Sigfried Gold is a medical informaticist and data research analyst with 13+ years translating complex longitudinal clinical data into interactive visual analytics and production-ready tools. He blends front-end expertise (D3.js, Knockout, HTML5) with back-end and database work (PostgreSQL, Oracle, OMOP/OHDSI), contributing notable UI components to the widely used OHDSI Atlas and WebAPI projects. At Johns Hopkins he helped operationalize the N3C secure data environment, providing concept-set and visualization expertise that enabled rapid, reproducible COVID-19 research across institutions. His background spans academic research, pharmaceutical consulting, and startups, and he pairs a PhD-level informatics perspective with a creative writing MFA that informs clear data storytelling. Notably, he has a track record of building novel temporal summarization methods for patient timelines and integrating clinical terminologies at scale.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of Chicago
MFA Creative Writing, MFA Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College
Writing Philosophy, Writing Philosophy at The Evergreen State College
PhD Clinical research informatics HCI, PhD Clinical research informatics HCI at University of Maryland
MA Biomedical Informatics, MA Biomedical Informatics at Columbia Department of Biomedical Informatics
Bachelor of Arts - BA English, Bachelor of Arts - BA English at Goddard College
ATLAS is an open source software tool for researchers to conduct scientific analyses on standardized observational data
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:233 commits, 173 pushes, 23 branches in 5 months
Contributions summary:Sigfried appears to be focused on developing user interface components, specifically within the context of cohort definition visualization. They implemented a "Cartoon" visualization feature within the ATLAS application, creating a component to represent primary criteria and manage the display of elements. They developed a knockout binding for the visualization, with specific emphasis on drawing the right elements and text labels to show the elements.
OHDSI WebAPI contains all OHDSI services that can be called from OHDSI applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Sigfried primarily focused on fixing database-related issues and enhancing API functionalities within the OHDSI WebAPI project. They addressed SQL syntax errors and updated queries for the person API to function correctly with PostgreSQL. Additionally, the user introduced a new drug service API call, indicating work on data retrieval and potentially data transformation. The user also modified the database queries and SQL scripts.
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