The purpose of the Student Collaborative in Health Informatics Collaborative (SCHI) is to develop a network of graduate and undergraduate students as a forum for communication and sharing of ideas, and a network for collaboration between students and health informatics stakeholders. To enhance skills and the transfer of research knowledge between students, academics and industry practitioners, we aim to develop a student/academic track within relevant existing conferences, virtual and face-to-face, where none currently exists.

In the fourth year as an organization, SCHI plans to return in 2008 with conference events, including a Student Symposium building upon the features from last year's e-Health 2007 Conference Virtual Student Symposium.

SCHI Symposium 2008 organizing team:

• Richard Booth, RN, MScN, Doctoral Student, (The University of Western Ontario)
• Selena Davis, MHI (Dalhousie)
• Jennifer Gillert, (University of Waterloo)
• Lina Hdeib, MMATH(c) (University of Waterloo)
• Julie Kim, MEng, Doctoral Student (University of Waterloo; University of Toronto)
• Angela Krose, MSc (University of Toronto)
• Josephine McMurray, MRT, MBA, PhD(c) (University of Waterloo)
• Anita Stern, RN, PhD (McMaster University; University of Toronto)