Eneida A. Mendonça, is a Brazilian-born physician-scientist and biomedical informatician. She pioneered the use of natural language processing in both the biomedical literature and in electronic medical record narratives in order to identify knowledge relevant to medical decision making in the context of the patient care. In addition, she has devoted many years to develop innovative clinical information systems that have been integrated in the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, the Columbia University Medical Center, and the Cornell Medical Center. She holds a medical degree from the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil and a Ph.D. in biomedical informatics from Columbia University, New York.[3]
Eneida A. Mendonça | |
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| Born | Brazil |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Pelotas Heart Institute of Rio Grande do Sul |
| Awards | Inducted Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics 2001-HIMSS RP Covert Award[1] 21st Century Achievement Award for Education & Academia 2006 Computerworld Honors Program[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pediatrics Biomedical Informatics Translational bioinformatics |
| Institutions | Indiana University School of Medicine(2019-present) University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011–2019) University of Chicago (2008–2011) Columbia University(2002–2007) Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul do Rio Grande do Sul (1991–1996) |
| Academic advisors | James J. Cimino |
Currently, Mendonça is the Inaugural VP for Research Development of the Regenstrief Institute at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Mendonça has contributed over 100 publications to the fields of biomedical informatics and medicine.
Publications
editReferences
edit- ^ "Richard P. Covert Award, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). (Award given to doctoral students with academic and research excellence and potential for future leadership in healthcare information and management systems)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ 21st Century Achievement Award for Education & Academia, Computerworld Honors Program, Columbia University School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner PDA Project. Role: Leader, Project Architecture
- ^ "Eneida Mendonca, MD, PHD".
External links
edit- Eneida A. Mendonça’s former homepage as Faculty at Columbia University[permanent dead link]
- Eneida A. Mendonça’s at The University of Chicago
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