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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#212121">Conference on Health IT and Analytics, 2025: AI for Societal Health</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#212121">Call for Papers</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The 15th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2025) will be held at the
<b>University of Texas at Austin</b> on <b>April 26-27</b>. The theme of this year’s conference is “<b>AI for Societal Health</b>” with a focus on the following topics: responsible artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare, use of large language models for
 better healthcare decision making, AI-human collaboration in transforming healthcare practice and delivery, and AI to reduce healthcare disparities and improve societal health and welfare.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">We invite submissions for presentation at the conference. Papers are solicited on a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, health IT adoption and economic and clinical impact; AI for healthcare analytics,
 machine learning, and big data; health information exchange and interoperability; new IT enabled care delivery models; telehealth and patient engagement; health IT and policy; and the role of IT in improving fairness and health equity. Papers that approach
 these topics with diverse disciplinary perspectives: computer science, public health, economics, management, psychology, and medicine, are invited. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The conference will include research presentations, research panels (with several brief presentations), and keynote speakers. Authors are also invited to submit to the track “Health IT and Analytics (HITA) in
 Action”, featuring brief case studies of innovations in HITA being applied for real-world impact.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Please note that the conference web page is available at the link below.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty-and-research/departments/irom/chita/" title="https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty-and-research/departments/irom/chita/"><span style="color:#467886">https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty-and-research/departments/irom/chita/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">Paper Submissions</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">Submissions will be accepted online through EasyChair. Papers submitted to EasyChair <b>must</b> be in PDF format and <b>no larger than 50 MB</b>. <i>Please
 note that you will need to create an EasyChair account to access the submission portal. Details for submissions via EasyChair are currently being finalized and will be communicated in the next few days. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">Please submit a brief abstract (one page, 500-word max) by Friday, February 28, 2025 (<b>mandatory</b>). You may optionally submit an extended abstract
 of no more than five pages (11-point font, one-inch margins on four sides, double- spaced) or a full manuscript in addition to the brief abstract. Submissions will be reviewed for novelty, rigor, relevance, and impact on health policy. Decisions will be sent
 to authors no later than <b>Friday, March 21, 2025</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The CHITA CfP and paper submission links on EasyChair are now active – pls. see links below. The paper submission deadline is <b>Feb. 28, 2025</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Call for Papers: <a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/CHITA2025" title="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fcfp%2FCHITA2025&data=05%7C02%7C%7C81ccb2d61c074b289f7c08dd424d6b57%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638739622471383244%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOn"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://easychair.org/cfp/CHITA2025</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Paper Submission Link: <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chita2025" target="_blank" title="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3Fconf%3Dchita2025&data=05%7C02%7C%7C81ccb2d61c074b289f7c08dd424d6b57%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638739622471398514%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chita2025</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#212121">Doctoral Consortium<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">A <b>half-day doctoral consortium</b> will be held at UT Austin on <u>Friday, April 25, from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm</u>. The doctoral consortium provides
 an opportunity for doctoral students to receive feedback on their research from senior researchers, network, and discuss career issues as they advance towards careers in academia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">Send your CV, a one-page description of your research, and a letter of nomination from your faculty advisor as a <b>single PDF</b> <a href="mailto:christian.nixon@mccombs.utexas.edu" title="mailto:christian.nixon@mccombs.utexas.edu"><span style="color:#467886">via
 email to Mr. Christian Nixon</span></a>. Your subject line should read ‘CHITA 2025 Doctoral Consortium Application’. The deadline for submissions to the CHITA doctoral consortium is <b>March 28, 2025</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#212121">Conference Registration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">Our Cvent registration system will be active by next week and you will be able to register for the conference by then.</span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">In the meantime, please reserve your hotel room using the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center reservation link shown below, as rooms are likely to go fast during that time. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">We look forward to seeing you in Austin, Texas in April!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">Indranil Bardhan (Conference Chair, UT Austin)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">Honorary Conference Co-Chairs: Ritu Agarwal (Johns Hopkins), Gordon Gao (Johns Hopkins), and Jeffrey McCullough (Michigan)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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