The Community Health Informatics Advisory

Community Health Informatics  (CHI) is a translational research approach within and outside the field of health informatics that develops work that is culturally relevant, community-centered, and inclusive of various perspectives and experiences to advance health equity.

Community Health Informatics 

The CHI Advisory is an inter-institutional and interdisciplinary group of researchers with expertise in health informatics and race.

The CHI Advisory evaluates the work of the CHID Lab and considers its implications for achieving health equity.

Dr. Kadija Ferryman

Dr. Kadija Ferryman

Dr. Ferryman is currently core faculty at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Karmen Williams

Dr. Karmen Williams

Dr. Williams is an Assistant Professor in the Population Health Informatics program and Health Policy and Management at the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.
Dr. Melissa Creary

Dr. Melissa Creary

Dr. Melissa Creary is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health.
Dr. Terika McCall

Dr. Terika McCall

Dr. McCall is an Assistant Professor in the Biostatistics Department (Health Informatics Division) at the Yale School of Public Health, and Director of the Consumer Health Informatics Lab (CHIL) at Yale.
Ms. Odia Kane

Ms. Odia Kane

Odia Kane is a doctoral student studying Health Policy and Management with a concentration in Bioethics and Health Policy at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Charles Senteio

Dr. Charles Senteio

Dr. Senteio is a health informatics researcher and an Associate Professor at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information in the Department of Library and Information Science.
Dr. Megan Threats

Dr. Megan Threats

Dr. Megan Threats is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. She is also Visiting Research Faculty at the Yale School of Public Health.
Dr. Kevin Wiley, Jr.

Dr. Kevin Wiley, Jr.

Kevin Wiley, Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Healthcare Leadership and Management at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
Dr. Judy Wawira Gichoya

Dr. Judy Wawira Gichoya

Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology and Health Informatics at Emory University.
Dr. Amelia Gibson

Dr. Amelia Gibson

Dr. Gibson is an Associate Professor and director of the Community Equity Data & Information Lab at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Ms. Hope Gracie Gray

Ms. Hope Gracie Gray

Hope Gray is a doctoral student studying Interdisciplinary Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Acknowledgements
The CHID Lab website is a collaborative effort of the following people:

The CHID Lab Team
Kim Gallon, Director
Terina Keller, Assistant Director
Kristen Reynolds, Postdoctoral Fellow
Joan Mukogosi, Coordinator of the Community Health Informatics Working Group
Sophia Gumbs, Grad. Research Assistant
Mariana Waller, Undergrad. Research Assistant
Breanna Villareal, Undergrad. Research Assistant
Clarissa Thorne-Disla, Undergrad. Research Assistant

Web Design Team
Rene Payne, Creative Director, included
Chelsea Alexander, Designer, included
Cole Johnson, Web Developer, included

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The community in Providence and the larger world.

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