Introducing FCC Distinguished Health IT Scholar, Dr. Chris Gibbons

Connecting everyone, everywhere to the people, services and information they need to get healthy and stay well -- the fundamental vision of the Connect2HealthFCC Task Force -- is such a challenge. It’s not impossible, in my view, but manifestly important to the health of our nation and the stability of our economy. And, it’s not impossible if we continue to leverage the power of broadband and advanced technology tools. Over the summer, the Task Force heard from a wide range of stakeholders in the broadband health space who agree that this is a challenge we must accept. They’ve encouraged us to take the long view, pursuing tangible, near-term gains in accelerating broadband adoption and promoting health IT, but also thinking 10-15 years out so the Commission can stay ahead of the curve. An undertaking of this magnitude requires a multi-disciplinary approach and a broad range of stakeholder partners.

That’s why I’m pleased to introduce a key member of our team, Dr. Michael Chris Gibbons of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Gibbons serves as an FCC Distinguished Scholar in Residence, providing critical health IT, population health and data analytics heft to our team. Dr. Gibbons is a physician informatician, healthcare disparities and urban health expert whose academic research has focused on the use of technology and consumer health informatics to improve healthcare disparities.