News and events

Health Terminology Standards Seminars, May & June 2021, 5-6pm PT/ 8-9PM ET

This series features International experts in the field of Health Informatics. With the current global changes and demands in health care, optimizing our systems is becoming increasingly important and urgent.

Sex and Gender Working Group Ready for Action in 2021

A UVic-led research team was awarded funding through the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research to develop previous CIHR-funded work in modernizing how sexual and gender minorities are documented and identified within Electronic Health Records.

Online information sessions in March and April 2021.

Mary Ziel Boncajes, a fourth-year Health Information Science student at the University of Victoria, has been chosen as the HINF 2020 Co-op Student of the Year.

Congratulations to Evangeline Wagner and Thomas Armstrong for receiving the 2020/2021 Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award (JCURA).

Rav Goodison explains what it’s like to work full-time in health informatics during a pandemic while completing a PhD online, designing and applying urgent solutions to frontline workers. As a full-time contract project manager working across BC’s burgeoning Vancouver - Lower Mainland region, Rav Goodison is also completing her PhD online at the School of Health Information Science with a focus on improving project delivery. To do this is challenging; to do this during a pandemic even more so.

Join us for the School of Health Information Science Fall 2020 Seminar Series. This series will feature International experts in the field of Health Informatics. With the current global changes and demands in health care, optimizing our systems is becoming increasingly important and urgent.

UVic School of Health Information Science – Undergraduate & Graduate Information Session (Online)

The School of Health information Science is pleased to share that MSc and Health Terminology Certificate alum Dr. Scott Prior, MD has been appointed as an Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO) for Forensic Implementations with Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).

Amr Farghali, School of Health Information Science MSc student and teaching assistant is a Student Research Presentation winner.

Dr. Francis Lau, Professor in School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, wrote an excerpt titled, "Capturing Social Determinants of Health-related Activities in Electronic Health Records."

UVic’s double degree program—the only one of its kind in Canada—trains nurses to select, develop, implement, and evaluate information technology. It gives them the knowledge and experience to identify concerns, design safe and usable systems and address nursing practice issues before and during technology implementation.

SNOMED International is interested in sponsoring a student or recent graduate of the School of Health Information Science's Health Terminology Standards Certificate Program to attend the upcoming SNOMED CT Expo 2020 Event in Lisbon, Portugal.

Nadia Ghali is the HINF Co-op Student of the Year.

New cancer screening methods use automated visual data for faster diagnosis, more accurate care.

VADA Program Info Session highlights

The Visual and Automated Disease Analytics (VADA) Program trains health, health informatics, and computational science graduate students to translate complex health data into insights that can be used to improve the health of populations and support health care decision-making. The VADA Program welcomes interested faculty and graduate students to learn about how they can get involved and funded through the program.

On Tuesday, Dec 10th, 2019 join us for a panel discussion hosted by Dr. Qi and 3 international speakers. The panelists will discuss applying big data and artificial intelligence in hospitals in China.

The University of Victoria Health Terminology Standards Graduate Certificate Program is now accepting applications for its fall 2020 cohort.

Francis Lau, Professor in School of Health Information Science & Dr. Nathan Lachowsky, Assistant Professor in School of Public Health and Social Policy, both at the University of Victoria, are jointly facilitating the Sex and Gender working group. For more info visit:

Andrew Abuleal is a 4th year BSc Health Information Science student doing his 3rd co-op in Kenya.

A research team at the University of Victoria is conducting a study entitled Beyond Ability411: A Participatory Action Research Study to Scale-Up a Web-Based Service About Assistive Technologies for Older Adults in British Columbia.

The School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria is pleased to invite applications from talented scholars for two faculty positions.

Health Information Science students and alumni are working above and beyond in order to meet the goal of providing the best health care to the population.

Innovation teams at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health make their cases to ‘Dragons'

Congratulations to our Alumni Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia (MSc) for receiving The 2019 Digital Health Executive of the Year.

The School of Health Information Science extends our best wishes for success in the national competition.

ITCH 2019 proceedings are now available online.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki will be a keynote speaker in the Global Healthcare Communications Summit taking place in Toronto.

Big Data, Big Challenges: A Healthcare Perspective

This event showcased the work of the 2018-2019 Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award recipients. Over 100 students from all across campus came together to present their research posters.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki, recipient of the HSD Teaching Excellence award

The Visual and Automated Disease Analytics graduate training program is now recruiting.

Shannon Malovec being named one of the 2018 Women Leaders in Digital Health.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Borycki has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS).

Dr. Jennifer Zelmer is the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement’s New President and CEO

ITCH 2019 Call for Papers

Information Technology & Communications in Health (ITCH) 2019 Conference Registration is now open!

Health Information Science Alumni, Brigitte Mettler is the President of BC Health Information Management Professionals Society for 2018/19.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki designs health information technologies that improve patient care and safety

Alum at Island Health developed a Workshop for Emerging Health Informatics Professionals. The workshop successfully showed HINF students how their studies translate into the real world.

Lisa Saffarek was awarded the Excellence in Telehealth Award.

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki is one of the 12 recipients of the prestigious MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Award.

The School of Health Information Science invites applications for the position of Assistant Teaching Professor, effective July 1, 2018 or as negotiated. The deadline to apply is May 15, 2018.

Maclean's magazine published an article about UVic, which lists Health Information Science as one of UVic's standout programs.

Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) Call for Nominations

UVic to offer Canada’s first CHIMA accredited Health Terminology Standards Certificate Program

Dr. Elizabeth Borycki is one of the 17 new Fellows inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) at ceremonies during the AMIA 2017 Annual Symposium.

Four UVic Health Information faculty members receive the honor of being named to the top 100 biomedical and health informatics researchers in the world by IMIA and become founding members of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics.

Dr. Andre Kushniruk has been selected to replace Dr. Jermey Theal as Vice-President, North America and COACH Representative to IMIA.

This handbook presents the science and practice of eHealth evaluation based on empirical evidence gathered over many years within the health informatics discipline. The handbook describes different approaches used to evaluate the planning, design, implementation, use and impact of eHealth systems in different health settings. It also provides a snapshot of the current state of knowledge on the consequences of opting for eHealth systems with respect to their effects and implications on provider performance and health outcomes.

Shannon Malovec, a health informatics leader and UVic alumni, was elected to Digital Health Canada's Board of Directors.

The 16th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO2017), is to be held August 21st-25th, 2017 in Xiamen, China.

Join the discussion with The Sex and Gender Working Group on the fourth Tuesday of each month in 2021 and learn more about digital health systems that support safe and effective healthcare for sexual gender minority Canadians.