Christopher Chute

Christopher Chute is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics and Professor of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing at Johns Hopkins University. He serves as Chief Research Information Officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine and is actively involved in the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. His work focuses on harmonizing observational and protocol-based biomedical data to advance data science and knowledge discovery.

• Education: DrPH in Epidemiology/Biostatistics (Harvard), MPH (Harvard), MD (Brown), AB in English (Brown)

Dr. Chute's research spans biomedical informatics, ontology, medical concept representation, and real-world data. He pioneered scalable terminology services for biohealth data and led the ICD-11 Revision as Chair. His recent work includes applying electronic health records to study post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection and childhood obesity trends post-COVID-19 diagnosis.

His 476+ peer-reviewed publications demonstrate expertise in data harmonization, clinical phenotyping, and privacy-preserving record linkage. Key trends include leveraging EHR systems for comparative effectiveness studies, genomic research, and infectious disease modeling.

• Scientific Awards:
• 1980 CIBA Award for Outstanding Community Service
• 1981 Charles H. Smith Fellowship
• 1995 Homer Warner Award
• 2015 Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
• 2023 NIH DataWorks! Grand Prize
• 2024 William W. Stead Award
• 2024 Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine

As Principal Investigator of the NCATS Translator TransMed grant and co-PI of CD2H, he advances translational research infrastructure. His legacy includes founding Mayo Clinic's Division of Biomedical Informatics (1988–2014) and serving on Health Level Seven Advisory Council and ISO TC215 on Health Informatics.