Another
nurse
hero

June 24, 2018 -- I first met Suzanne Bakken when she was on the faculty at my alma mater UCSF, perhaps fifteen years ago. She taught the only informatics course in the School of Nursing, and there hasn't been another one since she left. As I have blogged before, this is a grievous omission. A few years ago, I reached out to the Dean (who shall remain nameless) and proposed a modest informatics curriculum. No interest. Su, we need you back!

But we surely won't get her back, and for good reason. She went to Columbia in New York City where she is now a full professor and publishing mightily as always. I applied to Columbia (MSN program) a decade ago, was accepted, and almost followed her there... but I decided not to abandon my family in the Bay Area.

Meanwhile, Su has been super-productive, most recently becoming Editor-in-Chief of JAMIA, AMIA's flagship informatics journal (read the press release). It's great to see nurses breaking through that glass ceiling. Go Su!

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