Richard Boyce
Chair Of The Research Workgroup For CFC International
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Boyce is a biomedical informatics researcher and leader with 12 years of experience bridging academia, clinical safety, and open-source health-data platforms. As Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Chair of the Research Workgroup for CFC International, he directs translational informatics efforts to improve drug safety and comparative effectiveness. He contributes to the OHDSI community as a collaborator and backend developer, notably integrating evidence-search services and API enhancements into the widely used OHDSI WebAPI. Holding a PhD from the University of Washington, he pairs rigorous research credentials with practical software contributions that make large-scale observational evidence more accessible for safety decision-making. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex methodological work into production-ready services that support real-world pharmacovigilance.
12 years of coding experience
PhD, PhD at University of WashingtonMS, PhD, MS, PhD at University of Washington - School of MedicineBS, BS at Central Washington University
Github Skills (13)
javas10
api-rest10
rest-api10
api-design10
java10
restful-api10
apidoc9
sql9
api9
database-api8
databases8
spring-boot8
database8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
OHDSI/WebAPI
Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
OHDSI WebAPI contains all OHDSI services that can be called from OHDSI applications
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 53 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Richard primarily focused on integrating a Laertes web API, developing new evidence search services, and correcting code within the OHDSI WebAPI repository. Their work involved creating and modifying Java code related to evidence retrieval, including functions to get drug and HOI evidence and also a service for retrieving evidence based on a drug and hoi key. The user also added the information service and drug rollup functionality and corrected schema information.
ohdsiohdsi-webapiwebapi
dbmi-pitt/EvidenceType-Calculator
Sep 2017 - Jun 2019
Contributions:26 commits, 22 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 9 months
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