Host: Leyla Warsame, MD Guests: Josh Vest, PhD and Tiffany Harman, MSN Description : This episode revisits a discussion on social determinants of health with our experts at the 2023 AMIA Annual Symposium. This reflection focuses on addressing SDOH from the healthcare organization to the individual level, budget impacts, and making informatics strategy actionable.
May 30, 2025•29 min•Ep. 47
Host: Karmen S. Williams, DrPH, MBA, MSPH, MA, CPH, Assistant Professor, City University of New York Guest: Peter Tippett, MD, PhD, CEO, careMESH Description : Listen in on our fireside chat with a true pioneer in the informatics field. Dr. Peter Tippett discusses his career from clinical practice to startup to the White House.
May 01, 2025•17 min•Ep. 46
Host: Leyla Warsame, MD, M Health Fairview Guest: Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH, UC Irvine, VA Long Beach Description : This conversation discusses real-world practice and research in environmental and public health informatics with the chair-elect of the Climate, Health, and Informatics Working Group, leader of the Public Health Informatics Working Group, and 2024 AMIA Leadership Award Recipient. #WomensHistoryMonth
Mar 25, 2025•14 min•Ep. 45
Host: Dr. Leyla Warsame, ACMIO, M Health Fairview Guest: Jaysón Davidson, PhD Candidate, UCSF Description : Listen in to this episode with PhD Candidate Jays'on Davidson on his educational path to informatics and his work with data and social determinants of health.
Mar 03, 2025•22 min•Ep. 44
Host: Vivian Hui, RN, BSN, PhD Guests: Bill Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA Wendy Chapman, PhD; Jay Patel, BDS,MS, PhD Description : Recorded live at the 2024 AMIA Annual Symposium, join our experts on this episode as they explore the excitement and hesitancy of AI in healthcare.
Jan 29, 2025•53 min•Ep. 43
Host: Karmen S. Williams, DrPH, MBA Guests: Humayera Islam, PhD, University of Chicago Description : This conversation focuses on the current leader of AMIA's Student Working Group, Dr. Humayera Islam, "Where the future leaders of AMIA are in making". Join the AMIA Student Working Group via the AMIA website https://amia.org/community/working-groups/student , LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/amia-stwg , and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AMIAStudentWorkingGroup ....
Dec 10, 2024•19 min•Ep. 42
Host: Anita Murcko, MD, FAMIA Guests: Denis Newman-Griffis, PhD, MSc, University of Sheffield Description :In celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (and Disability Awareness Month in March), listen in on this exciting discussion that intersects AI, disability, and responsible design. Dr. Newman-Griffis describes their work as "Designing ethical AI systems to improve equity of all populations".
Oct 23, 2024•27 min
Host: Leyla Warsame, MD Guest: Dr. Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD, MBA, Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute Description : More and more we are seeing the urgent need to discuss and address climate change and its effects on health. We are joined by a pioneer in biomedical informatics to discuss Climate Health in Informatics. "The Climate, Health and Informatics Working Group is committed to supporting AMIA in its vital role in applying informatics to facilitate action addressing climate change an...
Jul 03, 2024•23 min•Ep. 40
Host: Leyla Warsame, MD Guests: Dr. Heidi Twedt, MD, ACMIO/Program Director, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Dr. Peter Kleinschmidt, MD, Internal Medicine Physician, Clinical Informatics Director of Quality and Safety, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Health Description : Listen in on this episode for an insightful dive into the world of Electronic Health Record (EHR) documentation! In this episode, we unravel the complexities of note bloat – the challeng...
Jun 04, 2024•25 min•Ep. 39
Hosts: Dr. Sabrina Hsueh, Director of Ethical AI and External Innovation, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Dr. Karmen S. Williams, Assistant Professor, CUNY SPH Guest: Dr. Francesca Rossi, IBM Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader Description: In this episode of the Association of Computing Machinery and AMIA Joint Podcast Series, we learn more about the career trajectory and the global outlook on artificial intelligence outlook through our chat with an IBM fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader, Dr. Francesca R...
May 14, 2024•52 min•Ep. 38
Hosts: Leyla Warsame, MD Guest: Dr. Terika McCall, PhD, MPH, MBA, Yale School of Public Health Description : The Consumer Health Informatics Lab at Yale University is engaging in cutting-edge research and practice tailored to the consumer. In this episode, we delve into the latest breakthroughs and insights at the intersection of digital health and mental health. From innovative apps to personalized interventions, we uncover how technology is revolutionizing the way we understand and address men...
Apr 24, 2024•25 min•Ep. 37
Co-Hosts: Leyla Warsame, MD and Davina Zamanzadeh, PhD Guest: Dr. Victoria Nichols Johnson, MD, retired Associate Professor and Physician from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is the founder and past president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and past chair of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Work Group of AMIA. Description : This latest installment of the Forgotten No More Series perfectly intersects with the observance of Black His...
Mar 01, 2024•24 min•Ep. 36
Guest Host: Kevin Wiley, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina Guest: Prof. Meredith Broussard, Associate Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Insititute of New York University and Research Director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Atlantic, BBC, Wired, the Economist, and more. She appears in the Emmy-nominated documentary "Coded Bias" on Netflix and serves on the advisory board for the Center fo...
Nov 06, 2023•48 min•Ep. 35
Hosts: Sabrina Hsueh PhD Adela Grando, PhD Guest: Regina Barzilay, School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI & Health in the Department of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the AI Faculty Lead at MIG Jameel Clinic In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, hosts Sabrina Hsueh and Adela Grando welcome Regina Barzilay , a School of Enginee...
