Cynthia Lerouge MS, PhD

Cynthia LeRouge, Ph.D., is an Affiliate Professor in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Washington. She recently served as professor and Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems at the School of Business at Florida International University. Dr. LeRouge has specialized in the study of health information systems/ health informatics for over 24 years, particularly in the areas of telemedicine, consumer health informatics, and public health informatics. Projects she pursues explore the user-centered design, implementation, and evaluation of information technology artifacts and process models in healthcare practice. Designing and evaluating technologies that aim to empower health consumers (patients and caregivers) and those with social and wellness needs to actively and positively engage in their self-care through the use of technology is a focal area of her work.

Dr. LeRouge has authored over 130 peer-reviewed publications. She served as the first public health informatics visiting scholar at the Centers for Disease Control. She has held multiple financial and technological leadership roles in industry prior to her academic career and positions of leadership with the American Telemedicine Association Business and Finance SIG, and served as founding Co-editor-in-chief of Health Systems Journal.