For Your Informatics: Episode 49 - Weathering the Funding Storm. Building Resiliency in Informatics
Release Date: 05/19/2026
AMIA: For Your Informatics
In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, Sabrina Hsueh and Li Zhou host Monica Bertagnolli, a surgical oncologist, physician-scientist, and President Elect of the National Academy of Medicine—the first woman to hold that position in NAM’s history. Her previous positions include the Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery in surgical oncology at Harvard Medical School, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a member of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment and...
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In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s s For Your Informatics (FYI) podcast, Sabrina Hsueh and Li Zhou host AI safety and ethics expert Ray Eitel-Porter, Luminary and Senior Advisor for AI at Accenture and an Intellectual Forum Senior Research Associate at Jesus College, the University of Cambridge. Previously, he served as Accenture's Global Responsible AI Lead. Ray is the author of Governing the Machine and sits on several boards and councils advising on data analytics and strategy. In the interview,...
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Recorded live at AMIA's 2025 Annual Symposium This session explored today’s challenging funding climate across informatics research, strategies for managing staff and resources under uncertainty, and practical ways to regain control and strengthen resilience. Our panelists shared expertise and lessons learned for all levels of researchers in health informatics towards navigating these pressures and building sustainable paths forward.
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This thoughtful dialogue with the CTO of Garner Health highlights his professional journey, lessons learned in leveraging data and AI, and strategies for building inclusive solutions. The conversation also provides guidance for upcoming and current informaticists preparing to enter a rapidly advancing field. Episode Hosts: Dr. Leyla Warsame, ACMIO - M Health Fairview Michi Kono, Chief Technology Officer - Garner Health
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Host: Leyla Warsame, MD Guests: Josh Vest, PhD and Tiffany Harman, MSN Description: This episode revisits a discussion on social determinants of health with our experts at the 2023 AMIA Annual Symposium. This reflection focuses on addressing SDOH from the healthcare organization to the individual level, budget impacts, and making informatics strategy actionable.
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Host: Karmen S. Williams, DrPH, MBA, MSPH, MA, CPH, Assistant Professor, City University of New York Guest: Peter Tippett, MD, PhD, CEO, careMESH Description: Listen in on our fireside chat with a true pioneer in the informatics field. Dr. Peter Tippett discusses his career from clinical practice to startup to the White House.
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Host: Leyla Warsame, MD, M Health Fairview Guest: Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH, UC Irvine, VA Long Beach Description: This conversation discusses real-world practice and research in environmental and public health informatics with the chair-elect of the Climate, Health, and Informatics Working Group, leader of the Public Health Informatics Working Group, and 2024 AMIA Leadership Award Recipient. #WomensHistoryMonth
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Host: Dr. Leyla Warsame, ACMIO, M Health Fairview Guest: Jaysón Davidson, PhD Candidate, UCSF Description: Listen in to this episode with PhD Candidate Jays'on Davidson on his educational path to informatics and his work with data and social determinants of health.
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Host: Vivian Hui, RN, BSN, PhD Guests: Bill Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA Wendy Chapman, PhD; Jay Patel, BDS,MS, PhD Description: Recorded live at the 2024 AMIA Annual Symposium, join our experts on this episode as they explore the excitement and hesitancy of AI in healthcare.
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Host: Karmen S. Williams, DrPH, MBA Guests: Humayera Islam, PhD, University of Chicago Description: This conversation focuses on the current leader of AMIA's Student Working Group, Dr. Humayera Islam, "Where the future leaders of AMIA are in making". Join the AMIA Student Working Group via the AMIA website , LinkedIn: , and YouTube: .
info_outlineRecorded live at AMIA's 2025 Annual Symposium This session explored today’s challenging funding climate across informatics research, strategies for managing staff and resources under uncertainty, and practical ways to regain control and strengthen resilience. Our panelists shared expertise and lessons learned for all levels of researchers in health informatics towards navigating these pressures and building sustainable paths forward.