AMIA presents a number of awards in recognition of special accomplishment in the field of informatics. There are three categories of AMIA awards: Signature Awards, Annual Symposium Awards, and Working Group Awards. Awards are usually presented at the Annual Symposium during events such as the Leadership Dinner, Opening Session, and Closing Session.

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Signature Awards

In January of 2005, the AMIA Board of Directors approved a plan for AMIA to have a spectrum of distinct and comprehensive awards. The Signature Awards program provides an opportunity for AMIA members at different stages of their career to be recognized for significant contributions to the field.

The Martin Epstein and Student Paper Awards

The Martin Epstein and Student Paper Awards are issued in recognition of best student papers at the Annual Symposium.

AMIA New Investigator Award
This award recognizes an individual for early informatics contributions and significant scholarly contributions on the basis of scientific merit and research excellence. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award

This award recognizes a distinguished career with significant impact permeating the care of patients and the discipline of nursing. Click here for list of past winners and additional information. A list of donors is noted below.

Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contributions in Informatics

Don Detmer's tenure as President and CEO of AMIA marked the beginning of a dramatic transformation for the organization and its standing in the greater health care community. Yet his commitment to advancing informatics' causes and the profession began long before he assumed his leadership role at AMIA. This award will recognize an individual that has made a significant singular contribution or series of contributions over the course of a career exemplifying the expertise, passion, and spirit that Dr. Detmer has for health policy. 

Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics
This award recognizes an individual at any stage of a career for a specific technological, research, or educational contribution that advances biomedical informatics. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence

In honor of Morris F. Collen, a pioneer in the field of medical informatics, this prestigious award is presented by the American College of Medical Informatics to an individual whose personal commitment and dedication to biomedical informatics has made a lasting impression on the field. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

Annual Symposium Awards

AMIA provides a series of merit awards each year for research work submitted to its Annual Symposium through the rigorous submission and review process. 

Distinguished Paper Awards

Distinguished papers are awarded each year at the Annual Symposium Closing Session. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

Distinguished Poster Awards

The Awards Committee will recognize between two and ten distinguished posters with awards presented at the Annual Symposium Closing Session. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

Working Group Awards

Nursing Informatics Working Group Award (NI-WG)

Honors a student who demonstrates excellence in nursing informatics and who has the potential to contribute significantly to the discipline of nursing and health informatics. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

The Harriet H. Werley Award (NI-WG)

A cash prize is presented to the paper presented at the AMIA Annual Symposium with a nurse as first author that is judged to make the greatest contribution to advancing the field of nursing informatics. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

Diana Forsythe Award (POI-WG)

Honors either a peer-reviewed AMIA paper published in the Proceedings of the Annual Symposium or peer-reviewed article published in JAMIA or other journals publishing medical informatics-related content that best exemplifies the spirit and scholarship of Diana Forsythe's work at the intersection of informatics and social sciences with a cash prize. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

The Homer R. Warner Award

The Homer R. Warner Award is named for Homer R. Warner, MD, PhD, a pioneer in the field of informatics and the founder of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

The Marco Ramoni Distinguished Paper Award

The Marco Ramoni Distinguished Paper Award for Translational Bioinformatics will be presented annually at the AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics. It will be given to the first author of the paper at the meeting that best exemplifies the spirit and scholarship of Marco Ramoni, applying informatics methods to the elucidation of basic molecular biology processes that are relevant to the conquest of human disease. The award winning paper will be announced at the closing session of the TBI Summit and will confer both a certificate and a cash award. Selection of the award will be determined by the TBI Scientific Program Committee. As a top paper at the Summit, the winning article will also be recommended for journal publication with other top contributions from the meeting, as is a tradition for the best papers presented at the TBI Summit.

Other AMIA Recognition Awards

Chairman's Club Award

This award honors an AMIA member for outstanding membership recruitment during the Member Get A Member Campaign. The award is presented annually at the AMIA Annual Symposium Chairman's Club Reception. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.

Leadership Awards

AMIA Leadership Awards are given by the Chairman of the Board and the President and CEO for outstanding volunteer leadership and service to the association or for leadership in the field. The awards are presented at the AMIA Annual Symposium. Click here for list of past winners and additional information.