Sabine Koch

Sabine Koch

Professor | Head of department | Docent
Telephone: +46852487149
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 Informatik Koch, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Currently (July 2024 - June 2029) I am the Head of the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) which I combine with my research and education in health informatics. 

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  • I came to Karolinska Institutet in 2008, when I was recruited as Strategic Professor of Health Informatics and Director of HIC, the Health Informatics Centre at LIME. 

  • From 2012 - 2016, I was the Programme Director for our Global Master's Programme in Health Informatics, a joint programme with the Department of Computer and Systems Science at Stockholm University. From 2016 - 2019 I acted as the Departmental Director of undergraduate and master's education at the Department LIME. I further had been the Deputy Head of Department for LIME between 2014 and 2022.

    I hold both a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree in Medical Informatics from Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany. I got into the field of medical informatics in 1988 which I five years later combined with research in human-computer interaction and I enjoy working in this inspiring cross-disciplinary field since then.

    To drive our field forward, I am engaged in a number of activities both locally in Sweden and around the world, currently acting as:

    - Past President of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
    - Editor-in-Chief of Methods of Information in Medicine
    - Associate Editor of Applied Clinical Informatics
    - Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Medical Informatics
    - Member, National eHealth Council
    - Member of the External Advisory Board of the Medical Informatics Initiative Germany by the German Ministry of Education and Research
    - Member of the European Advisory Community for Philips Healthcare
    - Member of the Advisory Group "Terminology and eHealth" for Equalis

    Education
    - PhD 1998 (summa cum laude) – Medical Informatics, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany, “Methoden zur diagnoseorientierten Qualitätsobjektivierung und automatischen Bildverbesserung in der zahnärztlichen Radiologie“, Main supervisor: Prof. Dr. C.O. Köhler
    - MSc 1993 – Medical Informatics, University of Applied Sciences, Heilbronn and Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany

    Academic honours, awards and prizes
    2017 Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics
    2016 Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics
    2007 - 2008 Mentorsprogram Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
    2000 - 2001 Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, post-doctoral scholarship
    1995 Swedish Institute, scholarship

Research

  • My early research was in dental informatics, especially dental imaging and IT supported integrated care concepts for dental offices. I explored these concepts further and applied them for collaborative work using mobile tools for homecare of the aging population.

    I have a broad interest in health informatics including models for collaborative care, human factors/usability, evaluation of information systems, consumer informatics as well as evidence-based decision support and information visualization for enhanced decision making. I strive for combining structure with flexibility and technology design with healthcare and consumer needs aiming to build the theoretical basis needed to fully understand the socio-technical environment in order to be able to enhance health service delivery.

Teaching

  • 2016 - 2019 Departmental Director of Education, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and ECthics (LIME).

    2012 - 2016 Programme director, Master's programme in Health Informatics

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Employments

  • Professor, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2008-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Uppsala universitet, 2005

Leadership and responsibility assignments

  • Head of department, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2029

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