Kenneth D. Mandl, MD, MPH

Ken Mandl directs the Computational Health Informatics Program at Boston Children's Hospital and is the Donald A.B. Lindberg Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Harvard University. He is trained as a pediatrician and pediatric emergency physician.

Mandl is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and as part of its Leadership Consortium, co-chairs its Digital Health Action Collaborative, which addresses the artificial intelligence agenda. He has had a sustained influence on the field of biomedical informatics, innovating in biosurveillance, federated data sharing, patient control of data, and healthcare interoperability. Dr. Mandl's advancements in 'SMART' programming interfaces, in conjunction with his influence on the 21st Century Cures Act, have streamlined universal access to individual and population health data. These capabilities enhance interoperability in healthcare systems and foster substantial economies of scale. He leads, across seven children’s hospitals, the Genomic Information Commons and directs the PrecisionLink Biobank for Health Discovery at Boston Children’s Hospital. Mandl also has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Society for Pediatric Research, American College of Medical Informatics and American Pediatric Society.

Dr. Mandl is also a member of the  American Society for Clinical Investigation, Society for Pediatric Research, American College of Medical Informatics and American Pediatric Society. He is a recipient of the he Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics and the Clifford A. Barger Award for top mentors at Harvard Medical School.

He was advisor to two Directors of the CDC and chaired the Board of Scientific Counselors of the NIH’s National Library of Medicine. 

Dr. Mandl teaches and mentors extensively at the postgraduate level and leads an NIH training program in biomedical informatics and genomics.