Richard Lu, M.D.
National Library of Medicine Fellow in Biomedical Informatics at the DSG, 2008
Master's candidate in BMI, Harvard/MIT HST Program
Education and Training
- Board-certified in internal medicine
Past Employment:
- Mills-Peninsula Medical Group, Burlingame, California
- San Mateo County Medical Center, San Mateo, California
Residency: St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Undergraduate: UT Austin, B.A. in Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program
Research Interests
- Advancing ubiquitous computing through mobile devices/smartphones
- Collaborative communication between health care professionals
- Decision support tools at the point of care
- Social informatics (web 2.0 principles as applied to healthcare)
- Personal health records with Google Health API
Current Projects
- Developing a website for the Boston Area Informatics Research Training Programs
Contact Information
Richard Lu
900 Commonwealth Ave East, 3rd Fl
Boston, MA 02215-8545
Tel: 617-732-4950
email: rlu at mit dot edu
Useful/Interesting Links
About Me
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Boston Area Informatics Research Training Programs (BIRT)
