Marion Ball, EdD

Dr. Ball is recognized as “one of the most influential women in health IT” by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). She was awarded the American College of Medical Informatics’ (ACMI) highest honor, the Morris F. Collen Award, as well as the International Medical Informatics Association’s (IMIA) Francois Gremy Award. Achievements & Recognitions ■ Founding Executive Director, Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics (MICHI), University of Texas ■ First American and first woman to head the International Medical Informatics Association (1993-1996) ■ Member, National Academy of Medicine ■ Board member, Health on the Net ■ Co-chair, TIGER HIMSS Committee ■ Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing ■ Recipient, Morris F. Collen Lifetime Achievement Award, American College of Medical Informatics ■ Recipient, Award of Excellence, International Medical Informatics Association ■ Author or editor of over 35 books and over 210 articles Affiliations Raj and Indra Nooyi Endowed Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington Presidential Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation Executive Director, Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics (MICHI), University of Texas at Arlington Education 1978 EdD Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Medical Education 1965 MA University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Mathematics 1961 BA University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Mathematics PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Academic Appointments 2021-Present Affiliate Professor Emerita, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Johns Hopkins University 2021-Present Raj and Indra Nooyi Endowed Distinguished Chair, Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington 2020-Present Presidential Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation Executive Director, Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics (MICHI) at The University of Texas at Arlington 2019-Present Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing at The University of Maryland at Baltimore 2017-Present Adjunct Faculty Appointment, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan 2011-2019 Affiliate Professor, Information Systems Department at The University of Maryland at Baltimore County 2007-Present Professor Emerita, School of Nursing at The John Hopkins University 2005-2006 Fellow, Global Leadership Initiative 2005-2007 Professor, School of Nursing at The John Hopkins University 2003-2021 Affiliate Professor, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, School of Medicine at The John Hopkins University 2001-2005 Vice President, Clinical Informatics Strategies at Healthlink Incorporated 1999-2015 Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Informatics at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 1996-2005 Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing at The John Hopkins University 1996-2000 Vice President at First Consulting Group 1990-2011 Adjunct Professor of Information Systems at University of Maryland at Baltimore County 1985-1997 Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine at University of Maryland at Baltimore 1991-1996 Vice President Information Services/Chief Information Officer at The University of Maryland at Baltimore 1987-1991 Associate Vice President, University of Maryland at Baltimore 1985-1987 Director, Academic Computing at The University of Maryland at Baltimore 1972-1985 Director, Computer Systems and Management Group at The Temple University at Philadelphia 1968-1972 Assistant Director, Medical Computing Activity at The Temple University at Philadelphia 1968-1985 Faculty Director of Academic Computing at The Temple University at Philadelphia 1965-1968 Programmer and Instructor at The University of Kentucky Medical Center at Lexington Other Professional Experience 2020-2021 Senior Advisor Emerita, Healthcare Informatics, Center for Computational Health, IBM Research at IBM 2016-2020 Senior Advisor, Healthcare Informatics, Center for Computational Health, IBM Research at IBM 2014-2016 Senior Advisor, Research Industry Specialist, Healthcare Informatics, IBM Research at IBM 2013 Senior Advisor, Healthcare Informatics, IBM Research at IBM 2009-2013 Senior Advisor, Healthcare & Life Science Institute, IBM Research at IBM 2006-2009 Fellow, Center for Healthcare Management, IBM Research at IBM PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Professional Service Editorial board member – European Journal for Biomedical Informatics (2018-Present) – Healthcare Informatics/Innovations (2007-2019) – Journal of Healthcare Information Management (JHIM) (2004-2019) – Healthcare Informatics, Churchill Livingston (2001-2005) – MEDINFO Yearbook (1983) Regional and National Conference Organizer – Texas Health Informatics Alliance (THIA) Inaugural Conference (September 9, 2021) – Theme: “All In: Informatics Lessons from the Pandemic to Reimagine Health Care” – THIA conference provides an opportunity to share, collaborate, and showcase the fantastic work in health informatics by featuring presentations and keynote speakers from across Texas. – Summer Institute for Nursing Informatics (SINI) University of Maryland Advisory Board and Program Committee (2013-Present) Professional Organizational Memberships and Boards _ Member of the (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) CHOP Global Health Informatics Advisory Board – Member of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (Lifetime) – Member Health Information and Management Systems Society (HMIMS) (Lifetime) – Member of HIMSS Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) (Founding Member) – Member of International