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I have been invited to be part of the Journal of the Medical Informatics Association Editorial Board for 2026-2028. I look forward to furthering leading research in the field of health informatics. https://academic.oup.com/jamia/pages/Editorial_Board

I was recently invited to be a member of the Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan. Excited to be part of a group that is so passionate about mixed methods research, and in using this approach for investigating addressing health and social inequities.

I recently was recognized with the Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA) for my professional achievement and leadership within health informatics: https://amia.org/news-publications/congratulations-2026-famia-inductees.

It is wonderful to be part putting together our team’s recent workshop on Research methods to advance health and healthcare equity within health informatics for the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium.

Thanks to Dr. Claudia Lai for inviting me to present on Participatory research approaches Graduate Class on Research Methods in Health Informatics and Digital Health.

I had the chance to be part of the Fall Mixed Methods Workshop offered through Michigan Medicine, where I presented on Applying and drawing core and complex designs. I am continually impressed by the development of the mixed methods field through the multiple projects that are brought forward during these workshops.

Our team’s paper on Human technology intermediation to reduce cognitive load: understanding healthcare staff members’ practices to facilitate telehealth access in a Federally Qualified Health Center patient population was nominated for the Diana Forsythe Award. The award is given to a publication that best exemplifies Diana Forsythe’s scholarship that intersected informatics and social sciences and… Continue reading Nominated for the Diana Forsythe Award

Happy to announce that our team’s communication brief on’ ‘The Administrative Burden of Medication Affordability Resources: An Environmental Scan with Implications for Health Informatics to Advance Health Equity has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The paper summarizes an environmental scan of medication affordability resources for commonly prescribed medications for… Continue reading Paper on Medication Affordability Resources

Always appreciate the opportunity to be part of the University of Michigan’s Mixed Methods workshops. This year they had a special focus on Intersecting a Qualitative Research Design with a Mixed Methods Research Design. It was wonderful to hear about all of the projects people are working on and how mixed methods continues to advanced… Continue reading Presentation on Narrative Inquiry for Mixed Methods Research

My media review of Shan’s book on ‘Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers‘ has been published in the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. I really appreciated to collation of chapters by foundational methodologists in mixed methods research. I found it to be a good book to introduce graduate students to… Continue reading Media Review Published in the Journal of Mixed Methods Research