Lisa Nicolaou is the MiHIN Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) Program Director. This new role provides leadership in the emerging Social/Technical domain. Health Information Networks (HIN) are ideally suited to bridge the rapid escalation in demand and urgency for information surrounding social care data and the technical leadership to ensure alignment with national data standards, stakeholders, and sectors. This bridging ensures an appropriate data stream for patients, clinicians, and policymakers which holds great potential to transform the health outcomes of our population.

Lisa’s early experience as an Emergency Department Nurse in inner city Baltimore, cemented her convictions on how unmet social needs impact individual and population health, long before the term SDOH became commonplace. Lisa understands the role and value that technology brings to health and social care. From her early Nursing career with The University of Toronto and Johns Hopkins Medical Institution she went on to a master’s degree in Nursing Informatics from the University of Maryland. Her education in Nursing and Information Science allows her to bridge the divide between the social, health and technology domains. Her experience in program building, change management and healthcare transformation in Michigan provide longitudinal context and a depth of understanding necessary to take on the challenges of this new Social Technical domain. Lisa is a Member of the Gravity Project Technical Advisory Committee.