Rita Kukafka, DrPH, MA
Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical Informatics Sociomedical Sciences (Public Health)
Director, Public Health Informatics Specialization, Department of Biomedical Informatics
My research is at the crossroads of Biomedical Informatics and Public Health, Public Health Informatics, including:
o Computer interventions for health promotion, patient education, health and informed decision making
o Patient Focused Electronic Health Record Systems and Personal Health Records
o Computers for Health Education, Tailored health communication
o Interactive computer graphics for communicating health risk probabilities to patients
o Design, implementation and evaluation of health websites / collaborative software
♣ creating content & community
♣ connecting researchers, providers and patients
o Using methods of participatory design to design new information systems
Getting in Touch:
Columbia University
Department of Biomedical Informatics
622 West 168th Street,
Vanderbilt Clinic 5th Floor
New York, NY 10032
Telephone: 212 305-9193
