Ray Hylock

Dr. Ray Hylock is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Services and Information Management at East Carolina University's College of Allied Health Sciences. He holds a PhD in Informatics with a Health Informatics concentration from the University of Iowa (2013), an MS in Informatics with the same concentration (2012), and a BS in High Technology Management from California State University, San Marcos (2007).

• Education
  • PhD in Informatics (Health Informatics concentration), University of Iowa, 2013
  • MS in Informatics (Health Informatics concentration), University of Iowa, 2012
  • BS in High Technology Management, California State University, San Marcos, 2007
• Roles
  • Department Chair, Health Services and Information Management, East Carolina University (2021–Present)
  • Associate Professor, Health Services and Information Management, East Carolina University (2019–Present)
  • Program Director, Health Care Administration Graduate Certificate, East Carolina University (2016–2018)
  • Assistant Professor, Health Services and Information Management, East Carolina University (2013–2019)

His research focuses on theoretical and computational advancements in healthcare databases, data warehouses, federated systems, advanced data structures, optimization, and bioinformatics. His work includes a new storage paradigm for heterogeneous data, federated query optimization, optimal off-target detection in bioinformatics, and rewriting Java's JDK/JVM to improve memory performance in high-performance computing (HPC) environments.

Scientific awards include the 2018 East Carolina University Scholar-Teacher Award and the 2016 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching from the College of Allied Health Sciences.