
About the OHDSI Center
Who we are
We are the U.S. OHDSI hub for graduate education, research, and administrative and legal support. We serve as your gateway to a global OHDSI community of epidemiologists, data scientists, clinicians, and learners. We harness high-quality, standardized observational health data to advance care for all.

Health Claims Data
The OHDSI Lab currently provides access to IQVIA’s PharMetrics dataset, a longitudinal health plan database of adjudicated medical and pharmacy claims, including patient enrollment data with 215+ million enrollees since 2006.

Windows Workspaces
Each OHDSI Lab user is allocated a virtual Windows Workspace where they can access the data and run analyses using a range of tools, including R / RStudio, Python, SQL, and ATLAS (the OHDSI community’s point-and-click cohort characterization tool).

User Support
The OHDSI Lab team holds weekly office hours to assist users with their projects and analyses. The team has also developed numerous training materials, covering a broad range of topics related to OHDSI Lab research projects.

Students / Classrooms
Complete capstone analyses on real world data engaging with the tools and standards used by an international network of researchers (OHDSI). Define your own study, or partner with one of our researchers, and contribute to an existing project.

Faculty / External Researchers
Run an observational study against IQVIA’s PharMetrics Dataset, or bring your own data, and utilize our broad suite of analytical tools. Collaborate with a network of experienced health data analysts.
A U.S. lab led by healthcare innovators
Northeastern’s OHDSI Lab includes faculty, research scientists, administrators, and staff dedicated to moving the needle in observational health research and education.
Our role as an engine for impact
The OHDSI Lab is one of Northeastern’s signature Impact Engines. These cross-disciplinary clusters of faculty, learners, and partners are dedicated to solving interconnected challenges of global importance, such as the lack of transparency and consistency in research that shapes healthcare.
