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The purpose of the AMIA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is to develop, promote, and guide the implementation of strategic and operational goals related to enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion as it relates to all activities of AMIA, with the exception of human resources policies and operations oversee by the CEO and/or their delegates. The DEI Committee engages in such activities with specific attention to AMIA’s mission and its intersection with systemic racism and health equity.

DEI is meant to serve as a strategic umbrella encompassing multiple foci including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, disability status, as well as initiatives and activities involving affinity groups, STEM pathway initiatives, program development, education content, leadership development, and mentoring. All are cross-organizational functions that are central to the Association’s individual and organizational membership and are overseen through governance and operations related to membership, education, meetings, marketing communications, and public policy. 

Leadership

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Jose Florez-Arango, MD MS PhD

Associate Professor - Health Informatics Informatics Academic Programs Director
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Kim Unertl, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Kevin Wiley, PhD

Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
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Oliver Bear Don't Walk, PhD

Apsáalooke, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
University of Washington
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Sadia Akter, PhD, FAMIA

Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Marshall University Joan C. Edward School of Medicine
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Shefali Haldar, PhD

Associate Director, Outcomes Research
Merck & Co., Inc.
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Benjamin Collins, MD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Anthony Solomonides, PhD, MSc(Math), MSc(AI), FAMIA, FACMI

Program Director, Outcomes Research and Biomedical Informatics
Research Institute, Endeavor Health
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Shruti Hiremath, MS Biomedical informatics and Data Science

Student
Arizona State University
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Lina Sulieman, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Vickie Nguyen, PhD, MA, MS

UX Researcher
Consultant
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Karmen Williams, DrPH, MBA, MSPH, MA, CPH

Assistant Professor
City University of New York