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Advancing Health Equity Through Informatics and Data Science
Dr. Suzanne Bakken’s research is at the intersection of informatics, evidence-based nursing practice, and underserved populations. Her primary interests include decision support systems, mobile computing, natural language processing, and use of web-based approaches for interactive health communication in underserved populations.
Alumni Professor of Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing, Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
She is the director of the Precision in Symptom Self-Management Center, which advances the science of symptom self-management for Latinos, considering variables such as genetics, environmental factors, health behaviors, and interpersonal relationships. She also directs the Reducing Health Disparities Through Informatics Pre- and Post-doctoral Training program, which aims to train future informaticians to effectively use data science-enabled precision medicine approaches. Dr. Bakken is the current Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.