Welcome
I came to Duke in 1996 and launched the world's first online informatics program in 1997. Our innovative Duke program promoted high standards of academic scholarship and clinical informatics practice, while permitting busy nurses to pursue master's, post-master's, and doctorate (DNP) education from almost anywhere on the planet. I resigned from this position in 2008 to redirect my career and focus on my research.
My academic role supports a mission that includes research, teaching, and service. My research has focused on data mining (machine learning) in search of predictors of preterm birth. My research interests also include patient privacy and health information technology (HIT) evaluation. I also helped launch an HIT consumer advisory council for NCHICA (nchica.org), as part of my service work. My life aside from an academic role pursues music, gardening, stained glass, and quality time with family and friends. A summary of my research and publications is provided with the links at the left of this screen.
Contact
I prefer email over telephone tag, and find it fairly difficult to respond to all the
email and phone messages that have overtaken most of us these days. I can't promise,
but I will try to reply if you email me at linda.goodwin(at)duke.edu