Healthcare Information Technology Research (HITR) Study Section Members

Chairperson

Jenders, Robert Allen, M.D., M.S.
Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Director
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor of Medicine and Co-Director
Center for Biomedical Informatics
Charles Drew University
Los Angeles, CA 90059

Members

Asan, Onur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Systems and Enterprises
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 07030

Balas, Andrew, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Vice President
Biomedical Research Innovation Laboratory
College of Allied Health Sciences
Augusta University
Augusta, GA 30912

Bright, Tiffani, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Co-Director, and Chair
Department of Computational Biomedicine - Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Bucher, Brian T., M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Utah
School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT 84113

Cantor, Michael, M.D.
Vice President
Clinical Informatics
Regeneron Genetics Center
Tarrytown, NY 10591

Clapp, Mark, M.D. 
Assistant Professor and Physician Investigator 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Harvard Medical School 
Boston, MA 02115

Cross, Dori, Ph.D.* 
Associate Professor 
Division of Healthy Policy and Management 
University of Minnesota School of Public Health 
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Dexheimer, Judith, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor 
Department of Biomedical Informatics 
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Embi, Peter, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37203

Ernecoff, Natalie, Ph.D.* 
Policy Researcher 
Behavioral and Policy Sciences 
The RAND Corporations 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

He, Zhe, Ph.D.* 
Associate Professor 
School of Information 
Florida State University 
Tallahassee, FL 32312

Kazemi, Donna, Ph.D., RN
Professor
Department of Behavioral Health and Nursing Science
College of Nursing
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

Nguyen, Hien Van, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204

Ning, Xia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Computer Science and Engineering
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210

Novak, Laurie Lovett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37203

Overhage, Joseph, M.D., Ph.D.*
Chief Health Informatics Officer
Elevance Health
Zionsville, IN 46077

Prosperi, Mattia, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32610

Ramly, Edmond, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Program Director
Department of Health and Wellness Design
Indiana University School of Public Health
Bloomington, IN 47408

Rao, Goutham, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Family Medicine and Community Health
Case Western Reserve University and
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH 44106

Sanchez-Pinto, L. Nelson, M.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Preventative Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL 60660

Senathirajah, Yalini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Shade, Marcia, Ph.D., R.N.*
Assistant Professor
Department of Nursing
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198

Valdez, Rupa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Systems and Information Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, 22903

Wells, Brian, Ph.D., M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC 27104

Yang, Frances, Ph.D.*
Research Associate Professor
School of Nursing
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS 66160

Yen, Po-Yin, Ph.D., RN
Associate Professor
Institute for Informatics
Washington University School of Medicine
Goldfarb School of Nursing
Barnes-Jewish College
St. Louis, MO 63110

Zhu, Xi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Scientific Review Officer

Aponte, Boris, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Division of Scientific Review
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD 20857

Extramural Support Assistant

Lewis-Murray, Paula
Program Analyst
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD 20857

* Temporary Member. For grant applications, temporary members may participate in the entire meeting or may review only selected applications as needed.

Consultants are required to absent themselves from the room during the review of any application if their presence would constitute or appear to constitute a conflict of interest.