Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
- Assistant Professor of Nursing
Overview
Meghan Reading Turchioe’s program of research focuses on developing and implementing digital health technologies including mobile applications, wearable devices, telehealth, and artificial intelligence (AI). A major focus of her work involves leveraging methods from data visualization, human-computer interaction, and implementation science to return health data and support decision-making among patients, nurses, and other clinicians. With a focus on developing equitable solutions, her research is motivated by her experience as a cardiac nurse caring for a diverse patient population with multiple chronic conditions in New York City. Turchioe’s research is supported by multiple grants from NIH and industry.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Nursing
Gender
- Female
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- BSN, 2012 Boston College Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA
- MPH, 2015 George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health, Washington, DC
- PhD, 2018 Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY
- Fellowship: 2020 Health Informatics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Honors & Awards
2026: Google Higher Ed Faculty AI Fellowship
2025: Winner, Marie Cowan Promising Early Career Investigator Award, American Heart Association
2024: Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
2024: Fellow, American Heart Association
2024 – present: Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) Ambassador
2022: Finalist, Martha N. Hill Early Career Investigator Award, American Heart Association
2022: Early Career Alumni Award, Columbia University School of Nursing
2022 – 2024: Emerging Leader, Alliance for Nursing Informatics
2019: Dissertation Research Award, Columbia University School of Nursing
Leadership in Informatics/AI and Cardiovascular Care
2026: Chair, American Heart Association Atrial Fibrillation Systems of Care Advisory Group (Member: 2020 – 2024; Research & Publications Advisor: 2025)2026: Writing Committee, 2026 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
2026 – present: American Medical Informatics Association, Public Policy Committee
2025 – present: Co-Chair, Alliance for Nursing Informatics Policy Committee
2025 – present: Associate Editor for Artificial Intelligence, European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
2024 – 2026: Chair, American Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Working Group Policy Committee
2024 – 2026: Chair, American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Council Communications Committee
2023 – 2025: National Quality Forum Artificial Intelligence in Quality Measures Technical Expert Panel
2023 – present: Editorial board, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
2022 – 2024: Co-Chair, American Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Working Group Digital Communities Committee
2021 – 2024: Editor, American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Council Connections
Research
Selected Publications
For a complete list of publications, please visit MyNCBI.
Book Chapters
- Reading Turchioe M, Lai AM, Siek KA. (in press). “Designing and Deploying Mobile Health Interventions.” In V.L. Patel, T.G. Kannampallil (Eds.), Cognitive Informatics in Health and Biomedicine: Human-Computer Interaction in Healthcare – The Role of Cognition. Springer.
- Ancker JS, Reading Turchioe M. (2023). “The Promise of Patient Decision Support.” In R. Greenes (Ed.), Clinical Decision Support and Beyond. Progress and Opportunities in Knowledge-Enhanced Health and Health Care. Elsevier.
- Reading Turchioe M, Masterson Creber R. (2022). “User-centered development and evaluation of patient-facing visualizations of health information.” In P.S. Hsueh, T. Wetter, X. Zhu (Eds.), Personal Health Informatics: Patient Participation in Precision Health. Springer.
