Faculty and Staff

Dr. Amanda Carroll-Barefield is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. She serves as the Department Chair. She holds a doctoral degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education and is a Registered Health Information Administrator and licensed Nursing Home Administrator. Dr. Barefield's areas of expertise include legal aspects of health care, health care statistics, health care delivery systems, data management, instructional technology and distance education.

Anita Bhat, MD, PhD

Email:  abhat@mcg.edu

Office Address:  AI-1017

Dr. Anita Bhat is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. She holds a doctoral degree in Health Policy and Administration from the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Bhat received a MD degree specializing in Otolaryngology and practiced as a surgeon and Associate Professor in Bombay, India. She has done research for Merck Pharmaceuticals.  Her current research interests focus on health literacy in patients with arthritis.

Dr. Carol Campbell is a Professor with appointments in the School of Graduate Studies, School of Allied Health Sciences and School of Medicine. She serves as the Associate Dean for Business Operations in the School of Allied Health Sciences. She holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration and is a Registered Health Information Administrator. Dr. Campbell's areas of expertise include business administration, human resource management and mediation.

Jim Condon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. He is the Program Director for the Health Information Adminstration Program. He is a Registered Health Information Administrator and Certified Tumor Registrar. He is pursuing his doctoral degree in Education Administration and Leadership. Mr. Condon's areas of expertise include record processing practices, health care finance, disparities in health care delivery, and fundamentals of database design.

John Meyer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics and the Director of Education Systems Management in the School of Allied Health Sciences. He holds a Master of Arts in Education and Post-secondary School Administration. He is pursuing a doctoral degree in Computing Technology in Education. Mr. Meyer's responsibilities in the School of Allied Health Sciences include technology planning and implementation and teaching computing fundamentals courses. Mr. Meyer's areas of expertise include computer information systems and computing technology in education.

Vibha Kumar, MD
Email:  vikumar@mcg.edu
Office Address:  AI-1002

Dr. Vibha Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics.  Dr. Kumar received an MD degree with a focus on community medicine in India.  She completed a two-year public health informatics fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed by a postdoctoral medical informatics fellowship in affiliation with MIT/Harvard at Boston University Medical Center.  She is pursuing a doctoral degree in Public Health. Dr. Kumar's areas of expertise in medical and public health informatics include infectious and non communicable diseases, maternal and child health, environmental health, IT project management, knowledge management systems, decision support systems, electronic medical records, and instructional design and distance education.

Lori Prince is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. She is a Registered Health Information Administrator and a Certified Coding Specialist. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in Education Administration and Leadership. Ms. Prince's areas of expertise include pathophysiology, pharmacology, reimbursement and coding, and quality of care improvement.

Pavani Rangachari, PhD

Email:  prangachari@mcg.edu

Office Address:  AI-146

Dr. Pavani Rangachari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. She holds a PhD in Public Administration & Policy (with a concentration in Healthcare Management and Organizational Theory) from the Rockefeller College, University at Albany, State University of New York, and a Masters in Health Policy & Management from the School of Public Health at the University at Albany. She has previously served as Director of Quality Improvement in a community hospital in Massachusetts and has taught courses on Healthcare Management, Health Systems, and Health Policy. Her research interests encompass a variety of managerial and organizational issues related to health care delivery, including quality improvement, leadership, inter-organizational networks, public-private collaboration, and knowledge management.

Dr. Yoon-Ho Seol is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. His research interests are in the areas of information retrieval, data and knowledge representation, and data mining in health care domains. He received his Master's and doctoral degrees in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University. He also obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science from the same university.

Sherry Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. Ms. Smith holds a Master of Science degree in Administration with a concentration in Information Resource Management and a Graduate Certificate in Health Services Administration. She is a Registered Health Information Administrator and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS). Ms. Smith's areas of expertise include database management, information systems analysis and design, and information system security.

Erik Stuckart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics. He holds a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Health Informatics. He is a Registered Health Information Administrator and a Certified Tumor Registrar. He is pursuing a doctoral degree in public health. Mr. Stuckart's areas of expertise include cancer data research and analysis, health care disparities, and central cancer registry standards.

Mary Anne Pesa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Languages and Linguistics.