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Sam Volchenboum elected chair of AMIA bioinformatics group

By November 18, 2015August 16th, 2017News

We are happy to announce that CRI Director Sam Volchenboum has been elected the next Chair of the Genomics and Translational Bioinformatics Working Group of the American Medical Informatics Association. This working group is dedicated to facilitating communication and collaboration between scientists to advance translational research and clinical care through the use of genomics data. Sam will lead the group in initiatives to increase data sharing, promote genomics data standards and interoperability, develop educational opportunities for clinicians, and more. Congratulations to Sam for this honor!