FYI
Sherri
Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D.
Professor
Biomedical and Health Informatics
School of Medicine and
Department of Health Services (Adj)
School of Public Health
Co-Director, Center for Public Health Informatics
University of Washington BOX 35-4943
Seattle, Washington 98105
206-221-7444
206-491-6380 (mobile)
206-616-5249 (FAX)
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Subject: [BHI-Folk] Special Guest Lecturer Sponsored by CIPCT Program
Importance: High
Special
Guest Lecturer Sponsored by CIPCT Program
Thursday,
March 18, 2010
12:00
– 1:00 p.m., Health Sciences, Room T-661
The
Clinical Informatics and Patient Centered Technologies (CIPCT) Program is
sponsoring a lecture “Reducing Health Disparities through
Informatics,” by Dr. Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc, FAAN, FACMI, Columbia
University. Dr. Bakken is the Director of the Center for Evidence-based
Practice in the Underserved, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Alumni
Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing. Dr.
Bakken’s research pursuits are at the crossroads of healthcare
informatics, evidence-based practice and underserved populations. Clinical interests include utilization of
informatics interventions to aid patient self-management of illness,
enhancement of health literacy, and improvement of patient safety through the
use of clinical decision support and translating research to practice.
Populations include: HIV/AIDS, depression, obesity, tobacco cessation. In her presentation Dr. Bakken will provide
an overview of several projects that utilize informatics to reduce health
disparities.