Helen H. Chen, PhD
Professor of Practice, School of Public Health and Health SystemsAssociate Director, Professional Practice Centre in Health Systems
- BSc. Engineering Mechanics (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
- MSc. Engineering Mechanics (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
- PhD. Computational Biomechanics (University of Waterloo)
Cross Appointment
Contact Information
- Office: TJB 1124, LHN 2714
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32131
Fax: (519) 888-4362
Email: helen.chen@uwaterloo.ca
Master of Health Informatics Program
Professional Practice Centre in Health Systems
Waterloo Health Information Systems and Technology Lab (WHISTL)
Teaching Interests
- Health Data Anlytics, Information System Design and Management, Health Data Standards, Health Information Security and Patient Privacy
Research Interests
- Health data quality and analytics, Health information system integration and interoperability, Healthcare decision support, Medical imaging informatics, Patient radiation protection, mobile health technology and home monitoring service
Current Research Activities
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mECG - Mobile ECG Data Collection Solution
Designed miniaturized ECG device and functional and integrated mobile ECG data collection and decision support solution to optimize the process of lab data collection and enhance data quality, and a software product that is undergoing commercialization.
CARE - Clinical Analytics for Real-World Evidence
Real World Evidence (RWE) in healthcare is data derived from numerous sources, measuring both objective and subjective outcomes from patients' home environment, clinical settings and workplace. These data are recorded and stored in different systems and formats, limiting our current ability to integrate, analyze and use the data to support treatment, as well as research decisions.
Selected Publications
- Carrington, A., Fieguth, P. and Chen, H., Measures of model interpretability for model selection, Cross Domain Conference for Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, (CD-MAKE), 2018, Hamburg, Germany
- Qazi, H.A., Chen, H. and Zhu, M., Factors influencing dialysis withdrawal: a scoping review, BMC, Nephrology, 2018 10:96 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0894-5
- Fang, J., *Li, Z., Xu, D., Li, J., Chen, C., Xie, B., Chen, H., Au, W., Attitudes towards acceptance of an innovative home-based and remote sensing rehabilitation protocol among cardiovascular patients in Shantou, China, J Geriatr Cardiol. May;13(4):326-32. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.04.006.
- McMurray, J., Zhu, L., McKillop, I., Chen, H., Ontological Modeling of Electronic Health Information Exchange, J Biomed Inform. 2015 Aug;56:169-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.05.020. Epub 2015 Jun 9
- Chen, H., Spencer, B., Maitland, J., Geng, L., D'Amours, D., and Koff, D. A Radiation Exposure Registry with Comprehensive Monitoring Services, RSNA2011, 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of Radiology Society of North America, Chicago, USA (2011)
- Khan, A., Chen, H., and Mckillop, I., A Semantic Approach to Secure Exchange of Patient Information, MEDSI, April 14-16, Montreal, 2011 (received best paper awards)
- Kashyap, V., Prud'hommeau, E., Chen, H., Stenzhorn, H., Pathak, J., Richesson, R., Clinical Observation Interoperability: A Semantic Web Approach, 2009, AIMA Spring Congress, May 28-30, Orlando, US.
- Chen, H. and Abidi, S.S.R., Towards an E-Health Framework for Knowledge Translation, 2007, E-Health 2007, May, Quebec City, Canada.
- Ruttenberg, A., Clark, T., Bug, W., Samwald, M., Bodenreider, O., Chen, H., Doherty, D., Forsberg, K., Goa, Y., Kashyap, V., Kinoshita, J., Luciano, J., Marshall, M.S., Ogbuji, C., Rees, J., Stephens, S., Wong, G., Wu, E., Zaccagnini, D., Hongsermeier, T., Neuman, E., Herman, I., and Cheung, K., Advancing Translational Research with the Semantic Web, 2007, May 9; 8 Suppl. 3: S2, BMC J. of Bioinformatics.
- Abidi, S.S.R. and Chen, H., Adaptable Personalized Care Planning via a Semantic Web Framework, Proceedings, 2006, MIE 2006 European Federation of Medical Informatics, August, Netherlands, 121-126.