Scholar
Yunan Chen
Google Scholar ID: QjbgoY8AAAAJ
University of California Irvine
Citations & Impact
Citations
4,872
H-index
37
i10-index
98
Publications
20
Co-authors
1
list available
Contact
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Elected Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (FACMI) in 2023; Elected ACM Distinguished Member for contributions to the socio-technical design of health technologies in February 2025; Part of UCI's Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (PHIT); Received NSF grants on 'Designing Health Data-Tracking Technologies for Children' and 'Designing the Future of Risk Prediction IT in Fire Departments'.
Research Experience
- Served as Vice Chair of Undergraduate Affairs in the Department of Informatics from 2018 to 2024; Chair of the Consumer Health Informatics Working Group of the American Medical Informatics Association (2023–2024).
Background
- Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), with an adjunct appointment in the Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health, College of Health Sciences. My area of research lies at the intersection of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), and Health Informatics. I am primarily interested in studying how health information is generated, managed, shared, and utilized to drive better healthcare in both clinical and patient-oriented settings.
Miscellany
- Currently serves as Consortium Chair for HCIC — my favorite conference venue in HCI; Interim Chair of the Department of Informatics.
