Prof. Yalini Senathirajah of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Prof. Yalini Senathirajah, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Abstract: Biomedical informatics is the study of the proper use of information and information technologies in healthcare.  Health IT has great capability to make improvements, but also has posed many problems in the design of electronic health records, so that physicians and others are becoming burned out.  We do research on a different approach which makes the information systems into flexible evolvable platforms which can be rapidly changed by clinicians; this is useful in many different situations including pandemics. It can also improve healthcare workers efficiency, cognitive processes, discoveries, aid innovation overall.  We will cover this and other new approaches in the field, and discuss some of the opportunities and challenges for innovation and collaboration in informatics today.

Prof. Yalini Senathirajah, PhD is Associate Professor in the department of biomedical informatics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she does research in new approaches to electronic health record design, and patient-facing healthcare technology interventions.  She is the developer of MedWISER, a novel platform which gives medical personnel much more control of the record.  Her previous work includes research, technology development, and teaching at Northwell Health, Columbia University Health Sciences campus, Harlem Health Promotion Center, and Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn.  Her interests include using technology for equity, and global health.  She holds a PhD in biomedical informatics from Columbia University, an AB in biology (with East Asian studies minor) from Harvard University, and studied at Ontario Veterinary College.

Biography:

Prof. Yalini Senathirajah, PhD is Associate Professor in the department of biomedical informatics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she does research in new approaches to electronic health record design, and patient-facing healthcare technology interventions.  She is the developer of MedWISER, a novel platform which gives medical personnel much more control of the record.  Her previous work includes research, technology development, and teaching at Northwell Health, Columbia University Health Sciences campus, Harlem Health Promotion Center, and Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn.  Her interests include using technology for equity, and global health.  She holds a PhD in biomedical informatics from Columbia University, an AB in biology (with East Asian studies minor) from Harvard University, and studied at Ontario Veterinary College.

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