Professor Coiera elected as fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
Recognising outstanding contribution
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences announced the election of new fellows in October, prominent amongst these was Professor Enrico Coiera from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie.
Fellowship of the academy recognises an individual’s outstanding contribution to the health and medical research landscape in Australia.
Professor Coiera was honoured to be recognised after a long career in health informatics both in Australia and internationally.
Professor Coiera has recently urged Australia to invest in developing an AI-driven healthcare system of the future.
Professor Coiera has a research background in industry and academia and a strong international reputation for his work on decision support and communication processes in biomedicine. Professor Coiera is trained in medicine and has a computer science PhD in Artificial Intelligence. His textbook Guide to Health Informatics is in its 3rd edition, is widely used internationally, and is translated into several languages.
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Content owner: Australian Institute of Health Innovation Last updated: 19 Oct 2018 11:01am