Quotes and Facts
“The women in AMIA Leadership Program is absolutely essential for increasing the number of women who advance into leadership roles in Health and Information Technology. Research in the corporate world has shown that boards that have a 30% or more representation of women lead to firms with better financial performance, more innovative ideas stemming from gender diversity, and lower board volatility. We expect that this remains true when it comes to overall leadership in the Health Information Technology space.”
Omolola Ogunyemi, PhD, Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Chair, Women in AMIA Subcommittee on Career Development
“Informatics is a rapidly growing and diverse profession and AMIA is the professional home for informatics leaders. The Women in AMIA’s Leadership Program is interdisciplinary, comprehensive and provides essential training, coaching and networking opportunities to help women embrace challenges and to cultivate the skills needed to join the ranks of senior health informatics leaders."
Patricia Dykes, RN, PhD, MA, Harvard Medical School
AMIA Board Chair-elect
Yu Liu, Zuobao Wei, and Feixue Xie, “Do Women Directors Improve Firm Performance in China?” Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 28 (2014): p. 169-184;
Meggin Thwing Eastman, Women on Boards: Progress Report 2017 (MSCI, December 2017); Carolyn Wiley and Mireia Monllor-Tormos, “Board Gender Diversity in the STEM&F Sectors: The Critical Mass Required to Drive Firm Performance,” Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, vol. 25, no. 3 (January 2018).
Carolyn Wiley and Mireia Monllor-Tormos, “Board Gender Diversity in the STEM&F Sectors: The Critical Mass Required to Drive Firm Performance,” Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, vol. 25, no. 3 (January 2018).