Dr. Mari Tietze is the recipient of the Myrna R. Pickard Endowed Professorship at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI). She is also the director of the graduate certificate and master’s in nursing (MSN) health informatics at UTA CONHI and project lead for BSN and graduate nursing program curriculum integration of the academic EHR [EHR Go] used by faculty and students. Dr. Tietze received her BSN degree from Washburn University, her MSN degree from Kansas University, and her PhD degree from Texas Woman’s University College of Nursing. She is a fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and is certified in nursing informatics from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Dr. Tietze is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.