Announcements

Only 2 Weeks Left!

Self-nominate or recommend other qualified members to nominate themselves. Candidates will be required to complete the online Biographical Information Form and upload a photograph of themselves.

The Nominating Committee welcomes nominations for the following positions:

• Board Treasurer
• Board Secretary
• Director (4 positions open)

Working Group Leadership opportunities
AMIA’s 25 working groups offer excellent opportunities for young informatics professionals to gain early career leadership experience and longer-term AMIA members to share valuable knowledge and perspective as leaders.

For questions about board elections, send a message to Phyllis Burchman, Director of Office Operations and Human Resources, phyllis@amia.org.

For questions about working group elections, send a message to Kelly Taylor, Program Manager, Member Services and Engagement, kelly@amia.org.

Nominate today! Deadline: June 28.

New Theme Added: CANCER INFORMATICS
Applications of informatics in the entire cancer care and research continuum including prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, recovery/survivorship and end-of-life care. Submissions may address problems ranging from molecules (e.g., molecular predictive or prognostic biomarkers) to populations (e.g., strategies for early detection in a population). Additional examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to, informatics insights and applications to identify and reduce disparities in cancer outcomes, to monitor and improve care quality, to develop and train a cancer informatics workforce, to incorporate patient-generated data, and to facilitate cancer data interoperability and secondary use.

Deadline is February 25. Direct questions to Michael F. Chiang, MD, JAMIA Associate Editor, chiangm@ohsu.edu

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 13

TERMINATIONS begin Feb 1. Keep your uninterrupted access to JAMIA, ACI, AMIA Connect, member rates for meetings, webinars, and proceedings.

Presenter: George Hripcsak -- Effect of vocabulary mapping for conditions on phenotype cohorts

Deadline: January 15, 2019. Learn more about the AMIA 2018 Informatics Educators Forum call for participation. Four thematic sections include Collaborations and Interdisciplinarity Education,  Curriculum and Program Management, Professional Development and Training, Strategies for Teaching and Learning,

The hotel room block is filling quickly. Register for the AMIA 2018 Annual Symposium.  Special event tickets will not be available onsite so don't forget to add the Carnival Networking event and the Awards Gala to your registration.

The AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit submission deadline is EARLY this year!  DO NOT MISS IT!  Bioinformatics, Clinical Research, Implementation, Data Science.