Charlene Ronquillo
Charlene E. Ronquillo
RN, PhD
(she/they/siya)
Racialized settler on the unceded and traditional territories of the Syilx Okanagan
University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Faculty of Health and Social Development
ART360 (Arts Building)
1147 Research Road
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
Health Informatics Equity Lab
The goal of our work is to centre the human experiences and values to improve equity and thoughtful, meaningful, and inclusive technology use in healthcare.
The HIE Lab's work is interdisciplinary and underpinned by critical theories and implementation science. A key aim in our research is to ensure meaningful inclusion of non-dominant groups in the conceptualization, design, development, and implementation of health technologies in health systems.
Charlene has expertise in mixed methods, participatory, and co-production approaches, HCI, and employing critical perspectives throughout the technology lifecycle. Charlene have experience with various aspects of health information technology in health systems and nursing, including nursing informatics competencies, usability research, person-centered design and development, rapid and exploratory prototyping, and technology adoption and usage.
Affiliations
Affiliated Investigator @ Interior Health Authority
Affiliated Investigator @ Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Co-lead and founding member of the Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Leadership (NAIL) Collaborative
Ethical AI Co-lead of UBC Data Science and Health (DASH) Cluster
EDI Co-lead of the Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN)