The Many Facets and Faces of Health Informatics
The infraNET Project and the Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research are hosting a series of Smarter Health Seminars entitled "The Many Facets and Faces of Health Informatics".
The presentations will be 50 minutes in duration, followed by a 30-40 minute facilitated discussion.
The seminars are hosted by David Johnston, President of the University of Waterloo. Professor Dominic Covvey, Director of WIHIR is the moderator for the seminars.
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Who Should Attend:
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Professionals from the health and IT industries, educators, and interested citizens
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Location:
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Davis Centre, Room 1302, University of Waterloo and on the Web
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Date and Time:
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Usually 4th Wednesday, Jan. - June; Sept. - Nov.
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Registration:
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There is no charge to attend. However, we request that you register and indicate how you will be attending (in person, via webcast or OTN videoconference.)
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Seminars and Speakers: "The Many Facets and Faces of Health Informatics" Series
January, 16, 2008 - "Health Informatics: Critical Support for Critical Research"
Dr. David Hill, Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario,
& Scientific Director of the Lawson Health Research Institute
February 27, 2008 - "Personalized Medicine: Today and Tomorrow"
Dr. Richard Kim, Professor of Medicine and Physiology & Pharmacology; Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute,
Chair, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Director, Centre for Clinical Investigation & Therapeutics
University of Western Ontario
March 26, 2008 - "Smart Systems for Health Agency - Helping Improve Ontario's Health Care Through e-Health Innovation"
William Albino, CEO, Smart Systems for Health Agency
April 30, 2008 - Managing the Medical Imaging Tsunami: Reducing Data Volume
Dr. David Koff, Chief, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hamilton Health Sciences
& Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
May 28, 2008 - Geographic Informatics Systems for Community Health
Mr. Tom Vair, Executive Director and Ms. Michelle Courneene, HI Development Manager,
Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
June 25, 2008 - Illness in the Age of 'e' :How Connected Technology Changes the Patient Experience
Dr. Danny Sands, Senior Medical Informatics Director, Cisco Systems & Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
September 24, 2008 - Standardized MR Imaging of the Brain: A Paradigm Shift
Dr. E. Mark Haacke, Director of the Imaging Program, School for Biomedical Engineering;
Director of the MRI Institute for Biomedical Research and Director, MR Research Facility, Wayne State University;
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University
October 29, 2008 - System-Supported Clinical Practice: Linking People, Process and Informatics Together as a System
William Stead, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategy/Transformation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
November 26, 2008 - Healthcare, Biobanks and Research Information Systems in the UK
Stephen Walker, Professor of Healthcare (Research Informatics), University of Manchester;
IS Programme Director, National Institutes for Health Research; Director (Information Systems), UK Clinical Research Network
Chief Information Officer, UK Biobank
