Public Biography
Dr. Jessica (Jessie) Tenenbaum is an Associate Professor at Duke University in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. She also holds a secondary appointment in Duke's Department of Population Health Sciences, and is Adjunct Associate Professor in the UNC School of Data Science and Society. Her research focus is on informatics methods to improve whole person health, mental health informatics, and ethical, legal, and social issues related to data and health. She also advises on data strategy and governance for Duke's Office of Research and Innovation and North Carolina's statewide health information exchange authority (HIEA).
Dr. Tenenbaum served as Chief Data Officer for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) from 2019 to 2024. In this role, she spearheaded numerous initiatives to enhance data-driven decision-making and improve public health outcomes across the state.
Nationally Dr. Tenenbaum has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biomedical Informatics, an elected member of AMIA's Board of Directors, and on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Library of Medicine. She is also an elected Fellow and President-Elect of the American College of Medical Informatics.
Dr. Tenenbaum served as Chief Data Officer for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) from 2019 to 2024. In this role, she spearheaded numerous initiatives to enhance data-driven decision-making and improve public health outcomes across the state.
Nationally Dr. Tenenbaum has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biomedical Informatics, an elected member of AMIA's Board of Directors, and on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Library of Medicine. She is also an elected Fellow and President-Elect of the American College of Medical Informatics.
Historic ACMI Biography
Dr. Jessica Tenenbaum joined the Duke Translational Medicine Institute in 2007 as an Informatics Project Leader and was promoted in 2008 to the role of Associate Director for Bioinformatics for the DTMI Biomedical Informatics Core (BIC). Her research focuses on infrastructure and standards to enable research collaboration and integrative data analysis. Other research interests include genomics, biomarkers, personalized medicine, systems biology, and computer-human interaction. Along with coordinating informatics activities related to the MURDOCK Study, the BIC, and the informatics community around Duke, Dr. Tenenbaum is also the Principal Investigator for the MURDOCK Integrated Data Repository (MIDR), a standards-compliant integrated data repository for clinical, omic, biobanking, and consent data as well as experimental and protocol metadata. She also contributes bioinformatics area expertise to the development of strategic partnerships for both the DTMI and the Biomarker Factory. At the national level, Dr. Tenenbaum is an active member of the CTSA Consortium. She served a two-year term as an elected member of the CTSA Informatics KFC Operations Committee, is founder and chair of the CTSA Omics Data Standards Working Group, and played a leadership role in the development of the Resource Discovery System. She was the Scientific Program Committee Chair for AMIA's 2013 Summit on Translational Bioinformatics.
Affiliations
The American College of Medical Informatics
ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.
Year Elected
2016