The signature awards program recognizes AMIA members for “significant contributions to the field of informatics.”
The signature award winners are:
• Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics: J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Cerner Corp.
• Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contribution in Informatics: Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, associate professor and director at UC San Francisco School of Medicine
• William W. Stead Award for Thought Leadership in Informatics: George Hripcsak, MD, professor and chair of the department of biomedical informatics at Columbia University in New York City
• Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award: Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, associate professor at University of Minnesota School of Nursing in Minneapolis
• New Investigator Award: Jeremy Warner, MD, assistant professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
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