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    Work Groups - GIR

    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).

    Co-Chairs

    Jhojana Infante Linares
    Director for the Office of Data Analysis & Strategy
    Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
    GIR 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.

    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

    Pauline Becker, MA
    Strategy & Operations Director, Technology & Digital Solutions
    Stanford University School of Medicine

    Doug Cohen
    Director, Educational Computing, Information Technologies & Services
    Weill Cornell Medicine

    Steering Committee Liaison

    Jennifer Dworaczyk, MEd
    Director of Academic Technology
    Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College 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.

    Co-Chairs

    Gurm Dhugga
    Associate Director for Digital Solutions, Research & Core Technology
    University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine

    Nate DiGiorgio
    Chief Research Information Officer, Penn Medicine
    IT Manager | Systems Administration
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

    Steering Committee Liaison

    Danielle Mowery, PhD
    Chief Research Information Officer | Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI)
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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