PHE 427: An Introduction to Health Informatics, the field devoted to the optimal use of data, information, and knowledge to advance individual health, health care, public health, and health-related research.

Why Does Informatics Matter?

As a class, we aim to answer the following questions:

  1. What is informatics? How is it related to Data Science?
  2. How can informatics inform public health policy?
  3. How can informatics help serve underserved populations?
  4. How can informatics help show geographical inequities in healthcare?
  5. How can informatics aid in cohort discovery?
  6. How can informatics help in identifying social determinants of health?
  7. How can informatics help in public health education?
  8. How can informatics help aid in public health issues?
  9. How can informatics help in surveillance of disease outbreaks?
  10. How does informatics help address the replication crisis?