Faculty Profile: Dr. Gerald Canfield

“Our online Master’s students are among the most academically committed students I’ve met.”

Gerald “Kip” Canfield does research in the areas of Healthcare Informatics and Computing in the Humanities. He is director of the Laboratory for Healthcare Informatics (LHI). His healthcare research emphasizes design and delivery of Clinical Information Systems for patient care and health research. These systems require involvement in the areas of database modeling, computer-supported collaborative work, decision support systems, and networking architecture.

Dr. Canfield’s interests in the humanities include computational lexicography, digital libraries, learning communities, and digital multimedia. His teaching areas are in networking and telecommunications, healthcare informatics, and enterprise IT architecture for business.

When it comes to the quality of the online Master’s program’s students, Dr. Canfield acknowledges a “professional work ethic” among those he has encountered. Canfield says, “Our online Master’s students are among the most academically committed students I’ve met. They take a serious, energetic approach to course work and group projects.”

Additional information about Dr. Canfield can be found at http://lhi5.umbc.edu/class/kippage/.