Oct 12, 2023•46 min•Ep. 34
Hosts: Sabrina Hsueh, PhD Adela Grando, PhD Guest: Mor Peleg, PhD, University of Haifa's Data Science Research Center In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, hosts Sabrina Hsueh and Adela Grando welcome Mor Peleg , Professor of Information Systems at the University of Haifa and Founding Director and Head of its Data Science Research Center. She is Editor in Chief of the Journal o...
Aug 01, 2023•51 min•Ep. 33
Host: Dr. Sabrina Hsueh and Dr. Sullafa Kadura Guest: Dr. Holly Urban, MD, MBA, VP of Clinical Product Design at Clinicomp Fireside chat with Dr. Holly Urban: Career transition from clinician to product management Dr. Holly Urban is a pediatrician and clinical informaticist. She received her BA from Stanford, her MD from the University of Colorado, and her MBA from Regis University. After working for several years as a practicing pediatrician, Holly transitioned to working in product management ...
Apr 18, 2023•39 min
Host: Anita Murcko, MD, MACP, FAMIA Guests: Marianne Sharko, MD, MS, and Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, FACMI, FAMIA Description : This podcast is focused on information blocking and sensitive health data, more specifically, the newly implemented 21st Century Cures Act and the unanticipated impact these regulations have on teens, parents, and providers. Our experts will explore the policy and practice landscape of the 21 Century Cures Act with a focus on adolescent health data sharing and its someti...
Feb 01, 2023•35 min
Host: Leyla Warsame, MD Guests: Kevin Wiley, PhD Kenrick Cato, PhD, RN, CPHIMS, FAAN Tina Hernandez-Boussard, PhD Adrienne Pichon, MPH, PhD Description: Listen in on the discussion of defining and reducing AI Bias during the live recording at the AMIA 2022 Annual Symposium.
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Host: Anita Murcko, MD, FACP, FAMIA Clinical Associate Professor, Arizona State University Introduction: Dina Santucci, Vice President of Business Development Guests: Eileen Koski, MPhil, FAMIA Program Director, Health Data & Insights, Health Care & Life Sciences, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Russell B. Leftwich, MD, FAMIA Senior Clinical Advisor, Interoperability, InterSystems Description: Academic and clinical informatics are well-known career paths in informatics, but what about th...
May 23, 2022•42 min
Host: Karmen Williams, DrPH, MBA, MSPH, MA , CPH., City University of New York Director of the For Your Informatics Podcast Guest: April Morena, Founder and CEO of the Public Health Podcast Network For Your Informatics Podcast has joined the Public Health Podcast Network's Directory to share in the mission of building powerful communities through public health communication. We are the first informatics-based podcast on this network. Dr. April Moreno explains the network and how we can continue ...
May 11, 2022•6 min
Co-Hosted: Sabrina Hsueh, PhD, Bayesian Health Karmen Williams, DrPH, MBA, MSPH, MA , CPH., City University of New York Guest: Dr. Wendy Chapman, Director of the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, University of Melbourne Dr. Chapman's research focuses on developing computer algorithms to understand information typed into electronic medical records - natural language processing of clinical text. She sees incredible opportunities for improving healthcare delivery and individual health if...
Apr 22, 2022•36 min
Host: Mindy Ross, MD, MAS, MBA, UCLA Health Guest: Amy Gottlieb, MD, FACP, Baystate Health, UMass Chan - Baystate Introduction: William Hersh, MD, Oregon Health & Science University Description: Equal Pay Day in the United States represents how much longer women have to work, including their earnings from the previous year, to earn what men earn for the previous year. These earnings also vary by race, ethnicity, and region. We bring this special episode to highlight the gender-based pay ineq...
Apr 04, 2022•35 min
Host: Dr. Wendy Marie Ingram, PhD, Co-Founder, and CEO of Dragonfly Mental Health and Research Scientist at Geisinger Health Meet a few of AMIA's 23 Working Groups and learn about their missions and goals, as well as, how you can get involved! Working Groups: Mental Health WG - Wendy Marie Ingram AMIA Working Group Steering Committee - Vicki Tiase Education WG - Kris Alpi Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues WG - Melissa Clarkson Consumer Health Informatics WG - Katherine Kim Dental Informatics WG ...
Feb 24, 2022•14 min
Host : Dr. Wendy Marie Ingram, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO of Dragonfly Mental Health and Research Scientist at Geisinger Health Guest : Irene Dankwa-Mullan, MD, MPH - A nationally recognized physician, researcher, and industry thought leader working at the intersection of healthcare, health equity, public health Informatics, data science, and applied artificial intelligence. She serves as the Chief Health Equity Officer and Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Watson Health. Live from AMIA 2021 Annua...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Host : Dr. Wendy Marie Ingram, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO of Dragonfly Mental Health and Research Scientist at Geisinger Health Guests : Judy Murphy, RN, BSN, FACMI, FAAN, nursing executive with a long history in health informatics, and Amanda Moy, MPhil, MPH, MA, PhD student at Columbia University Description: An AMIA-led project to reduce documentation burden to 25% of what it is today within 5 years. This project was led by a Steering Committee of AMIA members who organized and convened a Sympos...
Dec 21, 2021•30 min
Host – Adela Grando, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University Guests - Josephine Nabukenya, PhD and Raniah Aldekhyyel, PhD Dr. Nabukenya is an Associate Professor of Informatics and the former Dean of the School of Computing and Informatics Technology at Makerere University in Uganda. She founded and chairs the Health Informatics Research Group at the Makerere University to solve fundamental health challenges in Uganda, the African Region, and other low- an...
Sep 14, 2021•22 min
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 ar...
Aug 30, 2021•29 min
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.
Aug 23, 2021•13 min
Aug 11, 2021•57 sec
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 ...
Jul 29, 2021•29 min