Before coming to Columbia, I worked for five years
as and analyst and software developer for The
Healthcare Management Council. HMC specialized in financial and
managerial consulting for public and private healthcare facilities around
the country. During my time there, I developed a database and a web
application for doing analyses and delivering interactive tools to clients
online.
Colby College
I graduated from Colby
College in Waterville, ME in 1999. I recieved a B.A. in Economics,
with minors in Physics and Computer Science. I also rowed, sang in
the Colby Chorale, sang in and directed the Colby Blue Lights, volunteered
as an EMT, and wrote databases for the Outing Club.
Curriculum Vitae
For more detailed information about me or my professional
experience, please contact me
directly.
This seems to be the standard response when telling
people what I am studying. Biomedical Informatics is the study of
information uses and needs to the medical and biomedical fields. As
with all information uses today, this involves heavy use of modern
computer science and information technology.
Accoding to Columbia: "Biomedical
Informatics is the scientific field that deals with the storage, retrieval,
sharing, and optimal use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge
for problem solving and decision making. It touches on all basic and
applied fields in biomedical science and is closely tied to modern
information technologies, notably in the areas of computing and communication."
The applications of Biomedical Informatics fall
into four distinct but overlapping fields: clinical informatics, bioinformatics
(primarily genetic research), public health informatics, and imaging
informatics. The academics behind these fields correlate with these
categories, though overlapping techniques mean it is not sensible
to study any one field in isolation.
Projects
eNote: simplifying clinician EHR interaction through free-text data entry.
