Health Informatics

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The Division of Health Informatics pursues research, education, and service in the application of information science and technology to improve human health, healthcare quality, and the value of healthcare. Division faculty have expertise in the use and effects of information technology in healthcare, such as adoption, usability, fit, utility, generalizability, scalability or sustainability, and in the intelligent use of data to inform policy and decision making, such as applications of data mining, machine learning or analytics. Division faculty and staff participate in multi-disciplinary, collaborative projects with other divisions, departments and partner organizations, including faculty, staff and students at the Medical College in NYC and Qatar, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Tech and Cornell University in Ithaca.

Training Grant 

CUNY-WCM Big Data Training Program in Biomedical Informatics (BD2BMI)

Affiliated Education Program

MS in Health Informatics

Current Research Highlights

Deep Learning for Identifying History of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors from EHRs

November 5, 2024

Suicide is a critical public health challenge, ranked as the tenth leading cause of death overall in the US. Personal (PSH) and family history (FSH) of suicidal thoughts and behaviors are significant risk factors associated with suicide. While these behaviors provide critical insight into...

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AIDH Seminar: Whole Brain Imaging for Quantitative Profiling of Neural Complexity and Disease

October 29, 2024

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is excited to host Dr. Zhuhao Wu, assistant professor of neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine, for a presentation on whole brain imaging to study basic brain composition, development, and wiring, as well as a broad range of neurological and psychological diseases. The seminar will take place on November 19 at noon at 575 Lexington Ave, Room 904. Zoom option is also available.

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Using a Natural Language Processing Approach to Improve Studies of Suicide Circumstances

October 25, 2024

From 2000 to 2021, suicide rates in the U.S. surged by 36 percentThe National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) tracks information related to suicide victims, including demographics and social determinants of health. Currently, NVDRS data is manually annotated by human abstractors. However, the system lacks a peer verification process, leaving room...

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Faculty & Staff

Ali Al Sanousi , PhD, MBA, MBBS, MSc
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
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Jessica Ancker , PhD, MPH, FACMI
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Katerina Andreadis
Katerina Andreadis , MS
  • Research Project Manager
David Artz , MD, MBA
  • Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences (Courtesy)
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Sarah Ayton
  • Healthcare Data Specialist III
Zilong Bai
Zilong Bai , PhD, MEng
  • Research Associate
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Thomas Campion Jr., PhD, MS
  • Chief Research Informatics Officer
  • Associate Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences in Pediatrics
(646) 962-2345
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John David Chelico , MD, MA
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Adam David Cheriff
Adam David Cheriff , MD
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Tanzeem Choudhury , PhD
  • Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Curtis Leland Cole , MD, FACP
  • Vice President and Chief Global Information Officer
  • Frances and John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Libraries and Information Technology
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
(212) 746-0483
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Melani Ellison
Melani Ellison
  • Patient Research Coordinator
Deborah Estrin , PhD, MS
  • Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Jose Florez-Arango , MD, PhD, MS
  • Program Director of the M.S. in Health Informatics
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
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John Travis Gossey
John Travis Gossey , MD, MS, MPH
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Samuel Gutierrez
Samuel Gutierrez
  • Senior Administrative Specialist
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Wilson Jacobs
  • Research Manager
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Rohith Kumar Thiruvalluru
  • Senior Health Informatics Analyst
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Haoyang Li , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate
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Yifan Liu
Yifan Liu
  • Health Data Scientist
John-Paul Mead , MD
  • Clinical Instructor in Population Health Sciences
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Yuan Meng , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate
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Weishen Pan , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences
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Vimla Lodhia Patel , PhD, MA
  • Adjunct Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Jyotishman Pathak , PhD
  • Vice Chair for Entrepreneurship
  • Chief of the Division of Health Informatics
  • Frances and John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics
(646) 962-9415
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Braja Patra
Braja Patra
  • Research Associate in Population Health Sciences
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Yifan Peng , PhD, MEng, MS
  • Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Emma Pierson , PhD, MS
  • Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Marianne Sharko , MD, MS
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
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Mohit Sharma , MPH
  • Research Manager
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Evan Sholle
Evan Sholle , MS
  • Lecturer in Population Health Sciences
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Edward H. Shortliffe , MD, PhD
  • Adjunct Professor of Population Health Sciences
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David Jan Slotwiner
David Jan Slotwiner , MD
  • Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Daniel M. Stein , MD, PhD, MA
  • Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Chang Su , PhD
  • Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
  • Walsh McDermott Scholar in Public Health
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Cong Sun , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences
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Victoria Lynn Tiase
  • Lecturer in Population Health Sciences
Leah Topaz
Leah Topaz , PhD, MSc
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
Veer Vekaria
Veer Vekaria
  • Health Data Scientist
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Fei Wang , PhD
  • Director, Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health
  • Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Xingbo Wang , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences
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Henry George Wei , MD
  • Lecturer in Population Health Sciences (Courtesy)
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Mark Weiner , MD
  • Deputy Chief Information Officer for Health System and Research Analytics
  • Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Terrie Rose Wheeler
Terrie Rose Wheeler , AMLS
  • Librarian in Population Health Sciences
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Yunyu Xiao , PhD, MPhil
  • Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
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Zhenxing Xu , PhD, MS
  • Research Associate
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Chengxi Zang , PhD
  • Instructor of Population Health Sciences
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Yiye Zhang, Ph.D., MS
Yiye Zhang , PhD, MS
  • Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
(646) 962-9437
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Qiannan Zhang , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences
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Contact Information

Phone(646) 962-9409

Mailing Address

Health Informatics
Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medical College
425 E. 61st St., Suite 301
New York, NY 10065 

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