AHS professor wins Physician Innovator Award
Friday, June 7, 2024
Andrew Boyd, BHIS associate professor, was named the 2024 winner of the American Medical Informatics Association’s Clinical Informatics Physician Innovator Award.
The award has been presented to outstanding physicians annually since 2021 at the association’s Clinical Informatics Conference.
Informatics is the science of using biomedical data to improve human health, aid in the delivery of healthcare services and increase knowledge for scientific inquiry.
“We live in an age where massive amounts of medical information is available,” said Kal Pasupathy, BHIS department head and professor.
Dr. Boyd is a well-recognized physician-scientist who has in-depth clinical knowledge, years of experience and know-how to simplify various forms of data into a computable form. The American Medical Informatics Association is a leader in transforming healthcare through informatics. It is very fitting that he is recognized by this community for his innovative efforts and years of contribution. We are proud of Dr. Boyd.
Boyd’s recent work has focused on equity in health data and informatics. He co-directs UIC’s Institute for Equitable Health Data Science Research, which was created in February 2024 to analyze and eliminate potential biases in health data before they are embedded into artificial intelligence algorithms. This effort will create biomedical science and technology solutions while prioritizing health equity for diverse populations in Chicago and beyond.