Sue Feldman - Biography

Biography

Sue Feldman, RN, MEd, PhD, FACMI, currently serves as Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Health Informatics in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA with a dual appointment in the Heersink School of Medicine in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science as well as a Senior Scientist in the Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention, a university-wide research center at UAB. Her research focuses on best practices for health information systems for social good and social protections. During COVID, she led several statewide initiatives resulting in her being awarded the HIMSS 2021 Changemaker in Health Award. Her teaching and research resulted in a recent Mentor of the Year award. Her international and domestic research in health, wellness and social-benefit initiatives has been funded by The World Bank, The Asian Development Bank, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, the Department of Labor, and other Federal and State agencies, Industry Partners, and Private Foundations. Her work in healthcare informatics transcends many domains, contexts, and user types.