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DOI: 10.15265/IY-2016-015
The International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics: An Academy of Excellence
Publication History
Publication Date:
28 September 2017 (online)
- The Field of Health Sciences Informatics
- International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics
- IAHSI Mission and Membership
- Election to the Inaugural Class of IAHSI
- The Future of IAHSI
- Inaugural Class of IAHSI Members
- References
The Field of Health Sciences Informatics
For the last 50 years, the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) has served as an important actor for the International community of biomedical and health informaticians. IMIA has been leading efforts to grow and nurture a collaborative global biomedical and health Informatics community that encourages and supports international initiatives to improve health for all. IMIA has brought researchers, scientists, educators, implementers, clinicians, and patients together from around the world to advance biomedical and health informatics science, education, and practice [[1]]. IMIA has achieved this goal through collaboration, development of guidelines and policies, learning, and exchange of knowledge, skills, and ideas.
The past decades have seen a tremendous growth and an increasing maturity in our field. Worldwide electronic health record implementation and health information exchange are on the rise requiring an ever growing, highly skilled, international labor force. Population health and the quantified health experience, as well as efforts in research informatics and translational / applied informatics have accelerated. As result, the maturing of the field has led to a growing group of international leaders and recognized experts in biomedical and health Informatics.
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International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics
In 2015, the Board of Directors of the International Medical Informatics Association approved the creation of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI). IAHSI will be a highly selected group of international leaders and experts in biomedical and health informatics.
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IAHSI Mission and Membership
IAHSI will stimulate and direct research, play an important role in exchanging knowledge, educate the broader community, promote the field, advise governments and non-governmental organizations, mobilize governmental and non-profit support, produce policy documents (e.g., recommendations and position statements), and train the next generation of experts.
Similar to national Academies of Sciences, the International Academy IAHSI is intended to recognize excellent individual leaders, promote the exchange of methodologies, develop and foster new ideas, and encourage cross-border collaboration and sharing of resources. The Academy will also serve as an honor society that recognizes expertise in biomedical and health informatics internationally. Academy membership will be one of the highest honors in the international field of biomedical and health informatics. Election to membership carries the expectation of a candidate being recognized as a leader and promoter of the field. Elected members will hold the title of Member of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics for life.
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Election to the Inaugural Class of IAHSI
The IMIA Board of Directors asked Drs. Edward H. Shortliffe and Patrice Degoulet, with the help of IMIA President Hyeoun-Ae Park, President-Elect Christoph U. Lehmann, and IMIA CEO Elaine Huesing, to shepherd the nomination of the initial candidates and the election of the inaugural class of IAHSI. The committee prepared a ballot of almost 200 names of leaders in the field. These nominees were proposed by IMIA’s Honorary Fellows, board members, working group chairs, past officers, as well as past national leaders of IMIA member societies. All nominees were asked to select the founding members from the list of nominees. Because IMIA is an international body, the committee took steps to assure that the selected founding members represent all the regions of IMIA. Each nominee had up to 100 votes. The first 56 of any nominee’s votes were mandatory and had to be allocated in accordance with a distribution that reflects the size of the member organizations within IMIA: Africa (2), Asia-Pacific (14), Europe (20), Latin America (6), Middle East (4), and North America (10). The remaining votes could then be distributed across the various regions. Nominees were asked to spread their “at-large” votes across the regions rather than focusing on only one or two. Because of regional ties in the votes, the final number of elected members reached 120.
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The Future of IAHSI
IMIA hopes to convene the inaugural class of IAHSI Members in August 2017 in Hangzhou, China, at the 16th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO 2017). The new Academy will function as an elected body of members contained within IMIA and will elect a President, a treasurer, a secretary, and two members at large to serve as an executive committee.
IAHSI will have its own rules and regulations that guide the organization, its activities, and its relationship with the parent organization. The founding members will create the rules and regulations and will establish both the processes for nominating and electing new members in future years as well as the activities that will define the Academy and its role in the biomedical and health informatics community.
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Inaugural Class of IAHSI Members
Please join the IMIA Board of Directors, the special task force, and IMIA staff in congratulating the members of the inaugural class of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics ([Table 1]). You have achieved worldwide recognition and admiration by your peers and are truly the leaders and mentors of our field.
