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Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

Oct 19, 2026 7:00 AM - Oct 20, 2026 5:00 PM

5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852

Real-World Evidence Conference

Translating Insights into Real-World Value

Session 3: Design Scalable RWD Infrastructure: Integrate Multimodal Data and Standards for Efficient RWE Generation

Session Chair(s)

Alicia  Gilsenan, PhD, MS, RPh, FISPE

Alicia Gilsenan, PhD, MS, RPh, FISPE

Vice President, Epidemiology, RTI Health Solutions, United States

This session addresses key challenges in generating real-world evidence (RWE) across fragmented data ecosystems and evolving regulatory expectations. Presentations highlight innovative approaches, including federated multimodal data networks, analysis-driven abstraction for CDISC transformation, and transportability frameworks for applying evidence across populations. Together, these approaches provide practical solutions to improve scalability, efficiency, and traceability of RWE generation. Attendees will gain actionable strategies to design interoperable data infrastructures and align with regulatory and global evidence needs.

Learning Objective : At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Explain how federated multi-modality networks integrate heterogeneous RWD sources across regions to support RWE generation
  • Evaluate how an analysis-driven data abstraction framework can make CDISC transformation of RWD more efficient, scalable, and traceable.
  • Apply transportability frameworks to assess the use of nonlocal data in regulatory and HTA decision-making contexts

Speaker(s)

Eva  Oakkar, PhD, MS

A Federated Multi-Modality, Multi-Regional Network for Cardiometabolic RWE

Eva Oakkar, PhD, MS

Head of Secondary Database Studies, Biostatistics, IQVIA, United States

Zachariah  Peterson, MPH

Analysis Driven Abstraction of RWD for CDISC: Improving Efficiency, Scalability, and Traceability

Zachariah Peterson, MPH

Senior Manager, Biostatistical Programming, Amgen, United States

Patrick  Arena, PhD, MPH

Transportability for Real-World Evidence Generation: Synthesizing the Recent Flood of Frameworks

Patrick Arena, PhD, MPH

Senior Director, Science, Datavant, United States

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