Katrina Romagnoli

Dr. Romagnoli completed her secondary education at the University of Pittsburgh: a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology, a master’s in library and information sciences and a master’s and PhD from the Department of Biomedical Informatics in the School of Medicine. Her research focuses on using human-centered design research and methodologies to inform the design and implementation of clinical informatics tools. After her PhD, she worked at UPMC Health Plan as a manager of design research, using human-centered design research to inform digital products for health plan members and stakeholders. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences in the Research Institute at the Geisinger College of Health Sciences. Her primary research interests are using human-centered design and mixed methods research to identify areas of opportunity for innovation in clinical care, focusing on genomic medicine and pharmacy.

It began as wanting to help clinicians find the right information at the right time in medical librarianship but quickly turned into doing the same, but at scale in biomedical informatics. What a wonderful privilege to complete all my secondary education at the University of Pittsburgh, particularly graduate school at DBMI. I am grateful to the many mentors, fellow students, and staff at DBMI who contributed to my education and development into the researcher I am today. Hail to Pitt!