Vibha Anand
Manager, Senior Research Scientist at IBM
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolVibha Anand is a Manager and Senior Research Scientist at IBM Research in Cambridge, MA, with 20 years of experience at the intersection of clinical informatics, predictive modeling, and software engineering. She has led strategy and research programs translating medical guidelines into deployable clinical decision support—building systems like CHICA and integrating them with open platforms such as OpenMRS. Her background spans academic roles (assistant professor) and applied product development, with deep expertise in Bayesian modeling, Arden Syntax medical logic modules, and EMR-driven prediction for pediatric care. Vibha combines hands-on backend engineering (notably contributions to OpenMRS core rule handling) with leadership in healthcare IT deployment and real-time alerting across health information exchanges. She holds a PhD in Informatics and a strong foundational CS/EE education, enabling her to bridge firmware-era embedded systems knowledge with modern clinical software. Less obvious: she has a track record of turning complex clinical guidelines into executable Java logic that powers routine care workflows at scale.
20 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Motilal Nehru National Institute Of TechnologyMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of New Haven
Hindi
Github Skills (7)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
openmrs/openmrs-core
Sep 2005 - Dec 2008
OpenMRS API and web application code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:79 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Vibha primarily focused on back-end development tasks within the OpenMRS core repository. Their contributions included modifying the `MLMObject.java` and `Call.java` files, suggesting work related to the Arden Syntax, rule engines, and parameter handling within the system. These changes aimed to improve date and value substitutions within action strings and parameter calls, which impacts rule logic and processing. Additionally, the user made fixes to the `shouldClass()` method within the ArdenServiceTest.java file, which standardized the test folder path.
apij2eehospitalemropenmrs
openmrs/openmrs-module-patientmatching
May 2008 - May 2008
OpenMRS Patient Matching Module
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
openmrsmatchingpatientpatient-matching
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