OHSU

Erik Segerdell

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Ontology Coordinator

CV


Major responsibilities

•   As ontology coordinator, help integrate ontologies at high level
•   Advise on ontology development best practices
•   Provide a “help desk” service for individuals or groups who are developing new ontologies
 

Education

•   Graduate Student in Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
•   B.S., Biology (1992), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Previous positions

•   Scientific Data Curator for eagle-i Consortium (2009-2011), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
•   Scientific Curator for Xenbase (2007-2009), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
•   Scientific Curator for ZFIN (1998-2007), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
 

Select presentations and publications

•  Segerdell E, Bowes JB, Pollet N, and Vize PD. (2008) An ontology for Xenopus anatomy and development. BMC Dev Biol 8:92.
•  Torniai C, Brush M, Vasilevsky N, Segerdell E, Wilson M, Johnson T, Corday K, Shaffer C, and Haendel M. (2011) Developing an application ontology for biomedical resource annotation and retrieval: Challenges and lessons learned. International Conference on Biomedical Ontology 2011; July 26–30, 2011; Buffalo, NY.
•  Segerdell E, et al. eagle-i: an ontology-driven framework for biomedical resource curation and discovery. Poster presentation at: Biocuration 2010; October 11–14, 2010; Tokyo, Japan.

Professional honors

•  International Society for Biocuration 2009-present
 

Outside of work

•  Erik’s interests include outdoor pursuits, music, photography and travel.