Stony Brook University

12/18/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/18/2024 11:08

RSOM’s Sritha Rajupet Named AMIA Fellow

Sritha Rajupet, chair of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine at the Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine, was awarded by her peers the designation of Fellow of AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), or FAMIA.

Rajupet will be honored along with 87 FAMIA recipients for her contributions to informatics and AMIA at the AMIA 2025 Clinical Informatics Conference in May 2025, where she will be formally inducted into the Fellowship of AMIA.

FAMIA recognizes AMIA member professionals who apply informatics skills and knowledge towards the goals of enhanced personal and population health, improved organizational performance and learning, and individual empowerment in healthcare. Fellows apply informatics skills and knowledge within their professional setting, demonstrate professional achievement and leadership, and contribute to the betterment of AMIA.

"AMIA is proud to recognize this seventh cohort of FAMIA inductees," said Kate Fultz Hollis, chair of the FAMIA Executive Committee. "These unique professionals bring so much value to our industry through the application of their informatics knowledge and also through their sustained commitment to the betterment of AMIA itself."

Rajupet is a triple-board-certified physician in the fields of family medicine, preventive medicine and public health, and clinical informatics. She combines her passion for patient care and teaching with strategic planning for population health-based interventions using robust data sets, research, and quality improvement initiatives. Rajupet is actively involved in the development of integrative care delivery and payment models as well as the execution of population-based projects focused on improving value-based care to vulnerable and underserved communities.

AMIA, the leading professional association for informatics professionals, is the center of action for more than 5,500 informatics professionals from more than 65 countries. As the voice of the nation's top biomedical and health informatics professionals, AMIA and its members play a leading role in assessing the effect of health innovations on health policy and advancing the field of informatics. AMIA actively supports five domains in informatics: translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, clinical informatics, consumer health informatics, and public health informatics.