Anita Walden PhD
Anita Walden holds more than 20 years of experience in clinical research and 15 years in informatics-related activities. She has managed data operations for large domestic and international trials conducted in over 25 countries and has supervised data integration and informatics teams. Her informatics background is diverse, with experience in data standards development, data integration, and mobile and electronic health technology development. In the international standards arena, she has held leadership roles in Health Level Seven (HL7) and the Critical Path Institute, and has a strong relationship with CDISC, collaborating on standards methodology activities. As an informatics project leader and investigator, she led and managed grants funded by the FDA, NIH, and Gates Foundation and developed nine therapeutic area standards in infectious disease, mental health, cardiology, anesthesiology preoperative assessment, emergency services, trauma, and bio-banking.
She is also an industry educator and trainer in data management, clinical research informatics, and mobile health technologies with the Society of Clinical Data Management (SCDM).
As a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), her research interests are in international data standards, EHR data integration for clinical studies, and implementation of eHealth and mHealth technologies for underserved and under-represented communities to improve healthcare access and health outcomes.