AMIA: For Your Informatics

Host: Karmen S. Williams, DrPH and Meera Subash, MD

Series Introduction: Bryan McConomy, MD

Guest: Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of the National Library of Medicine

This joint podcast series discusss the history of medical informatics through the lens of pioneers in the field. We aim to highlight historical events in health informatics as well as topics of interest to new and upcoming professionals. We begin with the topic of mentorship and how to build mentorship in areas that are non-existent, new, and up-and-coming. Enjoy!

Host: Maria Adela Grando, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Arizona State University and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic.

Guests: Christina Eldredge, MD,PhD, Victoria Ngo,PhD, Lu He, PhD Candidate, and Xiaoyu Liu, PhD Student

Discussion on the power of networking and collaboration. Specifically, the role of AMIA to support team science.

Host: Anita Murcko, MD, FACP, FAMIA - Clinical Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Guest Interview: Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA - Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO) and Program Director of the Clinical Informatics Fellowship at Hennepin Healthcare; Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota

Special Introduction by: Tiffany Leung, MD, MPH, FACP, FAMIA - Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands

In this episode, we explore the underrepresentation among fellows and directors in clinical informatics fellowship programs. Dr. Pandita Deepti, the first female director of an accredited clinical informatics fellowship, guides us on this journey.

Further resources:

1. Griffin et al 2021 https://academic.oup.com/jamia/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocaa344/6130712

2. Bell et al 2018 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371309/

As part of the Women in the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Leadership Training Program, future leaders interviewed each other, leadership coaches, and leaders of AMIA about leadership advice. For Your Informatics podcast where we explore the limitless world of medical informatics showcases these short gems of information in our "Summer Leadership Series. You can find more information about the Women in AMIA Leadership Training Program at the following site http://wialeadership.com/

As part of the Women in the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Leadership Training Program, future leaders interviewed each other, leadership coaches, and leaders of AMIA about leadership advice. For Your Informatics podcast where we explore the limitless world of medical informatics showcases these short gems of information in our "Summer Leadership Series. You can find more information about the Women in AMIA Leadership Training Program at the following site http://wialeadership.com/

As part of the Women in the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Leadership Training Program, future leaders interviewed each other, leadership coaches, and leaders of AMIA about leadership advice. For Your Informatics podcast where we explore the limitless world of medical informatics showcases these short gems of information in our "Summer Leadership Series. You can find more information about the Women in AMIA Leadership Training Program at the following site http://wialeadership.com/

Host: Leyla B. Warsame, MD, Clinical Informatics Fellow, Geisinger

Guest Interview: Pagan Kennedy, Contributing opinion writer for The New York Times

This series draws attention to the stories of historical women and how their contributions continue to affect today's world, including those whose contributions were not recognized at the time, corrects the historical record, provides inspiration for current generations, and suggests contemporary lessons for working scientists.

In 1972, a homeless shelter volunteer began to realize the prevalence of rape among the women she was working with. The volunteer, Marty Goddard, also realized that these rapes were rarely prosecuted because of a lack of coordination between hospitals and police. Her brilliant idea was the group of checklists, procedures, and evidence containers now called the rape kit. Her idea changed the medico-legal landscape and helped bring justice for thousands of victims. Yet it became successful only after a man patented and promoted it.

Host: Karmen S. Williams, DrPH, MBA,Assistant Professor at the City University of New York in the Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Dr. Williams is also the director of 'For Your Informatics' podcast, Co-Chair of the Pipeline Subcommittee of Women in AMIA, and the Chair of the Dental Informatics Working Group.

Guest Interviews:

Vicki Hertzberg, PhD American biostatistician, who is currently a professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University, where she founded and continues to direct its Center for Data Science. She is an internationally recognized expert on "big data" and its impact on health care. She is widely known for her work measuring social contacts that enable disease transmission in emergency departments and on airplanes.

Andi Plotsky, MSPH Serves as the Director of Database Projects for the Nell Hodgson School of Nursing at Emory University and the lead database architect for Project NeLL. Andi is lead database architect of Project NeLL and manages a team of programmers and students in the development of this product. She has also served as a Data Manager with the Emory-UGA Center of Excellence in Influenza Research, as well as having she taught a "Database Development for Public Health" course in the Rollins School of Public Health – preaching the gospel of database standards.

Host: Maria Adela Grando, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Arizona State University and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. Her area of expertise in patient-centered technology.

Guest Interview: Scott McGrath, PhD, Clinical Informatics Education Specialist at Providence St. Joseph Health, and the chair of the AMIA Student Working Group.