( authored more than 25 publications in...)AMIA Announces 2008 Summit on Translational Bioinformatics,Health

"Translational Bioinformatics is a new sub-discipline and domain within biomedical informatics. In 2005, Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of the NIH, wrote that 'At no other time has the need for a robust, bidirectional information flow between basic and translational scientists been so necessary.' Clearly evident in Dr. Zerhouni's quote is the role biomedical informatics needs to play in facilitating translational medicine," said Butte. "As translational bioinformatics is now one of AMIA's major domains of informatics, I am pleased that AMIA will work to build the first national annual meeting for the presentation and discussion of research work in this field, and am proud that AMIA is reaching out to clinical, genomics, and bioinformatics investigators."

The summit will provide a forum to showcase research-related issues among the nationwide initiatives on translational research informatics, such as CTSA, caBIG, NCBC, and others. In addition, the meeting will bring together leaders in the field to create a framework for developing, deploying, and assessing translational bioinformatics initiatives. We anticipate that non- research issues relating to translational bioinformatics and clinical research informatics will continue to be part of the Spring Congress and Annual Symposium.

"With the rapidly emerging and highly visible role of translational bioinformatics as a central component of our national biomedical research enterprise, the opportunities for AMIA and its membership to assume a leadership role in this critical area are significant," comments Philip R. Payne, MD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University. "AMIA's recent approval of its third annual meeting, which wi
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