Valerie Powell ’59 is the lead editor for a book to be published in February:  Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data:  “The book discusses the role of informatics and information science in the articulation of medical and dental practices and clinical data,” and is being promoted to healthcare professionals worldwide.  

Dr. Powell is University Professor of Computer and Information Systems at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania.  She majored in Philosophy and German at Wabash, and continued with advanced degrees in German and Germanic Studies, Philosophy, Linguistics, Computer Science, and Radiologic Technology.