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Thank you ThyvalikathDMD, MDS, PhD, a leader in dental informatics research, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2023 Annual Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dr. Thyvalikath will be one of 23 ACMI members inducted at the ceremony. The induction ceremony and dinner will be on Sunday, November 12. it is a researcher at the Regenstrief Institute, director of a joint dental informatics partnership between Regenstrief and the Indiana University School of Dentistry, and aassociate dean, Office of Dental Informatics and Digital Health, IU School of Dentistry.
The research of Dr. Thyvalikakath focuses on the use of electronic health records for clinical research and quality improvement purposes; applying user-centered design and cognitive engineering methods to design clinical systems that better support clinicians’ decision-making processes; implementation and evaluation of clinical decision support systems; and facilitating the sharing of health information to promote coordinated care between medical and dental care providers.
The theme of the AMIA 2023 Annual Symposium is Transforming Healthcare and Biomedicine for a Sustainable Future.
The AMIA Annual Symposium is the premier medical informatics event, featuring the latest scientific research and a wide range of scientific sessions. The symposium presents papers from across the spectrum of the informatics field – translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, clinical informatics, consumer health informatics, and public health informatics.
The 2023 list of ACMI inductees, announced by AMIA, is:
- Adela GrandoPhD, FAMIA, Arizona State University
- Allison McCoyPhD, FAMIA, ACHIP, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Bryant KarrasMD, Washington State, Department of Health
- Chi-Ren ShyuPhD, FAMIA, University of Missouri – Columbia
- Dana CrawfordPhD, Case Western Reserve University
- Ellen ClaytonMD, JD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Graciela Gonzalez-HernandezPhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Jenna MarquardtPhD, University of Minnesota
- Joseph FinkelsteinMD, FAMIA, University of Utah
- Kenrick CatoPhD, RN, CPHIMS, FAAN, University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Kirk Roberts, PhD, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Lipika SamalMD, FAMIA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
- Maxim TopazPhD, MA, RN, FAAN, Columbia University School of Nursing
- Neil SmallheiserMD, FAMIA, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Olena MamykinaPhD, Columbia University
- Robert LuceroPhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing
- Shyam VisweswaranMD, PhD, FAMIA, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Stephen WongPhD, PE, FAMIA, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, and Weil Cornell Medicine
- Thank you ThyvalikathDMD, PhD, Regenstrief Institute/Indiana University School of Dentistry
- Xiaoqian JiangPhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Yong ChenPhD, FAMIA, University of Pennsylvania
- Yuan LuoPhD, FAMIA, Northwestern University
- Yunan ChenPhD, University of California, Irvine
Thankam Thyvalikath, DMD, MDS, PhD
In addition to her role as a research scientist with the Clem McDonald Center for Biomedical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute and director of the Regenstrief School of Dentistry and IU Dental Informatics Program, Thankam Thyvalikakath, DMD, MDS, PhD, is a professor and associate dean. of dental informatics and digital health at the IU School of Dentistry and an adjunct professor at the IUPUI Luddy School of Informatics, Informatics and Engineering.
About the Regenstrief Institute
Founded in 1969 in Indianapolis,Regenstrief Instituteis a local, national and global leader committed to a world where better information empowers people to end disease and realize true health. A key research partner of Indiana University, Regenstrief and its research scientists are responsible for a growing number of major health care innovations and studies. Examples range from developing global health information technology standards that enable the use and interoperability of electronic health records to improving patient-physician communication, to creating models of care that inform clinical practice and improve the lives of patients around the globe.
Sam Regenstrief, a nationally successful entrepreneur from Connersville, Indiana, founded the institute with the goal of making health care more efficient and accessible for all. His vision continues to guide the institute’s research mission.
About ACMI
ACMI is an honorary College of Informatics members elected from the United States and abroad who have made significant and lasting contributions to the field of medical informatics and who have faced rigorous scientific peer review.
About AMIA
MOTHER®(American Society of Medical Informatics®) is a community dedicated to the vision of a world where informatics transforms people’s care. Over the past 35 years, the use of informatics has grown exponentially to improve health and make better health care decisions. Today, informatics is key to accelerating current health reform goals. Every day millions of people benefit from informatics’ ability to accelerate healthcare transformation by collecting, analyzing and applying data directly to care decisions. The data produced across health and healthcare is the driving force behind informatics and its ability to innovate critical advances that directly benefit people. AMIA members are critical to the discovery of this knowledge, which is why AMIA is committed to being the professional home for today’s computer scientists and the leader of the future of computing.
