Elizabeth Borycki is a Professor in the School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. She holds a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional Investigator Award, and she directs the Global Lab for Digital Health Innovation. The focus of her research has been in human factors in the areas of safety, user interface design, implementation and artificial intelligence. Elizabeth has published over 300 articles, 50 book chapters, and 10 edited books.
Elizabeth has served as Academic Representative for Canada for Digital Health Canada [formerly Canada’s Health Informatics Association (2007-2013)], Vice President (North America) on the Board of Directors for the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) (2010-2013), and Vice President (Special Projects) (2016-2019). She has also served as the co-Director of Research for the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association. Elizabeth has held several academic leadership roles at the University of Victoria including the Director of the Social Dimensions of Health program (2016-2019), Director of the Health and Society program (2016-2019) and a member of the Board of Governors at the University of Victoria (2017-2020).
Elizabeth is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy Health Sciences Informatics, American Medical Informatics Association, and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics of IMIA. She was voted one of the Top 10 Women in Digital Health by Digital Health Canada in 2017 and was recognized as one of the Top 100 Health Informatics Researchers by IMIA. She received the Faculty of Human and Social Development Award for Teaching Excellence and Educational Leadership, and co-led the development of the first Double Masters Degree program in Canada in Nursing and Health Informatics.
