Dean Yergens

PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor


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Ucalgary


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Areas of Expertise

  • Comput
  • Data Analytics
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Services Research
  • Systematic and Scoping Reviews

Biography

Dr. Dean Yergens is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Critical Care. He has a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Community Health Sciences with a specialization in Health Services Research. Dr. Yergens has been very active in the area of Medical Informatics having previously developed and deployed Calgary’s first ICU Clinical Information System in 1995. His current area of research is in the application of artificial intelligence towards the automation of data analysis and software for improving literature reviews. He has a strong interest in Global Health having worked in several countries over the past 15 years.