Learn more about the Group on Information Resources (GIR) Work Groups.
Please contact gir@aamc.org if you are interested in joining any of our GIR Work Groups.
Data-Driven Academic Medical Centers Work Group
The Data-Driven Academic Medical Centers (DDAMC) Work Group seeks to provide a forum for ideas and discussion around creating and continuously improving data-driven decision making across the academic medicine community by sharing knowledge and enabling academic medical centers to leverage new and existing data to inform the decisions across their missions, strategic initiatives, and daily operations. This cross-cutting work group is led by chairpersons coming from the Group on Information Resources, Group on Business Affairs, and Group on Institutional Planning and is open to all AAMC constituents, with the goal of building a community of members who are interested in data-driven decision making and taking part in collaborative opportunities and projects surrounding data-driven activities and initiatives. Work group members are expected to participate on monthly calls, volunteer for and/or help find speakers for monthly presentations around topics that the group considers timely, as well as contribute resources (e.g., articles, dashboards, screenshots).
- Data-Driven Academic Medical Centers Work Group: Scope and Approach (PDF)
- Join the Data-Driven AMCs Virtual Community
Co-Chairs
Karla Loya, CPA, MBA
Director, Decision Support Analytics, Finance & Administration
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
GBA Member
Tim Muth, MS
Senior Planner, Medical School Facilities
University of Michigan Medical School
GIP Member
Christen White, MS
Assistant Director, Academic and Learning Technologies, Data Services
University of Washington School of Medicine
GIR Member
CARE (Community, Access, Respect, and Empowerment) Work Group
The GIR CARE (Community, Access, Respect, and Empowerment) Work Group is open to all members of the AAMC community and welcomes all who have an interest in learning about, promoting, and championing equal opportunity in informatics. Work Group participants will share promising practices around the support and promotion of equal opportunity efforts in IT: plan for webinars and conference presentations that highlight efforts at our member institutions and encourage dialogue around cultivating our future IT workforce.
- CARE Work Group Charge (PDF)
- Webinar: Creating a Collaborative Culture Through Remote Work
- Remote Work Roadmap (PDF)
- Join the CARE Work Group Virtual Community
Co-Chairs
Jayson Diener-Brazelle
Senior Supervisor and Project Manager, Education Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Ceradwen Tokheim
Instructional Designer Academic & Learning Technologies
University of Washington School of Medicine
Steering Committee Liaison
Courtney Terry
Assistant Director, Information Technology
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Education Technology Work Group
The Educational Technology Work Group is responsible for informing GIR members and the AAMC on education technology issues, trends and related infrastructure, as well as interfacing with AAMC groups (GSA, GIP, GEA) and other external groups (EDUCAUSE, etc.). The Work Group may also be tasked with responding to emerging education technology issues. It is comprised of GIR members who have an interest in and knowledge of education technology infrastructure.
Co-Chairs
Max Anderson, PhD, MLIS, MS
Director, Curriculum Operations
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Jinjie Zheng, PhD, MS, MA
Assistant Professor, Medical Education
Morehouse School of Medicine
Steering Committee Liaison
Laurie Gelles, PhD
Educational Technology Team Lead
University of Vermont, Larner School of Medicine
Instructional Design Community
The mission of the Instructional Design Community, which falls under the Education Technology Work Group, is to establish a network for instructional designers, instructional technologists, IT professionals and curriculum leads interested in information sharing and collaboration related to instructional design issues between their institutions. This community will address the needs and challenges of instructional designers as key liaisons crossing curriculum and IT, as well as support the implementation of instructional design best practices for medical education within the AAMC.
Research Technology Work Group
The Research Technology Working Group (RTWG) is responsible for informing GIR members and the AAMC on research technology issues, trends and related infrastructures while working collaboratively with other AAMC groups, particularly the Group on Research Advancement and Development (GRAND). This work group is also tasked with responding to emerging research technology issues, particularly in areas such as: mechanisms to identify and share research data management strategies, governance models, and standards; practices for designing and developing new research infrastructures at scale; and strategies and resources for workforce cultivation in medical research IT practice.
- Research Technology Work Group Charge (PDF)
- Join the Research Technology Work Group Virtual Community
Co-Chairs
Amy Cole
IT Project Manager
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Danielle Mowery, PhD, FAMIA
Chief Research Information Officer, Penn Medicine
Assistant Professor of Informatics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine