, USA
6. Q&A Session