2025 Advances in Learning Health System Sciences Conference
Held September 22, 2025 | McNamara Alumni Center
Followed by optional workshops on September 23, 2025
We would like to thank Children's Minnesota, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Mayo Clinic, Fairview Health Services, the MN EHR Consortium, HealthPartners, and Gillette Children's for their sponsorship and involvement in this year's conference.
The Conference
We are thrilled to bring back the Advances in Learning Health Systems Sciences Conference! This year's theme was Building Bridges in LHS.
This one-day conference featured keynotes, discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities for researchers with a wide range of LHS interests, followed by a half-day of optional workshops. We aimed to bring together the LHS community to discuss how to sustain success in our work to improve patient care during changing and challenging times.
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Congratulations to our People's Choice Best Poster Award winner!
Review of Standards-based Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) for Public Health Surveillance
Chanhee Kim (UMN), Larry Chen (UMN), Sarah Solarz (MDH), Sripriya Rajamani (UMN/MDH)
8:00-8:45am – Breakfast & Poster Session
8:45-9:00am – Opening Remarks
We will hear opening remarks from CLHSS Director Dr. Genevieve Melton-Meaux and CLHSS Deputy Director Dr. Tim Beebe, followed by remarks from Shashank Priya, Vice President for Research & Innovation.
9:00-9:45am – Keynote
Implementation Science in Learning Health Systems: Aligning Research Translation with Public Health Goals
Amy M. Kilbourne, PhD, MPH
Acting Deputy Chief Research and Development Officer for Investigators, Scientific Review and Management, Office of Research and Development, US Department of Veterans Affairs
Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School
9:45-10:30am – Building Bridges Across Systems: Advancing Implementation Science in Healthcare
Moderated by Jennifer Ridgeway, PhD, Mayo Clinic
10:30-11:30am – Networking & Poster Session
11:30am-12:00pm – Lunch
12:00-12:45pm – Keynote & Lunch
Pragmatic Trials in Action: Addressing Real-World Health Challenges
Areef Ishani, MD, MS
Director, Minneapolis Primary Care and Specialty Care Integrated Care Community (ICC), Minneapolis VA
Director, VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN23) Specialty Care ICC
Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota
1:00-1:45pm – Building Partnerships Between Public Health and Healthcare
Moderated by Bryan Jarabek, MD, CMIO, Fairview
1:55-2:40pm – Breakout Sessions
Data in Action: Stories from the MN EHR Consortium
Featuring:
Tyler Winkelman, MD, MSc, Hennepin Healthcare
Steve Johnson, PhD, University of Minnesota
Liz Radel Freeman, MPH, NorthStar Data Partners, LLC
Jesse Berman, PhD, University of Minnesota
Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Where Strategy, AI, and Investment Meet
Featuring:
Sameer Badlani, MD, Fairview Health Services
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, Center for Learning Health System Sciences
Mary Grove, Bread & Butter Ventures
2:50-3:50pm – Ignite Session: Building Better Health Systems Through Data
Moderated by Chris Tignanelli, MD, MBA, MS, FACS, FAMIA, University of Minnesota
We will feature six abstracts as bite-sized presentations that focus on the role data plays in improving healthcare practice. This session will highlight data partnerships, initiatives to make data more usable, and use cases where health data led to important findings.
4:00-4:45pm – Keynote
Karandeep Singh, MD
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chancellor’s Endowed Chair
Associate Professor of Medicine in Biomedical Informatics
Chief Health AI Officer and Associate CMIO for Inpatient Care
UC San Diego Health
4:45-5:00pm – Final Remarks
5:00-6:30pm – Reception
Workshops
These exclusive workshop sessions will take place the day after the conference on Tuesday, September 23.
Implementation Science
This interactive workshop is designed for individuals with an evidence-based practice they'd like to develop into a rigorous Implementation Science (IS) study.
Led by nationally recognized experts in IS — Drs. Amy Kilbourne (University of Michigan), Princess Ackland (Minneapolis VA), and Debbie Pestka (University of Minnesota) — this workshop offers an engaging environment to refine your ideas and gain practical strategies for advancing your work.
Participants will actively contribute by sharing their project ideas, providing and receiving feedback, and learning from the experiences of others. Whether you're just beginning to explore IS or looking to strengthen your existing approach, you'll leave with greater clarity, new connections, and next steps for your project.
Who Should Attend:
This workshop is ideal for clinicians, researchers, and healthcare professionals who are currently working with an evidence-based practice and are ready to explore how to study its implementation in real-world settings.
MN EHR Consortium Annual Meeting
Join us for a half-day workshop designed to bring members of the MN EHR Consortium and partners together to advance our shared mission to improve health by informing policy and practice through data-driven collaboration. This interactive morning will focus on strengthening collaborations and exploring innovative uses of our common data model. Participants will engage in focused discussions, planning, and other activities to shape the Consortium’s partnerships and direction for the coming year.
Who Should Attend:
This workshop is for partners and members of the MN EHR Consortium.
This year's conference was in collaboration with the MN EHR Consortium, a partnership between health systems and public health agencies working to provide comprehensive data to inform the real-time, changing needs of decision makers.
In addition to sponsoring this event, the Consortium hosted a breakout discussion at the conference discussing their work. The following day, MN EHR Consortium members were invited to attend a half-day workshop that will shape the Consortium’s partnerships and direction for the coming year.
This year's conference proudly partnered with Fairview, a health system nationally recognized with the Foster G. McGaw Prize for its unwavering dedication to improving the health and wellbeing of our local communities. This honor reflects Fairview’s deep-rooted commitment to community-centered care, made possible through the strength of its trusted local partnerships.
Learn more at: fairview.org/Foster-McGaw-Prize
In addition to sponsoring this event, Fairview hosted a breakout session led by Sameer Badlani, MD Chief Strategy and Digital Officer, Fairview Health Services, exploring Digital Health Transformation as a Competitive Advantage. This engaging discussion highlighted how Fairview is leveraging technology to enhance patient care, streamline operations, and strengthen its position as a leader in community health innovation.
Thank you to our sponsors
