# George Hripcsak > researcher **Wikidata**: [Q32634180](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32634180) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/george-hripcsak ## Summary George Hripcsak is a physician, internist, statistician, computer scientist, and university teacher[1]. His professional fields encompass medicine, internal medicine, health statistics, and health informatics[1]. ## Summary George Hripcsak is a physician, internist, statistician, computer scientist, and university teacher whose work is centered in health informatics and health statistics. He is a researcher with a documented scholarly record (DBLP author ID 62/6027) and formal authority identifiers (VIAF, NLC/RC) that reflect his contributions at the intersection of medicine, statistics, and computer science. ## Biography - Nationality: (not specified in source material) - Education: (not specified in source material) - Known for: interdisciplinary research and scholarship in health informatics and health statistics - Employer(s): (not specified in source material) - Field(s): medicine; internal medicine; health statistics; health informatics - Occupation(s): physician; internist; statistician; computer scientist; university teacher - Languages: English ## Contributions George Hripcsak has an established interdisciplinary research profile that spans medicine, statistics, and computer science, focused on health informatics and health statistics. His authorship is indexed in computer-science bibliographic resources (DBLP author ID 62/6027), indicating a published scholarly record in areas related to computing and informatics. He is listed in academic genealogy resources (academic_tree_id 41045), reflecting involvement in academic mentorship and scholarly lineage. Authoritative library and name identifiers associated with him include a VIAF identifier (1658165272270510690009) and a National Library of Medicine/Name Authority file (nl_cr_aut_id xx0270519, with canonical form "Hripcsak, G."). His multiple professional roles—physician, internist, statistician, computer scientist, and university teacher—show that his concrete outputs are produced at the intersection of clinical medicine and computational methods. Taken together, these documented facts demonstrate contributions in producing peer-reviewed publications, participating in academic training, and bridging clinical and computational disciplines within health informatics and health statistics. ## FAQs ### Q: Who is George Hripcsak? A: George Hripcsak is a researcher and university teacher who is trained and listed as a physician, internist, statistician, and computer scientist working in health informatics and health statistics. ### Q: Where can I find his scholarly work? A: His publications are indexed in computer-science bibliographic resources (DBLP author ID 62/6027). He also appears in academic genealogy records (academic_tree_id 41045) and library authority files (nl_cr_aut_id xx0270519, VIAF 1658165272270510690009). ### Q: What fields does he work in? A: His documented fields of work are medicine, internal medicine, health statistics, and health informatics. ### Q: What languages does he use professionally? A: English is listed as a language he speaks, writes, or signs. ## Why They Matter George Hripcsak matters because his documented professional profile places clinical practice and quantitative methods together in a sustained scholarly role. Holding concurrent occupations as a physician, internist, statistician, computer scientist, and university teacher, and working in medicine, internal medicine, health statistics, and health informatics, positions him to produce and disseminate research that connects clinical problems with computational and statistical solutions. His presence in major bibliographic and academic-identity systems (DBLP, academic-tree, VIAF, NLM authority file) shows that his work is part of the formal scholarly record and academic mentorship networks. That combination of clinical credibility and computational authorship supports the development of health informatics as a discipline and helps train others who enter the field. Without such interdisciplinary researchers, the formal linkages among clinical practice, statistical methods, and computer science in academic records and teaching programs would be less visible and less developed. ## Notable For - Holding multiple professional roles: physician, internist, statistician, computer scientist, and university teacher. - Working across fields: medicine, internal medicine, health statistics, and health informatics. - Scholarly presence in computing bibliography: DBLP author ID 62/6027. - Inclusion in academic genealogy resources: academic_tree_id 41045. - Listed in library and name authority systems: VIAF 1658165272270510690009 and NLM name authority nl_cr_aut_id xx0270519 (canonical form "Hripcsak, G."). ## Body ### Identity and Names - Given name: George. - Aliases and name variants include: G. Hripcsak; G Hripcsak; Hripcsak; Hripcsak G; Hripcsak G. - Gender: male (as recorded in source material). ### Professional Roles and Occupations - Documented occupations: physician; internist; statistician; computer scientist; university teacher. - These occupations are referenced in the structured properties and indicate combined clinical, quantitative, computational, and educational roles. ### Fields of Work - Primary fields listed: medicine; internal medicine; health statistics; health informatics. - The listed related classes include computer scientist and health informatics, situating his work at the intersection of computing and health care. ### Scholarly Record and Identifiers - DBLP author ID: 62/6027 — denotes a presence in computer-science bibliographic indexing. - Academic-tree ID: 41045 — denotes inclusion in an academic genealogy/resource for scholarly mentorship and lineage. - NLM authority file (nl_cr_aut_id): xx0270519, with canonical name qualifier "Hripcsak, G." - VIAF identifier: 1658165272270510690009 — indicates authority control in library catalogs. ### Language and Communication - Documented language: English. ### Public Description - Wikidata description: researcher. - The structured data collectively portray a researcher who synthesizes clinical and computational expertise for work in health informatics and health statistics. ## References 1. Czech National Authority Database