Robert Greenes

Dr. Robert Greenes joined ASU in 2007 to lead the then new Department of Biomedical Informatics. In 2014, became the Ira A. Fulton Chair of Biomedical Informatics until his retirement as Emeritus Professor in 2020. He was also a professor of biomedical informatics at the Mayo Clinic. 

Dr. Greenes’ research has been in the areas of clinical decision support, in terms of models and approaches for decision making, the knowledge representation to support it, and its clinical application and validation. A related research interest has been human-computer interaction, and workflow optimization, particularly with respect to the use of clinical information systems by providers and patients, the improved capture of clinical data and the incorporation of individualized, context-specific decision support. 

Dr. Greenes is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics, Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, and fellow of the American College of Radiology and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. He was the 2008 recipient of the Morris F. Collen Award for significant impact on the field of biomedical informatics, by the American College of Medical Informatics. Prior to his appointment at ASU, he directed the Biomedical Informatics Research Training program at Harvard University for more than 20 years, with support from the National Library of Medicine. He has authored more than 250 publications