New York Chapter of HIMSS Scholarship

Sponsored by the HIMSS New York Chapter

The New York Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is pleased to announce a new scholarship for a student of healthcare informatics. Established and funded by the HIMSS New York Chapter, this scholarship is awarded to a HIMSS student member who exhibits academic excellence and future leadership potential in the healthcare information and management systems industry. New York student members are all encouraged to apply for the scholarship. 

The amount of the scholarship is $5,000 and is given annually.

Criteria:

Applicants for the New York Chapter Scholarship must fulfill these minimum requirements:

• The applicant must be a member in good standing of HIMSS
• The applicant must be a member of National HIMSS and the New York Chapter
• The applicant must be attending a school in New York
• The primary occupation of the applicant at the time the scholarship is awarded must be that of student in an accredited undergraduate, Masters or PhD program related to the healthcare information management systems field. The specific degree program is not a critical factor, although it is expected that programs similar to those in industrial engineering, operations research, healthcare informatics, computer science and information systems, mathematics, and quantitative programs in business administration and hospital administration will predominate.
• Undergraduate applicants must be at least a first-term junior when the scholarship is awarded.
• Applicants must submit an essay of no more than 500 words – (details are stated on the scholarship application)
• Previous Foundation Scholarship winners are ineligible.

2009 Scholarship Recipients

Samuel A. Espino
SUNY (State University of New York) Medical Center

Lindsay C. Speros
Columbia University School of Public Health