Suzanne B. Bakken, PhD, MS, BSN, FAAN, FACMI, FIAHSI
- Professor of Biomedical Informatics
- Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing
Overview
My program of research focuses on the use of information and communication technologies and informatics processes to advance health equity.
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Biomedical Informatics
- Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing
Administrative Titles
- Director, Center for PriSSM
- Director, Reducing Health Disparities Through Informatics Training Program
- Interim Vice Dean of Strategic & Innovative Research
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- BS, Nursing, Arizona State University
- MS, University of California - San Francisco
- PhD, Nursing, University of California - San Francisco
Committees, Societies, Councils
- 2023-27: Member, Methodology Committee, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- 2022-23: Member, Next Generation Technology Research Advisory Committee (NexTRAC) Subgroup, National Institutes of Health
- 2022-23: Member, Advisory Subgroup to National Advisory Council, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- 2018-22: Member, Board of Regents (National Advisory Council), National Library of Medicine
- 2019-: Member, Technical Advisory Group, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
- 2017: Chair, Strategic Planning Group on Consumer, Population and Public Health, National Library of Medicine
- 2015-: Member, Health Literacy Roundtable, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Honors & Awards
- 2021: Virginia K. Saba Award for Nursing Informatics Leadership, Sigma Theta Tau International
- 2019: Franciois Gremy Award of Excellence, International Medical Informatics Association
- 2018: International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Sigma Theta Tau International
- 2018: Nursing Informatics Award, Friends of the National Library of Medicine
- 2017: Fellow, International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics, International Medical Informatics Association
- 2015: Distinguished Alumni Award, University of California, San Francisco
- 2015-16: AAN/ANA/ANF Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residenice, National Academy of Medicine
- 2010: Pathfinder Award, Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research
- 2008: Helen Nahm Lecture Award, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing
- 2007: UCSF School of Nursing Centennial Wall of Fame
- 2006: 21st Century Achievement Award for Education and Academia, Computerworld Honors Program
- 2006: Institute of Medicine
- 2004: Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University
- 2004: Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
- 1997: Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics
- 1995: Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
Research
Program of research is at the intersection of informatics and health equity. Primary interests include community-engaged design approaches for informatics tools, information visualization, and health communication.
Research Interests
- Clinical decision support
- Community engagement
- Community Informatics Tools
- Data and information visualizations
- Firearm Injury Prevention
- Health Equity and Disparities
- HIV/AIDS
- Informatics
- Interventions for patient self-management
Selected Publications
- Informatics and Data Science Perspective on Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Pathway to Health Equity. Bakken, S., Dreisbach, C. Nursing Outlook (2022).
- Digital Phenotyping of Sleep Patterns Among Heterogenous Samples of Latinx Adults Using Unsupervised Learning. Ensari, I., Caceres, B.A., Jackman, K.B., Suero-Tejeda, N., Shechter, A., Odlum, M.L., Bakken, S. Sleep Medicine (2021).
- Characterizing Shared and Distinct Symptom Clusters in Common Chronic Conditions Through Natural Language Processing of Nursing Notes. Koleck, T.A. Topaz, M., Tatonetti, N.P., George, M., Miaskowski, C., Smaldone, A., Bakken, S. Research in Nursing and Health (2021).
- Helping Hispanic Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia "Get the Picture" About Health Status Through Tailored Infographics. Arcia, A., Suero-Tejeda, N., Spiegel-Gotsch, N., Luchsinger, J.A., Mittelman, M., Bakken, S. Gerontologist (2019).
- Sometimes More Is More: Iterative Participatory Design of Infographics for Engagement of Community Members with Varying Levels of Health Literacy . Arcia, A., Suero-Tejeda, N., Bales, M.E., Merrill, J.A., Yoon, S., Woollen, J., Bakken, S. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2016).
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov