Jeeyae Choi

After earning dual undergraduate degrees in nursing and electrical engineering and an MS in Computer Systems Engineering from Boston University, Dr. Jeeyae Choi began her academic career as a research assistant at the Decision Systems Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She earned her PhD in Nursing Informatics from Columbia University in 2006.
Dr. Choi is an expert in nursing informatics (NI), teaching foundational NI courses to undergraduate students and advanced courses for MS and DNP candidates. She has also taught data science, genetics, and genomics in healthcare to undergraduate students.
Dr. Choi’s research focuses on developing innovative AI-assisted health information systems and mobile applications, including AI-powered telehealth solutions. By leveraging machine learning, she constructs predictive models to address critical healthcare challenges, with the goal of improving patient outcomes through personalized, timely insights and enhancing remote care delivery.
Through her teaching and research, Dr. Choi is advancing healthcare technology and contributing to improving the overall quality of care.

Education

2006, PhD, Nursing Informatics, Columbia University
1999, MS, Computer Systems Engineering, Boston University
1995, BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
1983, BSN, Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Specialization in Teaching

Informatics

Research Interests

Developing clinical decision support systems (CDSS)
Developing mobile apps for cancer patients
Developing nursing information management systems
Knowledge management and representation
Developing innovative AI-assisted health information systems and mobile applications, including AI-assisted telehealth systems
Constructing predictive models to address critical challenges in healthcare, leveraging machine learning techniques

Professional Service

• Guest Editor at the Internal Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (January 2021 – Nov. 2021)
• Editorial member at Health Informatics Research (HIR) Journal (May 2019 to Date)
• Editor at Asian Oncology Nursing (AON) Journal (Jun. 2011 to Dec. 2024)
• Internal Review Board Member at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA (Mar. 2008 to June 2011)

Community Engagement

World Christian Nursing Foundation

Honors & Awards

"Boston University Women's Scholarship" Awarded for Good Academic Performance
• University of Illinois Honor Roll, Tau Beta Pi and Korean Student Club
• "The Korean Honor Scholarship" Awarded for Good Academic Performance
• "Scholarship Association Awards 1992" Awarded for Honoring Academic Excellence
• 2006 - 21st Century Achievement Award for Education & Academia, Computerworld Honors Program, Columbia University School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner PDA Project, Team Member
• Bronze Award on paper presentation of “Creation of a Gold Standard for Validation of a Computer-Interpretable Depression Screening Guideline.” 9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, 2006, Seoul, Korea
• The Harriet Werley Award on paper of “Building an Ontology for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment to Allow Data Sharing and Comparisons Across Hospitals.” AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2010, Washington DC, USA
• Faculty Recognition, Student Affairs, UNCW. (November 2018; October 2020; April 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)
• Soaring Seahawk, UNCW (January 2021)