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I am a Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with a primary appointment in the Health Policy and Management Department under the College of Public Health and a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Informatics under the College of Medicine (Jan '22 - present). With an educational background in informatics, software engineering, and computer science, I conduct translational informatics research to improve pressing healthcare challenges. My current research areas include informatics maturity, data quality, public data access and communication, and IT adoption and use for healthcare quality improvement. I have worked with interdisciplinary teams to address these complex challenges in home healthcare and hospice, healthcare administration, and maternal health by using both qualitative and quantitative research methods... I received my undergraduate and Master's Degrees in Computer Engineering (Sep '92 - Dec '98) in Izmir, Turkey, where I was..