Rodina Bizri-Baryak, Ph.D., DHA
Research Areas:
Healthcare informatics, Reproductive HealthBiography and Education
Rodina Bizri-Baryak led the centralization of the Cleveland Clinic Access Center and founded MeoSago Consulting, a firm focused on digital access technologies and equitable care, before joining the University of Michigan鈥揇earborn. Proud of her Lebanese roots, she is married with two children and remains close to her family.
She earned a Doctorate in Health Administration from Central Michigan University; her dissertation, 鈥淎nalyzing the Overturn of Roe v. Wade: A Term Co-Occurrence Network Analysis of YouTube Comments,鈥 was published in Informatics, and her work on social media sentiment analysis appeared in JMIR Formative Research. At UM鈥揇earborn she teaches courses in healthcare administration and healthcare leadership. Her methods portfolio includes semantic networks, large language models for text analytics, computational linguistics, automated coding, and bibliometric analysis.
She is dedicated to her students, using a strengths-based approach to build confidence, deepen learning, and prepare them for professional success. She welcomes research collaborations with her students on research topics like global health, health equity, and policy. Her future research will harness semantic network analysis to explore the intersection of public health, equity, and gender.