Messages from the President

Dear AMIA Members, Happy March! As we approach the call for participation deadline for the AMIA 2022 Annual Symposium, we would like to provide an update on the status of the AMIA Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines (ILCSG). Over the past few months, the AMIA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Dear AMIA Members, Happy February! As many of you know, I am passionate about science, and in this message, I will share some of our activities to advance informatics through scientific evidence. In addition to being the AMIA President and Board Chair, I am also the Scientific Program Committee (SPC)

Dear AMIA Members, Happy 2022! I am grateful to be part of our amazing organization and to have the opportunity to serve you as your new President and Board Chair. For those who do not know me, I am Gretchen Purcell Jackson, a surgeon scientist and clinical informatician. I develop

Dear AMIA Members, It is hard to believe we are just a few weeks out from our first live AMIA meeting since 2019. We hope to see many of you at the AMIA 2021 Annual Symposium in San Diego. We continue to carefully monitor updates on new cases and the

I hope you are enjoying your summer. As we approach the holiday weekend, I would like to give a few updates since my last message, including an official welcome to our new CEO, Tanya Tolpegin, who started with AMIA June 21. As many of you know, we formed our Diversity

I hope you are well as we head into the summer months. As you know, we have been planning for a live AMIA 2021 Annual Symposium in San Diego with a live streaming track to enable virtual attendance. The AMIA Board of Directors held a special meeting last week to

It is hard to believe we are nearing the end of April. Summer will be here before we know it! AMIA staff and member volunteers have been hard at work on initiatives and efforts to advance our strategic plan. We are pleased to formally announce the AMIA Health Informatics Certification

We hope you are well. As mentioned in a previous message, AMIA is forming a new community for physicians. We are formally announcing the Physicians in AMIA (PINA) community. This community is an evolution of the Clinical Informatics Community of Practice (CICOP) to address the needs of the physicians in

Happy 2021! I hope you all had a restful and rejuvenating holiday season. I would like to provide a brief update about what is happening at AMIA. We held a Board of Directors orientation meeting this month, welcoming several new members: Julia Adler-Milstein, William Brown, Susan Hull, Josette Jones, Eileen

I hope you are well as we are gearing up for the Virtual Annual Symposium next month. I would like to provide a brief update about what is happening at AMIA since my last message in August. There are a few key items I would like to report to you