Titan Awards – OHDSI

The Titan Awards

To recognize OHDSI collaborators (or collaborating institutions) for their contributions towards OHDSI’s mission, the OHDSI Titan Awards were introduced at the 2018 Symposium and have been handed out at the U.S./Global Symposium each year since.

Annually, community members are invited to nominate individuals or institutions they feel have made significant contributions towards advancing OHDSI’s mission, vision and values. Once nominations are submitted, the OHDSI Titan Award Committee selects the award winners, who will be announced and recognized during the closing of the annual global symposium.

Titan Award for Data Standards – to recognize extraordinary contributions by an individual, organization, or team in development or evaluation in community data standards, including OMOP common data model and standardized vocabularies

2023 – Gowtham Rao and Azza Shoaibi, Johnson & Johnson
2022 – Melanie Philofsky, Odysseus Data Services
2021 – Maxim Moinat, The Hyve/Erasmus University Medical Center
2020 – Clair Blacketer, Janssen Research and Development
2019 – Oncology Workgroup (Michael Gurley, Northwestern Univ.; Rimma Belenkaya, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Robert Miller, Tufts CTSI)
2018 – Vocabulary team (Christian Reich, IQVIA; Anna Ostropolets, Columbia Univ.; Dmitry Dymshyts, Odysseus Data Services)

Titan Award for Methodological Research – to recognize extraordinary contributions by an individual, organization, or team in development or evaluation in analytical methods for clinical characterization, population-level effect estimation, or patient-level prediction

2023 – Jiayi (Jessie) Tong, University of Pennsylvania
2022 – Fan Bu, UCLA
2021 – Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania
2020 – Nicolas Thurin, Université de Bordeaux
2019 – Jenna Reps, Janssen Research and Development
2018 – Martijn Schuemie, Janssen Research and Development; Marc Suchard, University of California, Los Angeles

Titan Award for Open-source Development – to recognize extraordinary contributions by an individual in design, development, testing, and deployment of open-source software to enable observational analyses

2023 – Katy Sadowski, Boehringer Ingelheim
2022 – Egill Fridgeirsson, Erasmus MC/James Gilbert, Janssen Research and Development
2021 – Adam Black, Odysseus Data Services
2020 – Anthony Sena, Janssen Research and Development
2019 – Pavel Grafkin, Odysseus Data Services
2018 – Christopher Knoll, Janssen Research and Development

Titan Award for Clinical Application – to recognize extraordinary contributions by an individual, organization, or team in generating clinical evidence that improves health by informing better health decisions and better care

2023 – Center for Surgical Science (led by Ismail Gögenur)
2022 – Xintong Li, University of Oxford
2021 – Asieh Golozar, Odysseus Data Services
2020 – Jenny Lane, University of Oxford
2019 – Oxford Study-A-Thon (Dani Prieto-Alhambra, University of Oxford; Edward Burn, University of Oxford; Jamie Weaver, Janssen Research and Development; Ross Williams, Erasmus University Medical Center)
2018 – Seng Chan You, Ajou University

Titan Award for Community Collaboration – to recognize an individual for their collaborative spirit in helping their fellow community members reach their goals

2023 – Cynthia Sung, Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute
2022 – Ajit Londhe, Boehringer Ingelheim
2021 – Erica Voss, Janssen Research and Development
2020 – Talita Duarte-Salles, IDIAPJGol
2019 – Andrew Williams, Tufts Medical Center
2018 – Kristin Kostka, Deloitte; Mui Van Zandt, IQVIA

Titan Award for Community Leadership – to recognize an individual for their leadership in advancing the OHDSI mission

2023 – Nicole Pratt, University of South Australia
2022 – Paul Nagy, Johns Hopkins University
2021 – Mui Van Zandt, IQVIA
2020 – Dani Prieto-Alhambra, University of Oxford
2019 – Peter Rijnbeek, Erasmus University Medical Center
2018 – Rae Woong Park, Ajou University School of Medicine

Titan Award for Community Support – to recognize an individual, team, or organization for their contributions to ensuring the sustainability of the OHDSI community

2023 – Gyeol Song, IQVIA
2022 – Craig Sachson, Columbia University
2021 – Faaizah Arshad, UCLA; Ross Williams, Erasmus University Medical Center
2020 – COVID-19 Support Team, Erasmus University Medical Center
2019 – James Wiggins, Amazon Web Services
2018 – Lee Evans, LTS Computing LLC