The American Medical Informatics Association announced the winners of its Signature Awards and Leadership Awards for 2017.
The winner will receive their awards at the AMIA 2017 Annual Symposium, Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, in Washington, D.C.
Here is the list of awardees:
Signature Awards
● Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics: Wendy W. Chapman, PhD, professor at Salt Lake City-based University of Utah
● Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contribution in Informatics: Susan Hull, MSN, RN-BC, chief nursing informatics officer at Cincinnati Hospital Medical Center
● Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award: Nicholas Hardiker, RN, PhD, professor of nursing informatics and associate head (research and innovation) at The University of Salford School of Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work & Social Sciences in the United Kingdom
● New Investigator Award: Marina Sirota, PhD, assistant professor at UC San Francisco
Leadership Awards
● Betsy L. Humphreys, "for sustained contributions to the field of biomedical and health informatics and in celebration of her retirement from the National Library of Medicine."
● Frank Naeymi-Rad, PhD, "for championing industry engagement and commitment to the health informatics profession."
● Howard D. Silverman, MD, "for sustained contributions to the field of health informatics and medical education, and a founding member of AMIA's Community of Clinical Informatics Program Directors."
"It is an honor to recognize these remarkable leaders in informatics," said AMIA Board Chair and Medical Director of IT Services at Seattle-based UW Medicine Thomas Payne, MD. "We celebrate their exceptional accomplishments and commitment to AMIA's mission."
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