Russ Waitman

Russ Waitman serves as Professor and Vice Chair of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where also holds the position of Associate Dean for Informatics and Director of Medical Informatics for the NextGen Precision Health Initiative. Previously, Russ was a Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, directing the Center for Health Insights. Additional roles include serving as a Board Member for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science and the i2b2 tranSMART Foundation. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, Russ was a Professor in Internal Medicine and held several leadership roles, including Associate Vice Chancellor for Enterprise Analytics and Director of Medical Informatics. Educational credentials include a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.