Conference Series

Clinical Informatics Conference Series

The Clinical Informatics program within the University of Maryland School of Graduate Studies invites the public to its monthly conference sessions as part of the program's INFO 610: Clinical Informatics Conference course.

The Clinical Informatics Conference is a monthly series offered by the Clinical Informatics program within the University of Maryland School of Graduate Studies. Open to the public, these virtual sessions introduce attendees to experts in the field of biomedical informatics, exposing them to key experimental and theoretical literature in the discipline, and encourage discussion and further in-depth exploration of topics in clinical informatics.

Each session emphasizes the application of informatics to the practice of medicine, to enhance health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship. The sessions also expand on fundamental clinical informatics content, including clinical decision making, process improvement, health information systems, ethics, and management.

Upcoming Events

Oct 1, 2026: Conference on Clinical Decision Support with Emphasis on Research Aspects in Clinical Informatics

Noon - 2 p.m. EDT | Zoom | More information on The Elm.

Speaker: Adam Wright, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, director of the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC). Wright’s research interests focus on clinical decision support and machine learning. He has led projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on clinical problem lists, malfunctions in clinical decision support systems, approaches for sharing clinical decision support nationally, and adverse event detection using machine learning. He also serves as a professor of biomedical informatics and medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 

Past Events

Sept 3, 2026: Fundamentals of Clinical Informatics

Noon - 2 p.m. EDT | Zoom | More information on The Elm.

Speaker: Randa M. Perkins, MD, MBA, FAMIA serves as Dartmouth Health's system Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO), overseeing clinical informatics for the healthcare system and serving as a practicing family medicine physician. In this and her prior CMIO roles, she leads clinical IT strategy, guides technical and design teams, and has previously built and led a clinical informatics fellowship program. She also serves as an associate professor in the department of community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.

May Event

May 14, 2026: Overarching Principles of Clinical Informatics

Noon - 2 p.m. EDT | Zoom | More information on The Elm.

Speaker: Randa M. Perkins, MD, MBA, FAMIA serves as Dartmouth Health's system Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO), overseeing clinical informatics for the healthcare system and serving as a practicing family medicine physician. In this and her prior CMIO roles, she leads clinical IT strategy, guides technical and design teams, and has previously built and led a clinical informatics fellowship program. She also serves as an associate professor in the department of community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.

April 2, 2026: Health Information Systems

Noon - 2 p.m. EDT | Zoom | More information on The Elm.

Speaker: David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA, is a practicing internist and pediatrician, board-certified in clinical informatics, and the Chief Health Informatics Officer of the MetroHealth System, professor of internal medicine, pediatrics, and population and quantitative health sciences at Case Western Reserve University, the public healthcare system for Cleveland, OH.

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