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Madhusmita Behera, PhD

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Biography

Madhusmita Behera, PhD, serves as chief informatics officer and as associate director of data sciences and informatics at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. In these roles, Dr. Behera drives digital transformation and research growth through innovation and the implementation of technology that can positively affect patient care, outcomes, and safety. She also serves as Emory University's chief research informatics officer, where she provides strategic direction and leads the prioritization of research-related informatics, data analytics, data science and AI initiatives across Emory University and Emory Healthcare, driving research growth and transformation through state-of-the-art technology and data solutions.

Dr. Behera conducts original research, with a significant publication record focused on cancer outcomes and population-based studies using real world data and evidence-based research.

Education

Dr. Behera earned her undergraduate degree from Utkal University, India. She completed both a master's degree and PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She then completed her training at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida.

Titles & Roles

  • Associate Director of Data Sciences and Informatics
    Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
  • Chief Informatics and Data Officer
    Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
  • Chief Research Informatics Officer
    Emory University

Research

Dr. Behera's research interests include health outcomes research and population based studies in thoracic cancers, bio specimen banking and analysis of lung cancer clinicopathologic data, evidence-based medicine research by performing systematic reviews of published literature for various types of cancer, statistical modeling and digital image analysis, study of random variable transformations and probability modeling for theoretical considerations and applied analyses.

Publications

Dr. Behera is a prolific researcher having published numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She is an associate editor of JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics.