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Meetings, Workshops, & Trainings

Types of Events

There are many events that support the Sentinel Initiative and maintain a strong community connection:

  • Announcements 
  • Conferences
  • Meetings 
  • Trainings
  • Webinars
  • Workshops

Each year, FDA partners with the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy to host the Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop. This workshop features perspectives from FDA leadership about the progress and direction of the Sentinel Initiative. It is also an important forum for FDA to engage with the community. Speakers are invited from academia, patient advocacy organizations, regulated industry, and others to discuss important topics to help shape the future of the Sentinel Initiative.

FDA also hosts webinars and training activities on a variety of topics, which are often recorded to widen participation. These trainings can occur with the Annual Sentinel Public Workshop or as separate events. FDA also engages the scientific community at professional conferences to share advances in methods and results from studies conducted in the Sentinel System.

See the table below for more events around the Sentinel Initiative.

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Title Type Date
Leveraging Missing Data and Measurement Error Approaches in Propensity Score-Based Analyses of Real-World Data Webinar 08/21/2023
Multi-wave Validation Sampling to Improve Estimates Derived from Electronic Health Record Data Webinar 07/11/2023
2023 Sentinel Innovation Day Webinar 04/12/2023
2023 Sentinel Public Training Day Training 04/11/2023
2023 Sentinel Public Training & Innovation Day, April 11-12 Training 04/11/2023
Cerner Enviza Collaborates with FDA to Develop Innovative AI Tools for Drug Safety and Real-World Evidence Studies Announcement 04/06/2023
HealthVerity Being Evaluated for FDA’s Sentinel Initiative Announcement 03/21/2023
Understanding the Use of Negative Controls to Assess the Validity of Non-Interventional Studies of Treatment Using Real-World Evidence Workshop 03/08/2023
Ontology-Driven Weak Supervision for Clinical Entity Classification in Electronic Health Records Webinar 02/28/2023
Identification and Mitigation of Source Mapping Issues in Structured Electronic Health Record Data Webinar 01/23/2023
2023 Sentinel Innovation and Methods Seminar Series Webinar 01/01/2023
Machine Learning in Distributed Data Networks like the FDA Sentinel System: Opportunities, Challenges, and Considerations Webinar 12/16/2022
2022 14th Annual Sentinel Public Workshop Workshop 11/15/2022
Addressing Missing Data in Comparative Effectiveness Research Using EHR Data Webinar 09/26/2022
An Overview of Sentinel’s Publicly Available Analytics Tools Webinar 09/14/2022
Machine Learning for High-dimensional Proxy Covariate Adjustment in Healthcare Database Studies: An Overview of the Current Literature Webinar 09/12/2022
Deep Learning on Electronic Health Records for Research in Pharmacoepidemiology: Examples From the Field of Oncology Webinar 09/07/2022
Representing and Utilizing Clinical Textual Data for Real World Studies: An OHDSI Approach Webinar 08/30/2022
38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management Conference 08/24/2022
Advancing the Use of Real-World Evidence for Health Technology Assessment – The NICE Real-World Evidence Framework Webinar 08/11/2022
Can We Train Machine Learning Methods to Outperform the High-Dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm? Webinar 05/11/2022
2022 Sentinel Public Training Day Training 04/29/2022
2022 Sentinel Innovation Day Webinar 04/28/2022
Data Leakage Due to Care Provided Outside of the Study Electronic Health Record System: Potential Biases and Solutions Webinar 03/28/2022
Do All Roads Lead to FHIR? Imagining FHIR as a Meta-Common Data Model for Research Webinar 02/24/2022
An Introduction to Negative Control and Proximal Causal Learning Webinar 01/28/2022
An Overview of the Sentinel Website for Health Advocates Webinar 01/19/2022
2022 Sentinel Innovation and Methods Seminar Series Webinar 01/01/2022
2022 Sentinel Community Building and Outreach Center Webinar Series Webinar 11/23/2021
Synthetic Data to Support Reproducible Clinical Research: Opportunities and Challenges Webinar 11/10/2021
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop – 13th Annual Workshop 11/08/2021
Inverse Probability of Exposure and Censoring Weights for Marginal Structural Models Webinar 09/30/2021
37th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management Conference 08/23/2021
Adaptive Validation Designs: Premise and Methods Webinar 08/09/2021
Natural Language Processing for EHR-based Pharmacovigilance: Current Progress and Future Directions Webinar 07/29/2021
Measure What You Treasure - The Challenges and Opportunities of Collecting Real World Endpoints Webinar 06/22/2021
Introduction to FHIR and Applications for Data Capture and Interoperability in Sentinel Webinar 05/27/2021
Advanced Approaches for Evaluating Drug Safety in Pregnancy Webinar 04/26/2021
The Development and Validation of a Real-World Mortality Variable Webinar 03/30/2021
Introduction to the Signal Detection Analytics Core in the Sentinel Innovation Center Webinar 02/18/2021
Electronic Health Records + Natural Language Processing + Machine Learning = Improved Sentinel Outcome Detection Algorithms Webinar 01/27/2021
2021 Sentinel Innovation and Methods Seminar Series Webinar 01/25/2021
Sentinel Public Training on Maternal Health and Pregnancy Training 11/02/2020
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - 12th Annual Workshop 10/14/2020
