Clinical and Translational Science Ontology Workshop

The National Center for Biomedical Ontology will hold a Clinical and Translational Science Ontology Tutorial and Workshop in its series of training and dissemination events.

Venue: Hilton Garden Inn Baltimore Airport

Date:

Tutorial: April 24, 2012

Workshop: April 25-26, 2012

Organization: Barry Smith (NCBO), Jessica Tenenbaum (Duke), Rob Wynden (UCSF)

The Tutorial will provide a beginners' introduction to ontology methods and technology for students and researchers. Topics highlighted in the tutorial will be of particular interest to individuals at institutions conducting clinical and translational research, including institutions which have or are interested in obtaining CTSA (Clinical and Translational Science Award) grants.

The Workshop will provide an opportunity for those involved in ontology-related projects in the field of clinical and translational science to present on-going work and to review what has been achieved thus far. It will conclude with consideration of plans and strategies for enhanced coordination of ontology development initiatives in the field of clinical and translational science in the future.

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Tutorial (Tuesday, April 24, 10.30am-6pm)

An Introduction to Biomedical Ontology for Non-Experts

• Part I: Foundations of Biomedical Ontology

• Part II: Ontology Technology: From the Semantic Web to the NCBO Bioportal

See schedule here

Workshop Day 1: Wednesday, April 25, 9am-5pm (Draft Schedule)

Major Ontology Initiatives relevant to Clinical and Translational Research

Chris Chute (Mayo): Data Governance and Normalization within the Mayo Clinic Enterprise

Melissa Haendel (Oregon) and Jon Corson-Rikert (Cornell): eagle-i and VIVO Ontology Initiatives

Jessica Tenenbaum (Duke): Ontologies for Omic-Scale Datasets

Harold Lehmann (Baltimore): The Human Studies Database (HSDB) and the Ontology of Clinical Research (OCRe)

William Hogan (Arkansas) and Werner Ceusters (Buffalo): Referent Tracking and Demographic Data Ontology

Shawn Murphy (Partners): i2b2-Specific Ontologies

Richard Scheuermann and Lindsay Cowell (Dallas): NLP-Based Mapping of Textbook Pathology to Ontology for General Medical Science (OGMS)

Nigam Shah (Stanford): Making Sense of Unstructured Data in Medicine using Ontologies: An Overview of NCBO Technology

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Workshop Day 2: Thursday, April 26, 9am-4pm (Draft Schedule)

EHR, Ontology and Interoperability

Presentations by EHR vendors

Rob Wynden (UCSF): The Health Ontology Mapper (HOM).

Next Steps

How can we measure the value brought by ontology-based approaches?

How can we ensure high-quality and high-value approaches?

How can we promote a consistent approach across the CTSA consortium?

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Participants

Participants will include:

Mathias Brochhausen (Translational Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

Alexander Diehl (University at Buffalo)

Carmelo Gaudioso (Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo)

Melissa Haendel (Oregon Health Sciences University)

William Hogan (Translational Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

Harold Lehmann (Johns Hopkins / Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Shawn Murphy (Partners Healthcare Research Computing / Harvard Medical School)

Mark Musen (Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research / NCBO)

Richard Scheuermann (North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative / University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas)

Nigam Shah (Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research / NCBO)

Barry Smith (University at Buffalo / NCBO)

Dagobert Soergel (University at Buffalo)

Jessica Tenenbaum (Duke Translational Medicine Institute)

Rob Wynden (University of California at San Francisco)