Jeffrey Brown, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer
TriNetX
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Jeffrey Brown, PhD is Chief Scientific Officer at TriNetX and a lecturer (part-time) in the Department of Population Medicine (DPM) at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Dr. Brown was previously an Associate professor in DPM where he served as a member of the Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology program Executive Committee. His primary research activities involve new approaches to facilitate large-scale multi-institutional research through the use of distributed health data networks to support a learning health system. This research formed the basis for several established research networks, including the FDA's Sentinel System and PCORnet. He has leadership roles in FDA Sentinel, PCORnet, the Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium (BBCIC), and the Innovation in Medical Evidence and Development Surveillance (IMEDS) program. Beyond these distributed data networks, he has led several post-marketing safety studies for various sponsors. Dr. Brown is the inventor of PopMedNet, an open-source software platform that facilitates creation and operation of distributed health data networks. Dr. Brown holds a Master's degree in Economics from Tufts University and a PhD in Social Policy from Brandeis University. He is an 8-time US national champion and 3-time world champion in Ultimate Frisbee and coached the Tufts Men's Ultimate team for 20 years.

TriNetX (Employment)

Presentation(s):

• Data Harmonization, Standardization, and Quality Assessment in Distributed Health Data Networks: Lessons from Around the World

  Friday, August 26, 2022
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CEST

• COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring: Opportunities, Challenges and Lessons Learned for Pharmacoepidemiology

  Saturday, August 27, 2022
  4:15 PM – 5:45 PM CEST

• What Do Real World Data Validation Best Practices Look Like? Operationalizing Guidance for Real-world Studies Intended for Decision-making

  Sunday, August 28, 2022
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CEST

• Hot Topic Session: How Can We Mitigate Publication of Poorly Conducted RWE Studies? Keynote Session [Plenary]

  Sunday, August 28, 2022
  3:15 PM – 4:45 PM CEST