People Group Archives: Health Care Informatics and Health Information Management

Dr. Giang Vu is an Assistant Professor of Global Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida. He completed his Dental Public Health Residency at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2025, earned a PhD in Public Health Sciences with a specialization in Health Management and Policy from the University of […]

Dr. Michelle Crozier earned both her PhD in Public Health (2017) and Master of Public Health (MPH) (2008) with concentrations in Epidemiology from the University of South Florida College of Public Health (USF COPH). Her applied public health experience includes working as a communicable disease epidemiologist and program manager with the Florida Department of Health, […]

Steven Ton is an Associate Instructor and an internship director with the School of Global Health Management and Informatics. He teaches health information technology courses in the health services administration program and directs the internship programs for students in the undergraduate health informatics and information management and the graduate health care informatics programs. He is […]

Kendall Cortelyou, Ph.D., is a professor and director of the School of Global Health Management and Informatics. She also teaches classes in the graduate and undergraduate health services administration programs. Additionally, she works closely with community partners on workforce issues.  She is also an alumna of the School of Global Health Management and Informatics, having […]

Amanda Walden, PhD, RHIA, CHDA, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics and holds credentials from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and a Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA). These qualifications underscore her expertise in managing patient health information and analyzing […]

Olga Lucia Russell is an associate instructor in the health informatics and information management program. She has ample experience working in large hospital facilities in coding, rebuttals, pre-bill auditing, and clinical documentation improvement.  She has educated coders in the hospital setting, educated nurses and physicians in clinical documentation improvement, and participated in several physician medical […]

I joined UCF in 2023, as an Instructor for the School of Global Health Management and Informatics. I received my Master’s degree in Health Information Management at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN, and am a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA). While working in the healthcare field, I developed a passion for healthcare […]

Varadraj Gurupur, Ph.D., is currently working as a professor in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Gurupur is a recipient of two international awards, two national awards, and several regional and institutional awards. His core research is focused on software engineering decision support systems for healthcare […]