Advancing Women in Health Informatics: Tools, Tactics, and Transformational Leadership

Presentation Time: 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Abstract Keywords: Workforce Development, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, Education and Training
Primary Track: Applications

While women comprise nearly a third of the STEM workforce, they are less visible in executive and decision-making positions.1 Despite substantial contributions to health informatics, women remain underrepresented in leadership roles within the field. In 2020, the Women in the American Medical Informatics Association (WIA) group developed a leadership program focused on developing a leader identity among women in health informatics and increasing networks within the field. The program also explored barriers such as implicit bias, limited mentorship opportunities, and structural inequities.2 The objective of this panel is to share evidence-based strategies to foster mentorship programs, leadership development initiatives, and organizational culture shifts within the field of health informatics. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to foster, encourage, facilitate, and nurture the development of women leaders in health informatics.

Moderator:
Wendy Chapman, PhD
University of Melbourne

Speakers:
Judy Wawira Gichoya, MD, MS
Emory University

Kendria Hall, MD
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Adela Grando, PhD
Arizona State University

Keith Woeltje, MD, PhD
Froedtert ThedaCare Health

Authors:
Karmen Williams, DrPH, MBA, MSPH, MA, CPH - City University of New York; Yiye Zhang, PhD - Weill Cornell Medicine; Jessica Ancker, MPH, PhD, FACMI - Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Tiffany Harman, MSN - Solventum; Susan Fenton, PhD - UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics; Jennifer Boehne, PharmD, MHI, MPH, CPPS - Consultant; Lana Garmire, PhD - University of Michigan; Donghua Tao, PhD, MA, MS, FAMIA - University of Illinois - Chicago; Mindy Ross, MD, MBA, MAS - University of California Los Angeles; Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD, MPH, RN - Columbia University School of Nursing;

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