Informatics Subdivision

The Informatics Subdivision is comprised of AMP members who indicate that they have a professional interest in informatics.

Responsibilities

Julie Woolworth Hirschhorn,
Ph.D., HCLD(ABB) (Chair)
Geisinger

The Informatics Subdivision leadership has membership on the Clinical Practice, Nominating, Program, and Training & Education Committees to ensure the continuing education and professional development of those who have a professional interest in informatics which is inclusive of bioinformatics, clinical informatics and other informatics as it relates to molecular and genomic pathology.

All members of the molecular diagnostics community are invited to suggest topics to be covered at AMP annual and international meetings. Please send recommendations to the relevant subdivision’s chair, the relevant subdivision’s representative on the Program Committee, or the staff at the AMP office.

More information about the activities of the Informatics Subdivision can be found in the AMP newsletter.

Committee Participation

The Informatics Subdivision has representatives on the Clinical Practice, Nominating, Program, and Training & Education Committees.

Subdivision Leadership — 2026

If you are interested in serving on the Informatics Subdivision, please see the various roles available and the responsibilities of each role by clicking here.

Chair
Julie Woolworth Hirschhorn, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB)
Geisinger

Representative to the Clinical Practice Committee
Thomas D. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
UCLA

Representative to the Clinical Practice Committee
Jeffrey Gagan, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health

Representative to the Nominating Committee
Weiwei Zhang, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Representative to the Nominating Committee
Christopher D. Coldren, Ph.D.
PathGroup

Representative to the Program Committee
Priya Velu, M.D., Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine

Representative to the Program Committee
Andrea Sboner, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine

Representative to the Training and Education Committee
Robert C. Bell, M.D.
University of Michigan

Representative to the Training and Education Committee
Heather M. Blankenship, Ph.D.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Junior Member
Ratilal Akabari, M.S.
Upstate Medical University

Committee Liaisons (ad hoc)

Liaison from the Economic Affairs Committee
Nicholas Bevins, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California at San Diego

Liaison from the Professional Relations Committee
Ryan Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D. 
Children's Hospital Los Angeles 

Ex Officio

President
Aaron D. Bossler, M.D., Ph.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Chief Executive Officer
Lauren S. Menser, CAE