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Jiajie
Zhang, Ph.D.
Dr. Doris L. Ross Professor
Associate Dean for Research
PI &
Co-Director, National Center for
Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare
Co-Director, Center for
Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making
School of Biomedical
Informatics
University of Texas at Houston
7000 Fannin, Suite 600,
Houston, TX 77030
713-500-3922 (office),
713-500-3929 (fax)
Jiajie.Zhang@uth.tmc.edu
Dr. Zhang is the Dr. Doris L. Ross Professor and has been the Associate Dean for Research since 2002 at the School of Biomedical Informatics. As a researcher, he has spent the past two decades doing research in biomedical informatics, cognitive science, human-centered computing, decision making, and information visualization. He has authored more than 130 publications. He has been the principal investigator or co-investigator on more than two dozen grants from ONC, NASA, Office of Naval Research, Army, NIH, James S. McDonnell Foundation, State of Texas, and other funding agencies. Most recently he is the Principal Investigator of a $15 million award for the National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare under ONC’s SHARP program for Patient-Centered Cognitive Support. As a teacher, he has been teaching courses in human-computer interaction, information visualization, and technology-mediated social dynamics. He has supervised or co-supervised nearly twenty PhD students and over sixty master’s students. Dr. Zhang was a recipient of John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award. As the the Associate Dean for Research he helped the school increase its research funding and expenditures at a fast rate. He was instrumental in establishing a few research centers: Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making (Co-Director), Center for Translational Neuroinformatics (Acting Director), the Joint UTH-UTMB Center for Personalized Biomedical Informatics, and the newly ONC-funded National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare (Co-Director). Dr. Zhang also has some training in academic leadership and business administration. Dr. Zhang is an elected Fellow of American College of Medical Informatics
Research Interests
- Biomedical informatics
- Human-centered computing
- Cognitive Science
- Electronic Health Records
- Information Display and visualization
- Medical Error
- Decision Making
Education
- Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, U.C. San Diego
- M.S. in Cognitive Science, U.C. San Diego
- B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Science & Technology of China
- Academic Leadership Development Program, University of Texas at Houston
- Executive Healthcare Business Administration Training, University of Houston
Honors
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John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Texas at Houston
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Recognition of Outstanding Leadership as Chair of Faculty Governance Organization, School of Health Information Science, U. of Texas at Houston
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