Shamsi R Berry, PhD, MS

Shamsi Berry, PhD
  • Vice Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • Department of Biomedical Informatics
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Shamsi Berry, PhD, MS, CPHI, received her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Davis in anthropology. She completed her PhD in anthropology, postdoctoral fellowship in biomedical informatics, and masters in biomedical science at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. She also completed a graduate certificate in biomedical informatics from Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon. Her research focus lies at the intersection of anthropology and informatics. She focuses on data standards, natural language processing, text mining, and databases using data from the medical examiners office. She was the biomedical consultant on the New Mexico Decedent Image Database.

Education

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2015, Biomedical Informatics, University of New Mexico
  • MS 2014, Clincal Research, University of New Mexico
  • MS 2014, Clincal Research, University of New Mexico
  • Postgraduate Certificate 2014, Clinical and Translational Science, University of New Mexico
  • Postgraduate Certificate 2014, Clinical and Translational Science, University of New Mexico
  • Postgraduate Certificate 2013, Biomedical Informatics, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Postgraduate Certificate 2013, Biomedical Informatics, Oregon Health & Science University
  • PhD 2011, Anthropology, University of New Mexico
  • PhD 2011, Anthropology, University of New Mexico
  • MS 2003, Anthropology, University of New Mexico
  • MS 2003, Anthropology, University of New Mexico
  • BS 1998, Anthropology, University of California-Davis
  • BS 1998, Anthropology, University of California-Davis

Board/Specialty

  • American Health Information Management Association (Certified Professional in Health Informatics)
  • American Medical Informatics Association (Certified Health Informatics Professional)