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Digital Square-AMIA Health Informatics & COVID-19 Webinar

June 15, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

AMIA 2020 COVID-19 Webinar Series

As part of AMIA’s ongoing COVID-19 Webinar Series, and in partnership with PATH’s Digital Square initiative, we turn to the parts of the global health community outside the initial epicenters of Europe, East Asia, and the United States. During this presentation, we will hear from health informatics leaders in Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo who will discuss unique challenges and opportunities facing their countries, as they seek to contain, mitigate, and suppress COVID-19. We will also hear from an AMIA member expert who has developed a framework to help countries around the globe leverage research, policy, and practice in tandem as they fight this global pandemic.

Presenters include:

  • Carolyn Kamasaka Division of Health Information Management Uganda Ministry of Health
  • Trad Hatton Country Director for PATH in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Steven Wanyee Co-Founder & Director of Digital Health Solutions, Research and Innovation (DHSRI) IntelliSOFT Consulting Limited
  • Ashish Joshi PhD MBBS MPH Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, and Professor, Population Health Informatics Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy City University of New York

Moderated by:

  • Carl Leitner, PhD, Technical Director, Digital Square at PATH, Member, AMIA Global Health Informatics WG
  • Hamish Fraser, MD, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics at Brown University
  • Theresa Cullen, MD, MS, FAMIA, Associate Director, Global Health Informatics Program, Regenstrief Institute

About the series:

AMIA’s COVID-19 Webinar Series highlights how the informatics community is addressing this global pandemic from all angles. From front-line informaticians and public health informaticists, to clinical and bioinformatics researchers, AMIA’s members are uniquely positioned to leverage data and evidence in the fight against COVID-19.

Register here.

Details

Date:
June 15, 2020
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

Details

Date:
June 15, 2020
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5