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Texas Health Informatics Alliance

Fifth Annual Conference:

ALL IN: Practice of Trustworthy and Responsible AI Operations in Health Care

Save the Date: September 26, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The University of Texas Arlington (UTA), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), Texas State University (TXST), Texas Woman’s University (TWU), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), and The University of North Texas (UNT) are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Texas Health Informatics Alliance Conference. This conference will bring together the Health Informatics community in Texas, provide an opportunity to share, collaborate, showcase the amazing work in Health Informatics, and feature presentations and keynote speakers from our state. This year, it will be hosted as an in-person conference on Friday, September 26, from 8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CDT at The University of Texas Arlington in Arlington, Texas.

The motto for the Fifth Annual Texas Health Informatics Alliance Conference is “ALL IN: Practice of Trustworthy and Responsible AI Operations in Health Care”. We invite researchers, developers, health professionals, information management professionals, data and information scientists, and students to submit abstracts. While we anticipate that the focus will be on the topic listed below, we welcome contributions addressing other relevant topics or in the field of general Health Informatics.

Trustworthy and responsible AI in health care is not just a technological imperative—it is an essential one. At THIA 2025, we will explore how augmented intelligence, which combines human expertise with advanced computational tools, can be implemented in ways that are ethical, transparent, and equitable. This year’s conference will focus on the operationalization of AI systems that prioritize patient safety, data integrity, fairness, and accountability. Join us as we examine the latest innovations, governance frameworks, and real-world applications that ensure AI enhances—not compromises—health care delivery and outcomes.

Planning Committee

The conference is planned collaboratively by the Center for Innovation in Health Informatics (CIHI) at UTA, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, Department of Health Informatics and Information Management at TXST, The Houston J. and Florence A. Doswell College of Nursing at TWU, the Clinical Informatics Center at UTSW, and the Department of Information Science at UNT.

 

Conference Chairpersons for the 2025 conference are:

 

Marion J. Ball

EdD, FLHIMSS, FCHIME, FAAN, FACMI

  • Raj and Indra Nooyi Endowed Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering
  • Presidential Distinguished Professor
  • Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Health Informatics

University of Texas at Arlington

Mujeeb A. Basit

MD, MMSc

  • Associate Professor in Internal Medicine
  • Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UTSW Health System
  • Associate Director, Clinical Informatics Center

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Ana D. Cleveland

PhD, AHIP, FMLA

  • Regents Professor
  • Sarah Law Kennerly Endowed Professor
  • Director, Health Informatics Program College of Information

University of North Texas

Susan H. Fenton

PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA

  • Dr. Doris L. Ross Professor
  • Vice Dean for Education
  • Director, Center for Quality Health IT Improvement McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

David Gibbs

PhD, CPHIMS, CPHI, CHDA, CHPS, CISSP, FHIMSS

  • Associate Professor
  • Chair of the Department of Health Informatics & Information Management

Texas State University

Mikyoung Angela Lee

PhD, RN

  • Professor
  • Doswell Endowed Chair for Informatics and Healthcare Transformation
  • Program Director, Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics The Houston J. and Florence A. Doswell College of Nursing

Texas Woman’s University