Related Projects in Geospatial Data & Health¶
EnVar is part of a broader portfolio of TISLab projects that connect geospatial environmental data with health outcomes. These projects overlap and reinforce each other — shared participants, shared infrastructure, and shared goals around environmental data standardization.
Active Projects¶
| Project | Focus | Key People |
|---|---|---|
| HIV & Climate Change | Exercising the OHDSI geospatial pipeline in Tanzania and Kenya | Anne Thessen, Jay Greenfield, Jim Phuong, Tim Norris |
| Geodata 4 Health (ESIP) | Environmental CDEs and geolocation data standards | Anne Thessen, Charles Schmitt (co-chairs) |
| CLAD | Geospatial data linkage for All of Us | Charisse Madlock-Brown, Jim Phuong, Anne Thessen |
| Microschema | LinkML-based CDE specifications | Anne Thessen, Madan Krishnamurthy, Sierra Moxon |
| BioData Catalyst DMC | Geospatial capacity for BDC | Anne Thessen (MPI) |
| OHDSI GIS Working Group | gaiaCatalog and OMOP external_exposure table |
Jay Greenfield, Anne Thessen, Jim Phuong |
| EnVar | Environmental CDEs and OMOP guidelines | Anne Thessen, Melissa Haendel (PIs) |
| BDC Data Portal | Geospatial data tools for BDC users | TISLab |
How They Connect¶
The projects form a network of complementary efforts:
- The OHDSI GIS WG provides the core infrastructure (Gaia toolchain, OMOP
external_exposuretable) that other projects build on - HIV & Climate Change is a concrete use case that exercises the GIS WG infrastructure
- Geodata 4 Health develops the data standards (environmental CDEs, geolocation standards) needed across all projects
- CLAD provides real-world data linkage for All of Us and inspired the Geodata 4 Health collaboration area
- Microschema provides the technical specification framework for CDEs used by EnVar and others
- EnVar synthesizes these efforts into formal environmental CDEs and OMOP guidelines
- BioData Catalyst extends the approach to the BDC ecosystem