Directory
This Directory includes Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni selectable by category, search or alphabetical by last name. Over 110 students have graduated from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (25+ PhD, 50+ MS, 25+ Certificate). The diversity of careers available to DBMI alumnus is evident in their biographies. Many of our graduates are teaching and performing research in academic institutions, such as Vanderbilt University, Arizona State University, and New York University while others have entered private industry with companies such as Cerner Corporation and Boston Scientific; some have positions in government agencies, such as the NIH and AHRQ, while others are at major medical centers, serving in roles such as Chief Medical Information Officer. We maintain a database of the career paths of our graduates. If you are an alumnus, please contact us if you would like to submit or update information!
Gina McKernan
Biography
Research Interests:
Dr. McKernan’s current research interests and funded work includes: using machine learning (ML) techniques to understand the relationships between clinical, biologic, biomechanical, demographic, and environmental factors and behavioral and psychosocial outcomes of people with disabilities, creating enhanced data structures by appending socio-geographic and demographic data to existing clinical data, and analysis of randomized controlled trials involving neuro-stimulation and pharmacologics for individuals who have experienced stroke, TBI, and other conditions. She currently serve as the Co-director for the data center and Informatics Core of the NIH HEAL initiative at the University of Pittsburgh, overseeing data governance, monitoring, sharing, and statistical analysis.