Abu-Hanna, Ameen |
The Netherlands |
Hersh, William |
USA |
Murray, Peter |
UK |
Adlassnig, Klaus-Peter |
Austria |
Holmes, John H. |
USA |
Musen, Mark |
USA |
Al Barrak. Ahmdd |
Saudia Arabia |
Hovenga, Evelyn |
Australia |
Nohr, Christian |
Denmark |
Al-Shorbaji, Najeeb |
Jordan |
Hripcsak, George |
USA |
Ohno-Machado, Lucila |
USA |
Altuwaijri, Majid |
Saudia Arabia |
Hullin, Carol |
Chile |
Otero, Paula |
Argentina |
Ammenwerth, Elske |
Austria |
Humphreys, Betsy L. |
USA |
Park, Hyeoun-Ae |
South Korea |
Andersen, Stig Kjaer |
Denmark |
Hussein, Rada |
Egypt |
Patel, Vimla |
USA |
Aronsky, Dominik |
Switzerland |
Junping, Zhao |
China |
Peterson, Hans |
Sweden |
Bakken, Suzanne |
USA |
Kimura, Michio |
Japan |
Pinciroli, Francesco |
Italy |
Bakker, Ab |
The Netherlands |
Koch, Sabine |
Sweden |
Protti, Denis J. |
Canada |
Ball, Marion |
USA |
Kohane, Isaac |
USA |
Rector, Alan |
UK |
Bates, David W. |
USA |
Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu, Ghislain |
Cameroon |
Rienhoff, Otto |
Germany |
Bellazzi, Riccardo |
Italy |
Kulikowski, Casimir |
USA |
Roberts, Jean |
UK |
Blobel, Bernd |
Germany |
Kushniruk, Andre |
Canada |
Roger France, Francis |
Belgium |
Borycki, Elizabeth |
Canada |
Leao, Beatriz de Faria |
Brazil |
Sabbatini, Renato Marcos Endrizzi |
Brazil |
Brennan, Patricia Flatley |
USA |
Lehmann, Christoph U. |
USA |
Safran, Charles |
USA |
Carr, Robyn |
New Zealand |
Leong, Tze Yun |
Singapore |
Saranto, Kaija |
Finland |
Chang, Polun |
Taiwan |
Li, Jack |
Taiwan |
Schneider, Werner |
Sweden |
Chute, Christopher |
USA |
Liaw, Siaw-Teng |
Australia |
Séroussi, Brigitte |
France |
Cimino, James |
USA |
Lindberg, Donald |
USA |
Shvo, Amnon |
Israel |
Coiera, Enrico |
Australia |
Lorenzi, Nancy |
USA |
Shahar, Yuval |
Israel |
De Moor, Georges |
Belgium |
Lovis, Christian |
Switzerland |
Shortliffe, Edward |
USA |
Degoulet, Patrice |
France |
Lun, KC |
Singapore |
Sittig, Dean F. |
USA |
Detmer, Don |
USA |
Luna, Daniel |
Argentina |
Stead, William W. |
USA |
Engelbrecht, Rolf |
Germany |
Mandil, Salah Hussein |
Sudan |
Szolovits, Peter |
USA |
Espinosa Lobato, J. Amado |
Mexico |
Mantas, John (Ioannis) |
Greece |
Takeda, Hiroshi |
Japan |
Fieschi, Marius |
France |
Maojo, Victor |
Spain |
Talmon, Jan |
The Netherlands |
Fox, John |
UK |
Marcelo, Alvin |
Phillippines |
Tanaka, Hiroshi |
Japan |
Friedman, Charles P. |
USA |
Margolis, Alvaro |
Uruguay |
Tierney, William |
USA |
Gardner, Reed M. |
USA |
Marin, Heimar de Fatima |
Brazil |
Toyoda, Ken |
Japan |
Geissbuhler, Antoine |
Switzerland |
Martin-Sanchez, Fernando |
USA |
van Bemmel, Jan |
The Netherlands |
Gogia, Shashi Bhushan |
India |
Masic, Izet |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Van der Lei, Johan |
The Netherlands |
Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quiros, Fernan |
Argentina |
McCray, Alexa |
USA |
Weber, Patrick |
Switzerland |
Greenes, Robert |
USA |
McDonald, Clem |
USA |
Westbrook, Johanna |
Australia |
Hammond, Ed |
USA |
Mihalas, George |
Romania |
Westbrooke, Lucy |
New Zealand |
Hanmer, Lyn |
South Africa |
Miller, Randolph (Randy) |
USA |
Wong, Chun-Por (CP) |
China (Hong Kong) |
Hannah, Kathryn |
Canada |
Moehr, Jochen |
Canada |
Wright, Graham |
South Africa |
Hannan, Terry |
Australia |
Moen, Anne |
Norway |
Wu, Ying |
China |
Hasman, Arie |
The Netherlands |
Moghaddam, Ramin |
Iran |
Wyatt, Jeremy |
UK |
Haux, Reinhold |
Germany |
Moura Jr, Lincoln de Assis |
Brazil |
Zvarova, Jana |
Czech Republic |
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Acknowledgement
The authors would like to acknowledge IMIA CEO Elaine Huesing, whose extraordinary efforts made the election possible.
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References
- 1 International Medical Informatics Association. Strategic Plan. 2017 Approved and in print.
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References
- 1 International Medical Informatics Association. Strategic Plan. 2017 Approved and in print.