TIGER HIMSS Task Force – Member of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) – Member of American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) (Founding Member) – Member of the International Academy of Health Science Informatics (IAHSI) (Founding Member) _ Member of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) – Board Member of the International Academy of Health Science Informatics (IAHSI) (2018-Present) – Member of the Special Interest Group 1, National Academy of Medicine (NAM) – Member of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) (Life Member) – Member of the Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group (IMIA/NI) – Board Member of the Health Record Banking Alliance (HRBA) – Board Member of the Health on the Net (HON), Geneva Switzerland (1998-2019) – External Advisory Board of the National Library of Medicine T15 training grant, for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo (2019-Present) – Editorial Board Member, Healthcare Innovation Group, Journal “Healthcare Innovation” (2019-Present) – Editorial Board Member, European Journal for Biomedical Informatics (2018-Present) – Board Member, Health Record Banking Alliance (HRBA) (2017-Present) – TIGER International Honorary Life Member, under the auspices of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) (2016-Present) – Honorary Member, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) General Assembly (2006-Present) – Member Institute of Medicine (IOM), now named the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1996-Present) Past Board and Committee Membership – Board Member and Co-Chair, TIGER Foundation, became part of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) (2011-2016) – Board of Regents Member, National Library of Medicine (NLM) (1992-2015) – Member of Advisory Committee for NI2014 (Nursing Informatics), Taipei, Taiwan (2013-2014) – Advisory Board, Center for Connected Medicine, UPMC/IBM (2009-2014) – Board, College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME), Member, National Long Range Planning Committee, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Advisory Board, Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG), External Advisory Board, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (2007-2009) – Board Member, WISER Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2006-2007) – Friends of Stellenbosch Foundation, South Africa (2006-2007) – Chair, Nominating Committee, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) (2006) – Committee Member, Planning and Resources Development Committee, the Foundation for Research in Education (FORE) for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) (2005-2007) – Board of Directors, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) (2004-2006) – Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) (2007) – Committee Member, IMIA Program Committee, Australia (2004-2007) – Advisory Board Member, the Foundation for Research in Education (FORE), for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) (2003-2007) – Oversight Board, UMIT University for Medical Informatics and Technology, Innsbruck, Austria (2002-2006) – President and Board Member, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) (1993-1995) – Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) (1992-1995) – Board, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) (1991-1994) – Board Member, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) (1985-2000) Service And Outreach Activities – University of Texas at Arlington Chair of the search committee for the New Vice President for Research and Innovation (2022) – University of Texas at Arlington Chair of the search committee for the Assistant Professor in MICHI/Kinesiology Tenure-Track (F0280P) (2022) – University of Texas Southwestern Clinical Informatics Membership (June 2021-Present) – Texas Health Informatics Alliance (June 2021-Present) – US house of Representatives, Expert Witness (1981) – Selection committee for Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) (2021) – Educational work group for American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) (2021) – Community health improvement committee for Texas Health (2021) – Health informatics graduate advisory committee for The College of St. Scholastica (2021) – Advisory Board for Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (2021-Present) – Data sharing/Covid vaccine dashboard work group (2021) – Advisory group for the University of Buffalo (2020) – Advisory committee for the Summer Institute for Nursing Informatics (SINI) (2020) – Exit committee for Health On the Net (HON) (2020) – Subcommittee for the external affairs for John Hopkins Academy (2020) – Committee member for Promotion and Tenure Committee for College of Nursing and Health Innovation (2021-Present) – Committee member for Global Engagement and Public Health Advocacy work group (2021-Present) – Committee member for Health Informatics Lab Planning Committee (2021-Present) – Committee member for Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics Faculty Search Committee (2020-Present) – Committee member for Nooyi Endowed Chair Faculty Search Committee College of Bioengineering (F00119P) (2021-Present) – Committee member for Endowed Professorships in Nursing (F00237P open rank nursing faculty positions (F00238P) (2021-Present) – Committee member for Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs (Non-tenure track) (F00282P) (2021-Present) – Committee Chair for the Assistant Professor in MICHI/Kinesiology (Tenure-Track) (F0280P) HONORS AND AWARDS 2021 Distinguished Fellow, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2020 The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST), Member