Wendy Nilsen

Wendy Nilsen, Ph.D. is the Acting Deputy Division Director in the Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Division of National Science Foundation, USA. She is a Program Director for the Smart and Connected Health Program in the Directorate for Computer Information Science Engineering at the National Science Foundation. Her work focuses on the intersection of computing and health. This includes a wide range of methods for data collection, data analytics and turning data to knowledge. Her interests span the areas of sensing, analytics, cyber-physical systems, information systems, big data and robotics, as they relate to health. More specifically, her efforts include: serving as co-chair of the Health Information Technology Research and Development community of practice of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program; the lead for the NSF/NIH Smart and Connected Health announcement; convening workshops to address methodology in mobile technology research; serving on numerous federal technology initiatives; and, leading training institutes. Prior to joining NSF, Wendy was at the National Institutes of Health.