We are pleased to invite you to submit your research to the 16th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2026), to be held at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., on May 8-9, 2026, with a preconference Doctoral Consortium on May 7, 2026.
Conference Co-Chairs: Ritu Agarwal, Guodong (Gordon) Gao, Jeffrey S. McCullough and Indranil Bardhan
Program Co-Chairs: Atiye Cansu Erol and Wei Wang
Papers are solicited on a wide range of topics including, but not limited to:
•Health IT's adoption and economic impact
•Artificial Intelligence (AI) for healthcare (Agentic AI, Generative AI, human- AI collaboration, machine learning, and big data)
•Data ecosystems (health information exchange, interoperability, governance)
•New IT enabled care delivery models for clinical operational optimization
•Telehealth, mHealth, and patient engagement
•IT for healthcare applications (algorithmic bias, fairness and improved healthcare outcomes across populations)
•Applications for mental health
•Complex social challenges
Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: February 27, 2026
Notification to authors: March 20, 2026
Conference dates: May 8-9, 2026
Doctoral consortium: May 7, 2026
The Call for Papers for CHITA 2026 is available here.
Additional information can be found on the conference website.
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About CHITA:
CHITA is an annual research summit and doctoral consortium that gathers prominent scholars in a multidisciplinary setting. CHITA, through the lens of the growing significance and impact of analytics and health information technology, focuses on advancing individual and population health, along with improving health system quality and performance. Each year, the conference attracts over 100 scholars and thought leaders from more than 40 institutions. CHITA provides a forum for researchers to disseminate their work and network within a growing and vibrant community. This conference fosters collaboration between academia, government and industry to bridge research, policy, and practice. The conference is hosted by the Center for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (CDHAI) at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. CHITA is produced in partnership with co-chairs from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the University of Texas at Austin.
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© Center for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence 2026
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Weiguang Wang
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore MD
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