John Holmes Elected to the American College of Medical Informatics
OCTOBER 3, 2006
John H. Holmes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics in
Epidemiology at HUP, has been elected as Fellow of the American College
of Medical Informatics, which honors individuals from the United States
and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the
field of medical informatics. Dr. Holmes' election to the College
recognizes his interdisciplinary work, spanning over 20 years, that
joins informatics and epidemiology. A Penn graduate in sociology, he
holds a MS in Information Systems and PhD in Information Science from
Drexel University. His research interests focus on developing new
algorithms for data analysis and signal detection in epidemiologic
surveillance and computerized patient behavioral interventions. Dr.
Holmes will be inducted into the College at a formal ceremony during
the Fall Symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association in
November, 2006
