Lorraine Block

Lorraine Block serves as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Nursing within the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia. Her academic work bridges clinical nursing practice with cutting-edge digital innovation, focusing on technology-driven solutions for healthcare challenges.

Her research spans Nursing Informatics, Digital Health, and Artificial Intelligence applications in clinical settings. Key interests include developing ontologies for wound care knowledge representation, addressing health equity in AI systems, and implementing telehealth solutions for pandemic response. She investigates how technology can standardize nursing knowledge while preserving clinical nuance, particularly in chronic wound management and social determinants of health.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a dominant focus on ethical AI integration in nursing, with 60% examining large language models, fairness algorithms, and SDH representation. The remaining works address pandemic adaptations (20%), ontology development (15%), and sustainability in digital health (5%). Her international collaborations consistently emphasize equity-centered design and practical clinical implementation.

Dr. Block actively contributes to global nursing informatics discourse through leadership statements and international survey initiatives, shaping professional standards and competency frameworks for emerging technologies in nursing practice.