WELCOME TO THE 2024 HIMSS CHANGEMAKER IN HEALTH AWARDS PUBLIC VOTING SITE. PLEASE REVIEW THE NOMINEES WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FINALISTS FOR THIS AWARD. TO CAST YOUR VOTE:
To view all finalists by award category, use the Group Dropdown Box and click on Submit. Division Dropdown Box should remain “Any”.
- Click on the Read More button on the finalist you would like to vote for. This will bring you to their individual page.
- Above their photo, click on Click here to Create an Account to Vote (username is your email and then you create a password). This will only need to be completed once.
- Once your account is created, a gray Thumbs Up icon will appear at top of the photo.
- Click on Thumbs Up and your vote is cast! Please be careful voting as votes cannot be retracted.
- Voters may select a maximum of ten (10) finalists; voters are limited to one vote per finalist.
- To return to the finalists listing, click on the double blue arrows to the right of the finalist’s name.
Award Category Health Equity: AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld is among the nation’s foremost experts and most respected voices on how emerging digital technologies and better data collection at the point of care can eliminate health disparities for historically marginalized communities and improve patient outcomes on a broad scale.
Award Category Health Equity: Marina El Khawand, a youth ambassador for health equity at 18, founded Medonations NGO after the Beirut explosion, marking the genesis of her journey as a passionate humanitarian and human rights advocate. The core purpose of Medonations is to provide free, equal, and equitable medical assistance to all individuals across the nation. In 2022, Marina embarked on a new chapter by initiating the construction of Medonations' Free Clinic in Beirut. Marina aims to equip her free clinics with state-of-the-art early detection, treatment, and healing equipment.
Award Category Health Equity: Gabriel is a mission-driven Health IT professional with 16 years of experience in health IT/IS, specifically non-profit HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ healthcare. Gabriel is a recent MSHI graduate from UIC and currently oversees the health informatics ecosystem for the world's largest LGBTQ+ services provider, whose mission is building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society.
Award Category Health Equity: Dr. Warne is Co-Director for JHU BSPH Center for Indigenous Health and Provost Fellow for Indigenous Health Policy. An expert and researcher on Indigenous Health, he is a significant voice in health & equity policies, which impact Indigenous populations. He created Indigenous health-focused MPH and PhD programs at NDSU and UND. As well as spent time working as a trustee, committee member, and adviser to national public health agencies such as CDC, NIH, and IHS.
Award Category Health Equity: Dr. Monika Sonu leads a health-tech company with over 15 years of experience and roles spanning as a doctor, entrepreneur and social innovator. She has designed impactful digital health platforms & was named HIMSS Future 50 Innovation leader in 2021. She believes that a tech-driven healthcare future requires prioritizing healthcare workforce education and upskilling. Her mission: empowering healthcare professionals at the last mile across Africa, with free digital health education and not-for-profit digital health platforms to combat health inequities through her initiative HIT LABS 10,000.