Who, Me? My Road to Informatics

<p class="p1">Hello and welcome to Informatics in the Round,  a podcast designed to help everyone become a part of the dialog about topics in biomedical informatics. </p> <p class="p1">I’m Kevin Johnson, a physician and informatics researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. @kbjohnsonmd on Twitter, <a href='http://www.kevinbjohnsonmd.net'>www.kevinbjohnsonmd.net</a> on the web! </p> <p class="p1">In this episode of Informatics in the Round  I’m joined by a half dozen guests.  </p> <ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">Sarah Bland, a leader in Vanderbilt’s Center for Precision Medicine is here, along with her son Bradley.</li> <li class="li1">Dr. Yaa Kumah Crystal, a clinical informatics expert and role model for African American women, is here with her son Jude.</li> <li class="li1">Jane Bach (songwriter and storyteller extraordinaire) is here</li> <li class="li1">Shannon Rich (my very smart and very courageous friend) is here.</li> </ul> <p class="p1"> Why all these guests? Because today’s topic is all about me and my new Children’s book called <a href='https://www.worldscientific.com/series/wm'>Who, Me? I’m a Biomedical Informatics Expert Now</a>.  It’s part of a series that Professor <a href='https://my.vanderbilt.edu/davidweintraub/'>David Weintraub</a>, Professor <a href='https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/bio/ann-neely'>Ann Neely</a>, and I are producing. </p> <p class="p1">I want to warn you that the guests ask me some very personal questions that I answer honestly. It might not be for everyone’s tastes. But that’s what the fast forward button is for. </p> <p class="p1">Anyway, I hope you learn a bit about me, and about my journey from this episode.</p> <p class="p3">We end with a wonderfully fitting song for this episode, written by <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-bach-035a9014'>Jane Bach</a> and sung by Jo Dee Messina:  Dare to Dream. <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2aF1z9myw'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2aF1z9myw</a>. Thanks for letting me end with such great music!</p>