Amplify Informatics Conference Spotlight Sessions
Translational Research Informatics
From Frameworks to Implementation: Advancing Digital Health Equity Across the Technology Lifecycle
Wednesday, May 20 | 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
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Katherine Kim, PhD, MPH, MBA, FAMIA
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Purity Mugambi, BS, MS
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Sristi Sharma, MD, MPH
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Samantha Stonbraker, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, FAMIA
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Kelly Resco-Summers, DNP, MS, MAdm, BSN, RN (moderator)
Digital health innovations are transforming care delivery, yet mounting evidence shows they can deepen existing health disparities when equity is not embedded across the technology lifecycle. This panel convenes four experts to examine digital health equity (DHE) through complementary lenses. Katherine Kim introduces industry-facing DHE frameworks that ground the conversation. Purity Mugambi examines how data science methodologies can be leveraged to identify, measure, and reduce health inequities. Sristi Sharma explores how digital tools affect care delivery and patient outcomes in operational settings. Samantha Stonbraker traces DHE considerations across the development-to-evaluation lifecycle within a research context. Together, the panelists present a cohesive argument: equity must be a design requirement, not a retrospective patch. Attendees will leave with cross-cutting strategies for building, deploying, and evaluating digital health technologies that narrow rather than widen disparities.
From Genomic Discovery to Precision Care: Translational Bioinformatics at an Inflection Point
Tuesday, May 19 | 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Yves Lussier, MD
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Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA
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Jessica Tenenbaum, PhD
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Zhongming Zhao, PhD
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Sadia Akter, PhD, FAMIA – Moderator
Translational bioinformatics helped define the scientific and technical foundations of precision medicine, yet implementation remains uneven across diseases, care settings, and populations. This panel brings together leaders in biomedical informatics to examine why progress has been slower than expected in some domains, where the field has delivered measurable impact, and what is needed next. Panelists will discuss barriers to routine clinical genomic implementation, the evolution of precision medicine from molecular profiling toward whole-person health, the emergence of AI-enabled multimodal clinical intelligence, and new opportunities in neurodegenerative disease research. Together, these perspectives frame translational bioinformatics as both a scientific engine and an implementation discipline that must connect data, workflows, governance, and clinical decision-making. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of current opportunities, unresolved challenges, and practical priorities for advancing precision medicine responsibly, equitably, and at scale.
Learning Health System Imperatives from the Front Line
Tuesday, May 19 | 2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
- Victoria Tiase, PhD, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA, FAAN, FNAP, ACHIP
- Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, FACMI
- David Vawdrey, PhD
- Hongfang Liu, PhD
Learning Health Systems (LHSs) do not operate in isolation; they are embedded within complex ecosystems shaped by organizational culture, policy and payment incentives, data infrastructure, and local and regional environments. This panel will examine how LHS principles are operationalized across diverse contexts, including integrated health care delivery systems, payer–provider models, and academic health centers, as well as through Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) programs and multi‑institutional or state‑level collaboratives. This panel is endorsed by the AMIA Learning Health System-Work Group (LHS-WG).
Clinical Informatics
The Future of Healthcare Leadership: Navigating AI Impacts, Evaluation, and Clinical Breakthroughs through the Lens of the CxO in the Care Delivery Ecosystem
Tuesday, May 19 | 2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
- Sabrina Hsueh, PhD
- Foster Goss, DO, MMSc
- Shawn Murphy, MD, PhD
- Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA
- Gianna Zuccotti, MD
- Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, FACMI
The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into healthcare and life sciences is transforming the digital workforce, demanding new skills, reshaping clinical roles, and driving unprecedented clinical breakthroughs. To govern this paradigm shift, health systems are evolving their executive leadership structures, leading to the creation of new roles such as Chief AI Officer (CAIO) and the evolving roles for Chief Medical Informatics Officers (CMIOs), Chief Health Informatics Officers (CHIOs), and Chief Data Officer (CDO). This panel will examine the intersection of these critical executive roles in managing the impact of AI on the healthcare workforce, the dynamics of human-AI collaboration, and clinical education. We will explore recent clinical AI breakthroughs and the critical importance of rigorous AI evaluation frameworks to account for patient outcomes, equity, and safety. Attendees will gain practical insights into how distinct health system leaders collaborate to foster an AI-ready workforce, navigate algorithmic evaluation, and translate cutting-edge AI innovations into clinical practice.
A Fireside Chat with ONC
Wednesday, May 20 | 10:15 – 11:30 p.m.
This fireside chat with Jason Funderburk, Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), will offer participants an opportunity to hear directly from a national health IT policy leader about ONC’s priorities, current initiatives, and vision for the future of digital health.
The conversation will begin with Dr. Funderburk’s path from clinical practice and health system leadership to federal health IT policy, including how his experiences as an interventional radiologist, biomedical informatician, and former VA leader shape his perspective on national policy. The session will then explore key issues at the intersection of policy and practice, including interoperability, standards, health information exchange, workflow integration, responsible use of emerging technologies, and the role of informatics in advancing better, more connected care.
Designed as an accessible and forward-looking conversation, this session will help clinicians, informaticians, researchers, operational leaders, and technology developers better understand how ONC’s work influences the health IT ecosystem and how the informatics community can engage with policy to support trustworthy, usable, and patient-centered health technology.
- Jason Funderburk, MD, MBA, MS
- Adam Wright, PhD, Moderator