Targeted Learning: The Bridge from Machine Learning to Statistical and Causal Inference Webinar 09/23/2020
36th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management Conference 09/16/2020
Data Curation in PCORnet® - Lessons Learned and Implications for Regulatory Decision-Making Webinar 09/02/2020
Portability and Scalability of Computable Phenotypes: Trade Offs and New Trajectories Webinar 08/24/2020
Harmonizing Electronic Health Records from Heterogeneous Systems via Automated Translation of Medical Concepts Webinar 08/19/2020
Overview, Considerations, and Challenges in Integrating Structured and Unstructured Electronic Health Record Data into Common Data Models Webinar 08/10/2020
Unsupervised Approaches for Phenotyping Using Electronic Health Record Data Webinar 07/29/2020
2020 Sentinel Innovation Center Webinar Series Webinar 07/22/2020
Sentinel COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator Series Webinar 05/13/2020
Training on Sentinel Tools at University of Pennsylvania Training 08/29/2019
35th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management Conference 08/24/2019
CDER SBIA Webinar: An Introduction to FDA MyStudies: An Open-Source, Digital Platform to Gather Real World Data for Clinical Trials and Research Studies Webinar 05/09/2019
International Regulator’s Forum - Day 3 of the Eleventh Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop Workshop 04/05/2019
Public Sentinel Training at FDA - Day 2 of the Eleventh Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop Training 04/04/2019
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Eleventh Annual Workshop 04/03/2019
Implementation of Signal Detection Capabilities in the Sentinel System Workshop 12/03/2018
Drug Safety in Pregnancy in a Large, Multisite Database: Advances in Analytic Methods, Querying Tools, and Supplemental Data Collection from Patients Webinar 11/30/2018
34th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management Conference 08/21/2018
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy Public Webinar: Planned Next Steps to Advance the Sentinel System Webinar 07/26/2018
FDA Sentinel Industry Day 2018 Workshop 04/25/2018
Public Sentinel Training at FDA - Day 2 of the Tenth Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop Training 02/07/2018
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Tenth Annual Workshop 02/06/2018
FDA Patient Representative Webinar: The Sentinel System - FDA's Unique Safety Surveillance Tool Webinar 01/30/2018
33rd International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management Conference 08/25/2017
Public Sentinel Training at FDA Training 07/10/2017
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Ninth Annual Workshop 02/01/2017
Public Workshop: The Sentinel Postlicensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring (PRISM) System Workshop 12/06/2016
32nd International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management Conference 08/24/2016
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Eighth Annual Workshop 02/02/2016
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Seventh Annual Workshop 02/04/2015
Roundtable on Medical Countermeasures Surveillance: Findings from a Mini-Sentinel Medical Countermeasures Surveillance Field Test Webinar 07/29/2014
Findings from a Mini-Sentinel Medical Product Assessment: Influenza Vaccines and Risk of Febrile Seizures Webinar 07/21/2014
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Sixth Annual Workshop 01/13/2014
Findings from a Mini-Sentinel Assessment: Rotavirus Vaccines and Risk of Intussusception Webinar 07/23/2013
Sentinel Common Data Model Current Capabilities Workshop 05/08/2013
Payer Involvement in the Sentinel Initiative Workshop 02/21/2013
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Fifth Annual Workshop 01/30/2013
Developing a Taxonomy of Surveillance Methods for Medical Product Safety Webinar 12/07/2012
Brookings Roundtable on Active Medical Product Surveillance: Findings from a Mini-Sentinel Medical Product Assessment Webinar 10/15/2012
Expert Workshop on Overcoming Statistical Challenges to the Reuse of Data in the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database Workshop 09/04/2012
Expert Workshop on Patient and Consumer Engagement in FDA’s Sentinel Initiative Workshop 02/29/2012
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Fourth Annual Workshop 01/17/2012
Brookings Active Surveillance Implementation Council Meeting #4 Workshop 11/30/2011
Sentinel Active Surveillance Roundtable: Multi-Payer Claims Database Workshop 11/06/2011
Understanding and Discussing the Implications of the FDA’s Sentinel Initiative Workshop 10/25/2011
FDA Sentinel Initiative Strategic Review Workshop 09/26/2011
Brookings Roundtable on Active Medical Product Surveillance: Overview of the Mini-Sentinel Pilot Webinar 09/14/2011
Brookings Roundtable on Active Medical Product Surveillance: Overview of FDA’s Sentinel Initiative Workshop 09/06/2011
Brookings Active Surveillance Implementation Council Meeting #3 Workshop 06/01/2011
Brookings Roundtable on Active Medical Product Surveillance: Mini-Sentinel Accomplishments and Plans for Year Two Webinar 01/29/2011
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop – Third Annual Workshop 01/11/2011
Brookings Active Surveillance Implementation Council Meeting #2 Workshop 11/18/2010
Monitoring the Safety of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine in Near Real-Time: Learnings from PRISM Webinar 10/21/2010
Brookings Active Surveillance Implementation Council Meeting #1 Workshop 06/02/2010
Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop - Second Annual Workshop 01/10/2010