Allison McCoy, PhD, ACHIP, FACMI, FAMIA

Allison B. McCoy, PhD, ACHIP, FACMI, FAMIA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Director of the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Core, and Clinical Director with HealthIT. Her work focuses on applied clinical informatics, supporting a broad range of research and operational initiatives through data extraction, implementation of electronic health record (EHR) interventions, and clinical decision support. In collaboration with VUMC’s HealthIT team and external investigators, she leads efforts to translate informatics solutions, such as documentation tools, alerts, and predictive models, into real-world clinical workflows. Her work aims to improve healthcare quality and safety and is informed by active participation in national informatics collaborations and dissemination of best practices.

Dr. McCoy received her MS and PhD in Biomedical Informatics from Vanderbilt University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics in Houston. She also worked as an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics in Houston and in the Department of Global Biostatistics and Data Science at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine before returning to Vanderbilt.