The Center for Applied Health Informatics (CAHI) works with informatics researchers to define and use methods for applying data and information to clinical care and population health.

We develop and study innovations in informatics to improve both clinical and population health outcomes and work across disciplines to harness the power of data and technology. We strive to improve the lives of patients and communities in St. Louis and beyond.

Research Highlights

The Center for Applied Health Informatics leads in the research and application of informatics principles to clinical care and population health, and the identification and use of methods for improving health and health care with data and information. As a collection of applied researchers, we collaborate to share discoveries and approaches for applying clinical informatics.

The center also provides access to and training in the use of computationally derived (“synthetic”) and health services administrative data. We additionally provide data analysis and visualization services to advance applied clinical and population health research. Learn more about consultations and core services.

We demonstrate and provide support for various informatics approaches, including:

  • Integrating cognitive and behavioral informatics techniques
  • Clinical decision support
  • Supporting clinical reasoning and workflow
  • Advanced analytics for clinical data
  • Informatics to promote patient safety and quality
  • Supporting care continuity across transitions of both providers and patients
  • Human factors and human-computer interaction analysis
  • Applications of natural language processing
  • Creating and using computable phenotypes
  • Supporting clinicians adapting to health information technology
  • Use of information to support precision care
  • Application of biostatistical and machine learning algorithms to clinical data
  • Maintaining data repositories and managing data assets and data dictionaries
  • Training investigators, laboratory staff, and students on the ethical and secure use of data assets
  • Providing leadership on the analysis and visualization of clinical and population health data
  • Facilitating collaboration among interdisciplinary investigators
  • Advancing the use of data to inform researchers and the St. Louis community about health and healthcare
Leadership
Adam Wilcox, PhD, FACMI

Adam Wilcox, PhD, FACMI

Director, Center for Applied Health Informatics
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Faculty
Chih-Hung Chang, PhD

Chih-Hung Chang, PhD

Professor of Occupational Therapy, Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery

Aditi Gupta, PhD

Aditi Gupta, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Mackenzie Hofford, MD

Mackenzie Hofford, MD

Associate Chief Research Information Officer, School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of General Medicine School of Medicine

Thomas  Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA

Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Chief Research Information Officer, School of Medicine

Albert M. Lai, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA

Albert M. Lai, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA

Deputy Director, Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB)
Chief Research Information Officer, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Sunny  Lin, PhD, MS

Sunny Lin, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics

Andrew  P. Michelson, MD

Andrew P. Michelson, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Beth Prusaczyk, PhD, MSW

Beth Prusaczyk, PhD, MSW

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences

Aris Sotiras, PhD

Aris Sotiras, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology, School of Medicine

Po-Yin Yen, PhD, RN, FACMI, FAMIA, FAAN

Po-Yin Yen, PhD, RN, FACMI, FAMIA, FAAN

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics
Associate Professor, Goldfarb School of Nursing, Barnes Jewish College

Linying Zhang, PhD

Linying Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Additional Affiliated Faculty
Contact

For more information on the Center for Applied Health Informatics, please email Alicia Cicerelli at acicerelli@wustl.edu.