Michelle Ramim, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Dr. Ramim is an assistant professor at the Health Informatics Department and the founding director of the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics at the Dr. Karen C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University. She has over 28 years of experience in healthcare and information technology. She served in various roles across the medical insurance industry, nursing home and assistant living facility industry, information technology industry, and academia. She has extensive experience in large-scale system integration, data architecture, cybersecurity, and data privacy curriculum development, teaching, and research. Dr. Ramim's research investigates applied health informatics issues related to wearable medical devices, cybersecurity and systems implementation, data privacy and ethics, risk assessment, and information security governance. Dr. Ramim published over 32 papers in peer-review journals and conference proceedings over the past 18 years with nearly 700 citations. Dr. Ramim serves on the boards of the South Florida HIMSS as well as the South Florida InfraGard chapters.