Bill Lober

Bill Lober, MD, MS, is a Professor in Health Informatics and Global Health at the University of Washington, jointly appointed across the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health. He directs the UW Clinical Informatics Research Group (CIRG), which designs and operates health information systems for clinical, public health, and global health domains. His team collaborates with national governments, universities, and health organizations worldwide.

Education includes:

• MD from University of California, San Francisco
• MS in Health Sciences from University of California, Berkeley
• BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University
• Residency in Emergency Medicine at University of Arizona and Royal Brisbane Hospital

Research focuses on:

• Clinical, public health, and global health informatics
• Patient-centered systems and patient-reported outcomes
• Integration of clinical data for population health analytics
• Interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR) for resource-constrained settings

Awards include the NIH F38 Mid-Career Fellowship. He mentors graduate/post-doctoral students across Public Health, Medicine, Bioengineering, and Nursing. CIRG's projects span:

• HIV patient-reported outcomes (ViiV Healthcare)
• Prostate cancer care coordination (Movember Foundation)
• Opioid surveillance (WA Department of Health)
• COVID-19 symptom tracking (StayHome app)
• Global health informatics (OpenMRS, Haiti HIS modernization)