Karima Lalani
Assistant Teaching Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston McWilliams
206-543-3146 | klalani@uw.edu
Research Interests
Health informatics; digital health; workforce development; interprofessional education; academic medical centers; leadership; higher education
Bio
Dr. Karima Lalani is the Program Director of both the master’s and the bachelor’s degree programs in Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIHIM), and an Assistant Teaching Professor of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Lalani holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management from The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, and is a seasoned health informatics educator, and professional, with over 15 years of experience in healthcare workforce education and training, strategic planning, and digital health.
Dr. Lalani’s workforce development efforts in health informatics and information management led her to be a Finalist for the 2024-2025 UW Global Engagement Excellence Award.
As author or co-author of more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, Dr. Lalani is a notable educator and researcher whose work has appeared in high-impact journals, including Health Information Libraries Journal, JMIR Medical Education, and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Her upcoming edited book, “AI-Driven Innovations in Healthcare: Best Practices and Case Studies” will be published by Routledge Press in 2025.
Dr. Lalani participates on the editorial review panel for “Advances in Health Information Science and Practice”, and “BMJ Health & Care Informatics”. She continues to present at state, national and international conferences, and was recently featured by the Canadian Health Information Management Association for her research on workforce trends in health informatics and information management.
Prior to joining the University of Washington, Dr. Lalani was an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, and the Assistant Director of the Center for Health Systems Analytics at UTHealth Houston, where she was responsible for overseeing and managing the Center’s multidisciplinary research projects on substance use and mental health, as well as for creating opportunities and developing partnerships for expanding the Center’s thought leadership on public health challenges, healthcare quality and inter-organizational collaborations. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), and a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).
Education
PhD University of Texas (Houston),
MBA Houston Baptist University,
BS Health Information Management, Texas State University,
BBA Accounting, University of Houston,