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Professional Associations & Learned Societies in Biomedical Informatics

Module by: Dr. Sujata Krishna. E-mail the author

Summary: The value of joining Professional Societies is discussed briefly. A list of some important Professional Societies in various fields associated with the broad area of Biomedical Informatics is presented.

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“I cannot emphasize enough the importance of being a member of a professional society. In fact, I found my first senior scientist position via the American Chemical Society’s jobs website.”
- Stacey Kalovidouris, Institute of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Rice University.

Once a definitive career path has been determined, coming to understand what that entails often leads to the idea of joining a professional society.

There are several advantages to joining a Professional Society or Association in your particular field. While there are many benefits to joining, here are some of the main ones:

  • Networking Opportunities – To establish and maintain Professional Relationships, to affiliate with a reputed group.
  • Journal – A society is usually associated with one or more journals to which you receive reduced or free subscription. Journals disseminate current advancements in the profession.
  • Conference – A society’s annual meeting is often a major conference in the field. Members may get registration discounts.
  • Listserv for members
  • Professional Development
  • Finding employment via the society’s job board and network
  • To impact the profession.

Some Factors to Consider

  • Cost of membership
  • Unwarranted emails
  • Unwanted solicitation
  • Location constraints for events
  • Presence/absence of a local chapter

Societies in the broad Biomedical Informatics area:

(Not a comprehensive list)

Table 1
1 BioChemistry American Soc. Biochem. & Mol. Bio. (ASBMB)
2 Chemistry & nano* American Chemical Society (ACS)
3 Peptide Chemistry American Peptide Society (APS)
4 Protein science Protein Society
5 Microscopy Microscopy Soc. of America (MSA)
6 Crystallography Am. Crystallographic Association (ACA)
7 Pharmacology Am. Soc. For Pharma. & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
     
8 Biothermodynamics The Gibbs Society
9 General Biology Fed. of Am. Soc. for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
10 Microbiology Am. Soc. For Microbiology (ASM)
11 Microbiology Am. Soc. For Virology (ASV)
     
12 Cognitive Science (Decision Making/ Problem Solving) Cognitive Science Society
13 Experimental Psychology Psychonomic Society
14 Neuroscience Soc. For Neuroscience (SFN)
15 Vision Research Assoc. for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO)
     
16 Physics American Physical Society (APS)
17 BioPhysics Biophysical Society (BS)
     
     
18 Biomedical Informatics American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
19 Information Processing International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
20 Technical Communications Society for Technical Communication (STC)
21 Human Computer Interaction Computer-Human Interaction (CHI)
22 Internet Technologies International Association of Internet Professionals (IAIP)
23 Computer Science Assoc. for Computing Machinery (ACM)
24 Computational Biology International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
25 Material Measurement Material Measurement Laboratory (NIST)
26 Math/Computation Soc. for Industrial & Applied Math (SIAM)
     
27 Engineering Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
28 Systems Engineering International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
29 Standards Engineering Standards Engineering Society (SES)
30 Electrical/Electronics Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
31 Robotics International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
32 Photonics Soc. of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
33 Marine Engineering Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
34 Chemical Engineering Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
35 Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
36 BioEngineering/CS Am. Inst. For Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

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