Joan S. Ash

Who is Joan S. Ash?

Joan S. Ash, PhD, MLS, MS, MBA, is Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR. She holds masters degrees in library science Columbia University, health science, and business administration Portland State University. Her doctorate is in Systems Science: Business Administration from Portland State. She is currently the Chair of the The Board of Scientific Counselors for the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications. She has served on the Boards of Directors of the American Medical Informatics Association, the Medical Library Association, and on the United States National Library of Medicine's Biomedical Library and Informatics Review Committee. She is co-author of "Clinical Information Systems: Overcoming Adverse Consequences"