(From DOTmed, January 24, 2018)
Alliance for Nursing Informatics selects 2018-2019 Emerging Leaders
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -- BETHESDA, MD – Two nursing informatics professionals have been selected by the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) to participate in the Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program. Based on competitive criteria, Uba Backonja, PhD, RN, and Alvin D. Jeffery, PhD, RN/APN, were chosen for this exclusive two-year program designed to develop professionals capable of assuming national leadership positions in informatics-related organizations.
ANI and the Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program are jointly sponsored by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and HIMSS. The program provides emerging leaders with invaluable mentorship and opportunities to participate in educational industry meetings and events. Each is assigned accomplished mentors to provide dialogue and coaching throughout the process. To succeed in the program, emerging leaders are required to 1) complete a nursing informatics leadership project, 2) attend meetings of the ANI governing directors, 3) participate in the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, including the Nursing Informatics Symposium, and 4) participate in the AMIA Annual Symposium.
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Alvin D. Jeffery is a Medical Informatics Fellow at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a Nurse Scientist at HCA in Nashville, and an Education Consultant at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., his Master of Science in Nursing from Northern Kentucky University and his PhD in Nursing Science from Vanderbilt University. He is currently working toward his Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University.