Dongwen Wang

Dr. Dongwen Wang is a Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Arizona State University. He received a PhD degree in biomedical informatics from Columbia University. Before coming to Arizona, Dr. Wang was previously on faculty at Columbia University and University of Rochester. He has served in various leadership roles for biomedical informatics research, development, and education. Dr. Wang’s research is focusing on use of information science and technology for dissemination and implementation of clinical evidence. From the methodology perspective, his research targets on modeling and representation of biomedical knowledge in computer-interpretable format, management of biomedical information in specific context of workflow and team collaboration, development and dissemination of online resources, and delivery of technology-mediated behavioral interventions to facilitate knowledge translation, to enhance clinical processes, and to improve patient outcomes. From the application perspective, his research has been applied to address real-world challenges such as improvement of childhood immunization rate, support of post-CABG critical pathway, screening of patients with major depression, assistance of diabetic foot-care, enhancement of visit compliance in ambulatory mental health care, facilitation of subject recruitment and retention for clinical research, management of HIV/AIDS patients, dissemination of STD, hepatitis C, TB, substance use, and mental health clinical evidence, as well as education of patients and decision assistance in selection of contraceptives, eye refractive surgery, and labor pain management. In recent years, he has been engaging in data science, in particular, network analysis, research to address the structure of online health information resources, monitoring of resource usage, engagement of users, and change of the resources over time, focusing specifically on timely and effective dissemination of HIV, TB, and COVID-19 clinical evidence. These works have been published in various journals and presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Wang is an active member of the biomedical informatics research community. He serves as a domain expert for grant review, paper review, organization of academic conferences, and development of technical standards. His research is funded by federal/state government and industry sponsors. As an informatics educator, Dr. Wang has engaged in informatics teaching and served as research advisor for a wide range of trainees, including undergraduate students, Master and PhD degree candidates, postdocs fellows, and K grant awardees.