Sessional Lecturer- MHI2023H - Data Governance in Health Informatics

CUPE Local 3902 (Unit 3) Job Posting

Sessional Lecturer Position

Posting Date: June 8, 2026

Program: Master of Health Informatics (MHI)

Sessional Dates of Appointment: Fall 2026, September to DecemberExisting Vacancy: Yes

Course Title: MHI2023H – Data Governance in Health Informatics

Course Description:

Data are increasingly being collected digitally throughout our healthcare system. New sources and uses of data could help improve patient outcomes, lower health system costs, and improve health care provider productivity. They also present challenges:
• New types of data, (e.g., from DNA testing) may increase risk to privacy.
• For machine learning and artificial intelligence to work properly, data needs to be centralized, sometimes from multiple jurisdictions, to achieve sample sizes appropriate for training algorithms. This creates challenges with data secur...