Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics
Regenstrief Institute
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Dr. Dixon is the Clem McDonald Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Indiana University (IU) Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute. In addition, Dr. Dixon serves as the Director of Public Health Informatics and Research Scientist at the Regenstrief Institute. Dr. Dixon’s research focuses on applying informatics methods and solutions to improve population health in clinical as well as public health organizations. Leveraging large-scale clinical and administrative data, Dr. Dixon engineers solutions to optimize information and workflow, enhance surveillance of disease and injury, and improve population health outcomes. Dr. Dixon teaches informatics courses to future clinical as well as public health leaders, and he regularly mentors junior scientists in informatics, public health, and health services research. Dr. Dixon also has a part-time role as a Health Research Scientist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs where he applies informatics to solve challenges facing care delivery to our nation’s heroes.
Dr. Dixon has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles and 25 book chapters. He is further the editor of three highly acclaimed books on clinical informatics, public health informatics, and health information exchange (which received Book of the Year from HIMSS in 2017). Dr. Dixon’s work on the COVID-19 pandemic was heralded by the Governor of Indiana, AcademyHealth, and news media. Dr. Dixon was named a Research Frontiers Trailblazer by IU Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI) in 2018. He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and International Academy of Health Science Informatics (IAHSI). He is also an Elected Member of the American College of Epidemiology.