Queering the EHR

2021 - Present

My role: Principal Investigator

Advised by:

Andrea Hartzler, Ph.D.
Wanda Pratt, Ph.D.

Team members:

Joseph William T. Garcia, MS

Project’s description

This is my Ph.D. dissertation focused on understanding how Health Information Technologies can carry biases against transgender and gender-diverse folks, hindering the care they can receive.

my responsibilities

Research gap identification
Project’s design
Identification of collaborators
IRB creation and submission
Instrument development
Recruitment
Conducting interviews
Qualitative analysis

Methodologies used

Literature review following PRISMA guidelines
Card sorting
Windshield survey
In-depth interviews
Qualitative analysis
Journey mapping
Paper writing

Progress & achievements

Mid 2021: Dissertation proposal accepted by doctoral committee

Late 2022: Poster presented at AMIA Annual Conference 2022 - link

Late 2023: Literature review finished, paper in preparation

PUblications

Poster presented at AMIA Annual Conference 2022 - link