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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

HERON-UK: Inside the development of a national real-world evidence network – an interview with Alex Knight, HDR UK | Becaris Publishing becarispublishing.com/digital-cont...

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HERON-UK: Inside the development of a national real-world evidence network – an interview with Alex Knight, HDR UK | Becaris Publishing

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ohdsi.bsky.social @ohdsi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Developing a strategy for the standardisation of Cancer Research UK funded data #OHDSISocialShowcase Lead: Jasmine Handford Team: Charlotte Moss, Joseph Day, Gemma Codner, Andrew Blake, Mieke Van Hemelrijck 🔗 loom.ly/L_HrRpc #JoinTheJourney

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The 7th meeting of the #Alliance/ @ohdsi.bsky.social UK #OMOP Special Interest Group will be an extended symposium on the applications of OMOP in oncology. The meeting will be co-chaired by Geoff Hall and @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social. Presentations below.

Alliance & OHDSI UK
OMOP Special Interest Group
Cancer symposium
18th November 2025, 11:30 - 16:00

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ohdsi.bsky.social @ohdsi.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

London Secure Data Environment (SDE) Primary Care Data OMOP Mapping #OHDSISocialShowcase Lead: Taryn Aspeling Co-Author: James Cockayne 🔗 loom.ly/plf4Ssw #JoinTheJourney

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ohdsi.bsky.social @ohdsi.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We’re ONE day away from #OHDSIEurope2025. Final preparations are in place. Thank you to the amazing UHasselt team for their leadership. It’s going to be a great event! #JoinTheJourney

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ohdsi.bsky.social @ohdsi.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Lessons Learned from Mapping UK Pain Datasets to the OMOP CDM #OHDSISocialShowcase Lead: Gordon Milligan Team: Erum Masood, Phil Appleby, Phil Quinlan, Sam Cox, Armando Mendez Villalon, Tom Giles, Calum MacDonald, Christian Cole ➡️ loom.ly/S8A_was #JoinTheJourney

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ohdsi.bsky.social @ohdsi.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Standardisation of Multi-Agency Data to the OMOP Common Data Model #OHDSISocialShowcase Lead: Rachel Sippy Co-Author: Anna Moore ➡️ loom.ly/9xmouRQ #JoinTheJourney

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ohdsi.bsky.social @ohdsi.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

An international multi-centre federated-network data analysis using routine health data (EHR) investigating disparities in care for patients with scaphoid fractures #OHDSISocialShowcase Lead: U Rahman Team listed on poster below ➡️ loom.ly/D_FoVuM #JoinTheJourney

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ohdsi.bsky.social @ohdsi.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

OHDSI is on Bluesky! What is OHDSI? Glad you asked. OHDSI (Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics) is a global community using open-source tools & real-world data to generate reliable, reproducible evidence that improves health outcomes. Get to know us and #JoinTheJourney! ohdsi.org

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Calling all health data researchers! The abstract deadline for #OHDSIUK2025 is almost here! Submit by Friday 23 May to share your work at this leading event on real-world health data and open science.

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🌟OHDSI UK 2025 Abstract Deadline Extended to 23rd of May 🌟 ukhealthdata.org/events/ohdsi...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Registration for OHDSI UK 2025 is now open! 🎆🎇🎉 💡ℹ️For more about the event: ukhealthdata.org/events/ohdsi... 💡✅To register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253062717... (registration is free 💷0️⃣) #OHDSI #OMOP #OHDSIUK25 @eventbrite.bsky.social

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The 6th meeting of the Health Data Research Alliance - #OHDSI UK Special Interest Group on the #OMOP Common Data Model will be on Tuesday the 6th May at 1 pm UK time. ukhealthdata.org/events/52823/ eventbrite.co.uk/e/1317198428... @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Open letter calling for meaningful action from the Royal Society over Elon Musk’s contraventions of its code of conduct reported in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Royal Society urged to expel Elon Musk as fellows sign open letter

More than 1,700 academics complain about X owner’s behaviour, citing his ‘assault on scientific research’

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Dr Alexis B Webb @lexbwebb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Over 5000 people lost their jobs today across CDC, NIH, etc International cancer research community - America needs you right now @cancerresearchuk.org

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies Gift link to share far & wide www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

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Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article)

The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

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Dr Alexis B Webb @lexbwebb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This is devastating for not only Americans, but for everyone. The benefits of scientific discoveries and global collaborations will now be so much harder to achieve.

