Suzanne B. Bakken, PhD, MS, BSN, FAAN, FACMI, FIAHSI

  • Professor of Biomedical Informatics
  • Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing
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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

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