Mission
To be the go-to working group in AMIA for consumer health informatics by:
- promoting the importance of consumer perspectives
- providing resources for members to build their leadership and expertise
- fostering networking and collaboration among researchers, professionals, and communities
- contributing to thought leadership in the field
Consumer may refer to patient, citizen, resident, advocate, community member, stakeholder, individual, person, human, caregiver, family member, end user.
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Interests
Working group interest areas and webinars cover:
- Science of engagement
- Human computer interaction/computer human interaction
- Citizen science
- Participatory and person centered research methods
- Social informatics methods
- Participatory health
- Health literacy and digital literacy
- Health education and promotion
- Personal health technologies; personal health records, portals, wearable devices, remote patient monitoring, mobile applications
- Person generated health data
- Social data
- Telehealth and digital health
- Technology design
- Evaluation and adoption for technologies for patients, caregivers, family members and community members
- Collaboration among clinicians, patients, caregivers and community members
- Diversity, equity, inclusion and access (DEIA)
Leadership
Christie Martin, PhD, MPH, RN-BC, LHIT-HP
Chair 2025-2026
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Arriel Benis, PhD, FIAHSI, SMIEEE
Member-at-Large
A. Associate Professor
Duke University
Tera Reynolds, PhD, MPH, MS
Member-at-Large
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Marci Bennafield, PhD (c)
Student Representative
PhD Student
Georgia State University
- Performing: Working Group has high level of engagement and output (workshops, papers, webinars)
- Networking: Working Group has internal and external networking opportunities for members (mentorship programs, social events, collaboration)
- Developing: New Working Group or revitalizing efforts to grow membership (recruitment efforts, leadership)