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Last and probably least: OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #16 "Adoption of the OMOP Common Data Model in the UK" by @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social from HDR UK #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #15 "Cloud-based, Automated Solution to Transforming Clinical Datasets to the OMOP CDM" by Abigail Carter from @genomicsengland.bsky.social #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u... @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #14 "Visualising OMOP concept relationships with omopcept" by Andy South from UCLH #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u... @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #13 "Enhancing Hematologic Oncology Data Capture in the OMOP CDM: Methodological Advances and Challenges" by Clara L. Oeste from LynxCare #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #12 "Mapping the population data of England into OMOP CDM: Leveraging big data technologies in a Secure Data Environment (SDE)" by Mehrdad Mizani (BHF Data Science Centre) @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social #HDRUK #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Jim Reed @jimreedbbc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

So #covidinquiry commissioned serious research by academics at Oxford Uni into vaccine safety. Concludes “best evidence” suggests jabs saved millions of lives. And any suggestion they caused excess mortality is “low quality and has been in many cases misinterpreted.” A short 🧵

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #11 "Cohort Discovery and the OMOP Common Data Model in the United Kingdom" by Bradley Kirby from HDR UK #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #10 "Proof-of-concept for a UK federated data network using the OMOP common data model: the UK regulatory studyathon" by Helen P Booth from MHRA #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #9 "Forecasting the prescription rates of antibiotics in the UK between 2013 to 2023 incorporating the impact of COVID-19" by Marta Pineda-Moncusi et al. from @ndorms.bsky.social @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #7 "OMOP Based CKD Detection Algorithm" by Tim Howcroft from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #6 "Use of systemic fluoroquinolones in primary care and hospital settings in the UK: A population-level cohort study" by Leena Elhussein from @ndorms.bsky.social #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

Poster: "Use of systemic fluoroquinolones in primary care and hospital settings in the UK: A population-level cohort study" by Leena Elhussein

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #5 "Integrating OMOP data into daily monitoring of Sepsis patients" by Quin Ashcroft from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

Poster: "Integrating OMOP data into daily monitoring of Sepsis patients" by Quin Ashcroft

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #4 "London SNSDE Primary Care Data OMOP mapping" by Taryn Aspeling from Discover-NOW #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

Poster: "London SNSDE Primary Care Data OMOP mapping" by Taryn Aspeling

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #3 "The Alleviate Pain Data Hub" by @drchriscole.bsky.social from @alleviate-data.bsky.social #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #2 "Standardisation of Multi-Agency Data to the OMOP-Common Data Model" by @germcurves.bsky.social from Cambridge Psychiatry #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

Poster: Rachel Sippy (Cambridge): Standardisation of multi-agency data to the OMOP Common Data Model

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

OHDSI UK 2024 Poster #1 "An international multi-centre federated-network data analysis using routine health data investigating disparities in care for…" by Usama Rahman (Barts NHS) #OHDSIUK24 #OMOP #Posters #RWE @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social ukhealthdata.org/wp-content/u...

$Poster: "An international multi-centre federated-network data analysis using routine health data investigating disparities in care for patients with scaphoid fractures"$

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Alex Knight @alexknighthdruk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Looking back at the #OHDSIUK24 meeting, we'll be sharing some of the posters over the next few days. They show the breadth and quality of OMOP-related #RWE research across the UK. (Previously posted in "the other place"). @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social ukhealthdata.org/news/ohdsi-u...

A software demo in progress at OHDSI UK 2024

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