Scholarships
ILHIMA supports the professional development of individuals engaged in the undergraduate study of health information technology, health information management, and/or graduate study in health information management or related fields. Scholarships are awarded through ILHIMA-designated funds and the number and amount of scholarships may change from year to year.
The scholarship deadline is December 4, 2026.
Previous Scholarship Winners
| First Name | Last Name | School | Scholarship Type | Award Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nora | Groesbeck | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2026 |
| Alishba | Imran | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2026 |
| Sulaf | Masri | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2026 |
| May | Phyu | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2026 |
| Alyssa | Raczkiewycz | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2026 |
| Florinda | Araya | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2026 |
| Clair | Fron | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2026 |
| Jiyul | Kim | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2026 |
| Amanda | Mei | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2026 |
| I Huan (Iris) | Yang | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2026 |
| Nicole | Koziol | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2025 |
| Cody | Jones | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2025 |
| Zainab | Saeed | McHenry County College | Undergraduate | 2025 |
| Lisa Marie | Saldivar | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2025 |
| Sibby | Chacko | The College of St. Scholastica | Graduate | 2025 |
| Jacqueline | Ivery | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2024 |
| Rochelle | Reeder | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2024 |
| Paly | Butthajit | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Jessica | Francois | Devry University | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Karoline | Kantor | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Shawn | Kurian | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Cecelia | Perez | Danville Area Community College | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Colleen | Seabert | McHenry County College | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Luke | Wells | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Samantha | Zocher | Saint Louis University | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Hayat | Zouak | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2024 |
| Farah | Salim | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2023 |
| Stephanie | Allen | Southwestern Illinois College | Undergraduate | 2023 |
| Erwyn | Arizo | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2023 |
| Jacqueline | Bozsa | Southwestern Illinois College | Undergraduate | 2023 |
| Bund | Chaudhary | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2023 |
| Jennifer | Cunningham | McHenry County College | Undergraduate | 2023 |
| Jacqueline | Kendall | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2023 |
| Lisa | Sedlak | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2023 |
| Benjamin | Tam | University of Illinois | Graduate | 2022 |
| Mian | Urfy | University of Illinois | Graduate | 2022 |
| Alina | Asif | University of Illinois | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Grace | Buhmann | University of Illinois | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Diana | Dinh | Joliet Junior College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Stephanie | Knitter | Joliet Junior College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Louise | Kross-steppan | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| John | Latino | Mchenry County College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Jacqueline | Mamou | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Khushbu | Patel | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Breanna | Seals | Richland Community College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Pal | Shah | University of Chicago Illinois | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Panthi | Shah | University of Illinois Chicago | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Carissa | Simon | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Laura | Statkeviciene | Moraine Valley Community College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Aameraben | Vahora | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Doreen | Vigan Medji | Moraine Valley Community College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Leslie | Villalon | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Caroline | Wieland | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Jack | Wightkin | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2022 |
| Ashli | Bell | Southwestern Illinois College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Michele | Burke | Southwestern Illinois College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Keya | Desai | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Eileen | Doherty | Moraine Valley Community College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Erica | Fernandez | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Hyun | Jernegan | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Kawinna | Kawinsangkom | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Maee | Kokh | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Yagney | Patel | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Rupal | Patel | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Nora | Raheem | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Robert | Shukis | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Ellen | Sweeney | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Anila | Agoviku | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Dawn | Dobrzynski | Moraine Valley Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Jaidev | Gundechia | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Ryan | Khiavi | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Mya | Kral | College Of Dupage | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Alison | Lundberg | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Urszula | Mandecka | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Andrea | Marqua | Richland Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Abigale | McKnight | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Violeta | Suciu | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Anna Marie | Tenuta | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Maria | Totorovici | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Araceli | Vargas | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Maggie | Wegmann | Waubonsee Community College | Undergraduate | 2020 |
| Courtney | Gordon | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2020 |
| Deborah | Morley | Moraine Valley Community College | Graduate | 2020 |
| Hannah | Birchfield | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Joanna | Jaworska | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Nhi | Kamel | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Madeleine | Larock | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Rebecca | Lee | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Erika | McMahon | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Hoang | Nguyen | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Yonghong | Lei | Harper College | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Olga | Olson | College of Lake County | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Abbi | Shenaut | Midstate College | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Jan | Rickie Signe | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Catherine | Szewczyk | McHenry County College | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Erika | Izah | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2019 |
| Joshua | Aguiar | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2019 |
| Agnieszka | Lemoine | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Chloe | Bruno | Rend Lake College | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Neocean | Long | Resurrection University | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Eman | Anwar | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Lina | Hoffman | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Jon | Kiser | Oakton Community College | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Anna | Konieczna | Moraine Valley Community College | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Saira | Patel | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Nikita | Patel | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Jamie | Walters | Richland Community College | Undergraduate | 2018 |
| Renee | Bull | John A. Logan College | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Sarah | Davis | Rend Lake College | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Violeta | Ezerskis | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Edyta | Grygo | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Rose | Hermanson | Southwestern Illinois College | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Nicole | Hilario | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Jessica | Jackson | Chicago State University | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Tiffany | Johnson | John A. Logan College | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Colleen | Kerrigan | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Afolake | Olakanye | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Sabah | Othman | College of Lake County | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Shetal | Parikh | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Nathan | Rathod | Illinois State University | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Ariona | Reliford | Northwestern Business College | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Sacha | Sims | Resurrection University | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Katie | Torres | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2017 |
| Daniel | Bloomfield | University of Illinois at Chicago | Graduate | 2017 |
| Angelena | Arnold | Midstate College | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Sabrina | Beck | Shawnee Community College | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Ereny | Henien | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Fatema | Halai | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Marina | George | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Elizabeth | Collazo | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Erika | Howell | Waubonsee Community College | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Adam | Jachymiak | Moraine Valley Community College | Undergradudate | 2016 |
| Gypsia | Kangou | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Steven | Lazzar | The University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Brittney | Lindsay | Southwestern Illinois College | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Fatima | Nawaz | University of Illinois at Chicago | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Katarzyna | Modzelewski | College of DuPage | Undergraduate | 2016 |
| Uzma | Fatima | College of St. Scholastica | Graduate | 2016 |
2022 ILHIMA Annual Conference Student Presentations
Blockchains
Michele Budnovich
Cybersecurity: The Effects on Corporate Structure and You
Raymond Grodek
Introducing AGS AI Platform
Pavan Modh
Social Determinants of Health and Electronic Health Records
Falilatu Lasisi
The Information Blocking Rule – Implications for HIM
Agnieszka Jadczak