Please extend your congratulations to Jamie Pina, who has passed his Ph.D. General Examination on the topic of "Improving Communicable Disease Reporting through Applied Informatics Research."  Jamie's exam was held on Friday, October 23.

George Demiris has been nominated for the "Distinguished paper award" for his paper being presented at the AMIA 2009 Annual Symposium.  (S18) "Video-mediated Communication in Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Meetings: Examining Technical Quality and Content."  G. Demiris, University of Washington; D. Parker Oliver, University of Missouri; E. Wittenberg-Lyles, University of North Texas; K. Washington, University of Missouri. 

From a slate of candidate papers recommended by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium Scientific Program Committee, the Awards Committee will recognize five notable and distinguished papers from the Annual Symposium.  Distinguished papers will be awarded at the AMIA 2009 Annual Symposium in San Francisco.  Latest version of the AMIA 2009 on-site program here:  AMIA link

Each year our graduate students nominate BHI faculty and vote for who they believe should receive the BHI Teaching Award.  This award goes to a faculty member who shows commitment to teaching and demonstrates dedication to enriching students' learning experience.  Please join BHI in congratulating David Masuda, who is the recipient of the 2009 BHI Teaching Award.

New System for Monitoring Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness.  MMWR 58(39);1105.  Website link.