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Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. National Program Director
Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D., is the Lillian L. Moehlman Bascom Professor, School of Nursing and College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brennan received a Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following seven years of clinical practice in critical care nursing and psychiatric nursing, Dr. Brennan held several academic positions. She developed the ComputerLink, an electronic network designed to reduce isolation and improve self-care among home care patients. Dr. Brennan currently directs HeartCare, a WWW-based tailored information and communication service that helps home-dwelling cardiac patients recover faster, and with fewer symptoms. Currently she focuses on the policy change and organizational re-design necessary to insure full value of community health informatics innovations. While president of the American Medical Informatics Association (2000-2002) she oversaw the development of the association’s strategic plan. Dr. Brennan serves on the leadership team of the NSF-funded Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brennan is fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (1991), a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (1993) and an elected member of the Institute of Medicine (2002).
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