AMIA: For Your Informatics

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".

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 and its negative impacts on human health https://amia.org/community/working-groups/climate-health-and-informatics

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 challenge healthcare providers face when recording patients' crucial information. Discover the innovative strategies and future initiatives aimed at tackling note bloat head-on. Tune in to stay ahead in the evolving landscape of healthcare documentation!

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 Rossi. You can also listen on ACM - https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep53-francesca-rossi.

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 mental health challenges.

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 History Month and the start of Women's History Month as we focus on Henrietta Lacks. Listen and share this storytelling and historical perspective of the no longer forgotten, Henrietta Lacks.

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 for Critical Race & Digital Studies. In this eye-opening episode, we dive deep into the world of Artificial Intelligence and its pervasive impact on the field of medicine and healthcare. While AI holds incredible promise to revolutionize healthcare and benefit patients, regardless of background, it is not all roses and sunshine. Join us as we explore the crucial and often overlooked issue of AI bias in medicine and healthcare.

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 Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI & Health in the Department of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the AI Faculty Lead at MIT Jameel Clinic. She develops machine learning methods for drug discovery and clinical AI. In the past, she worked on natural language processing. Her research has been recognized with the MacArthur Fellowship, an NSF Career Award, and the AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity. Regina is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Regina describes her career journey, and how a personal experience with the healthcare system led her to work on an AI-based system for the early detection—and prediction of—breast cancer. She explains why entering the interdisciplinary field of clinical AI is so challenging and offers valuable advice on how to overcome some of these challenges. Regina also opines on new models for using AI, including the promise of ChatGPT in healthcare. Finally, she talks about inequity in medicine, and offers actionable insights on how to mitigate these shortfalls while moving the field of clinical AI forward.

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 of Biomedical Informatics and an international fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). She received AMIA's New Investigator Award for work on the GLIF3 guideline modeling language. Mor is a renowned researcher in clinical guideline-based decision support. Initially fascinated by biomedical engineering, Mor shares how she arrived at the intersection of information systems and medicine, after working in IT and completing her postdoctoral research at Stanford. She mentions her recent project, MobiGuide, which aims to narrow the gap between clinical guidance and patient needs by providing 24/7 decision support to patients and providers. With a current focus on improving the mental well-being of cancer patients through evidence-based practices such as exercise, yoga, and positive psychology. Mor also shares advice for people (especially women) looking to work in interdisciplinary fields. She emphasizes the importance of health equity and how AI can be employed in the service of detecting unfairness.

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 roles for Healthcare IT vendors, including product leadership roles at McKesson and Hearst Health.  Most recently, Holly was CMIO at Oracle Cerner before recently starting a new role as VP of Clinical Product Design at CliniComp.

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 sometimes direful consequences.

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.

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 the industry side of informatics? What is industry? What is the role of informatics in industry organizations? Learn this and more about the partnerships with industry within AMIA and the potential career paths toward industry.

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 the mission.

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 we can harness information to support decision making, improved processes, and behaviour change. She enjoys skiing, mountain biking, cooking, and visiting dog parks and beaches with her two huskies. She moved to Melbourne with her husband and youngest son and looks forward to the time when her older children can visit. ACM-AMIA Joint Podcast Series is a joint effort of the Women in AMIA’s For Your Informatics (FYI) podcast and the ACM ByteCast, is a podcast series exploring the interdisciplinary field of medical informatics where both the practitioners of AI /ML solution builders and the stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystems take interest.  The two host professional societies, ACM’s practitioner's board and the Women in AMIA (WIA) steering committee, have extended the effort of the two successful flagship podcast series to start this new series. This series will be jointly hosted by Rashmi Mohan, Karmen Williams, Adela Grando, and Sabrina Hsueh, who will interview female leaders (researchers, practitioners, and innovators) who have first-hand experience enabling AI/ML in real-world applications in healthcare and life science. Special emphasis will be given to the guest’s career path in this highly interdisciplinary field and how each of them navigates and chooses their path and establishes their reputation within the field.  We would also welcome the guest to discuss how she evaluates and governs their own AI applications and builds trust in their own field. In each bi-monthly episode, guests will share their experiences handling interdisciplinary communication and workforce equity issues, the lessons they’ve learned on their own career paths, and their own visions for the future of computing.

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 inequities in medicine for Equal Pay Day 2022.

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 IngramAMIA Working Group Steering Committee - Vicki TiaseEducation WG - Kris AlpiEthical, Legal, and Social Issues WG - Melissa ClarksonConsumer Health Informatics WG - Katherine KimDental Informatics WG - Karmen WilliamsNursing Informatics WG - Karen Dunn Lopez

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 Annual Symposium,  an intimate conversation with the closing speaker about HI, the human side of artificial intelligence

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 Symposium on the topic, called “25 by 5”, in 2020 and 2021. This episode highlights the 25x5 Symposium, results, and next steps. Additionally, the guests describe the survey that was initiated by the Steering Committee to evaluate informatics professionals’ thoughts on documentation reduction strategies instituted during Covid.

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- and middle-income countries.   Dr. Aldekeyel is an Assistant Professor in health informatics at the College of Medicine, King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. She published this year a JAMIA paper on “What it means to be a woman in the field of biomedical informatics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”. She is a member of several committees to review health informatics standards and develop national-level training programs in Saudi Arabia.