Linda Goodwin joined Duke's faculty
in 1996 and launched the innovative Duke Nursing Informatics (NI) online program in
1997. She received her master's degree in Family-Child Nursing from the University of
Missouri-Columbia (1976) and doctorate that combined nursing and computer science
from the University of Kansas (1992). She has worked as a staff nurse, perinatal
clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, nurse administrator, nurse
researcher, and a variety of roles in nursing informatics (including 6 years as
Director of Nursing Information Systems for a midwest hospital).
Dr. Goodwin completed a minor in computer science with
an emphasis in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and expert systems,
and has been active in the field of nursing informatics since the early 1980's.
Her research in the area of preterm birth outcomes prediction received funding
from the National Institute for Nursing Research during 1992-1993, and the
National Library of Medicine from 1997-2005. She is an active member of
multiple informatics organizations, and currently co-chairs the Consumer
Advisory Council for Health Information Technology (HIT) for NCHICA
http://nchica.org
Dr. Goodwin has been a long-term advocate for patient privacy rights, and
her data mining research pioneered high standards of de-identification and
patient privacy protection that preceded HIPAA
regulations.
Aside from the usual academic workload
that includes research, teaching, and service, Dr. G pursues music,
gardening, and sometimes Tai Chi. She has two great kids (now grown),
the world's most awesome grandbaby, and one furry old Himalayan kitty.
Here is a list of Dr. Goodwin's publications and more information about her is available at
http://www.duke.edu/~goodw010.
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