Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science

Charles Doarn

Charles Doarn
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Cincinnati, USA

Biography

Mr. Doarn is a Research Professor in Family and Community Medicine and Director, Telemedicine and e-Health Program at the University of Cincinnati and is on the faculty of the MPH program. He is currently on an IPA assignment as Special Assistant to the NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer at NASA Headquarters. In addition, he also serves as the Executive Director of the award winning, International Virtual e-Hospital, a 501(c)(3). He is a peer-review funded researcher and has served as PI on a number of federally-funded grants, including NEEMO 12. He has also served as Deputy Director, Center for Surgical Innovation; Executive Director, Telehealth Video Resources Center in Ohio; Director and co-principal investigator for NASAs Research Partnership Center for Medical Informatics and Technology Applications, located at Yale University and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Throughout the 1990s, Mr. Doarn served as the Program Executive for Aerospace Medicine and Telemedicine at NASA Headquarters. He was the principle author of NASAs Integrated Strategic Plan for Telemedicine and served as the lead for NASA’s Telemedicine activities. Mr. Doarn also serves as the Executive Secretary of the Multilateral Medical Policy Board for the International Space Station. He received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) from The Ohio State University in 1980. He received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Dayton in 1988.

Research Interest

Family and Community Medicine and Director, Telemedicine