Faculty Profile for Dr. Diane M Dolezel

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Dr. Diane M Dolezel
Associate Professor — Dept of Health Informatics and Info Mgmt
SON 204
phone: (512) 716-2841
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Diane Dolezel, PhD, MSCS, RHIA, CHDA, is an Associate Professor in the Health Informatics and Health Information department at Texas State University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in healthcare statistics, healthcare informatics, advanced healthcare data analytics, healthcare quality management, and healthcare databases. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy, an MS in Computer Science, and a BS in Health Information Management.

She edited a book on healthcare informatics and authored several chapters in that book. At the university, she serves on the faculty-student research forum and works on several university initiatives seeking to engage students in data science.

Teaching Interests

 healthcare statistics, healthcare informatics, advanced healthcare data analytics, healthcare quality management, and healthcare databases.

Research Interests

 Dr. Dolezel has focused on organizational determinants of healthcare quality. Dr Dolezel also made a substantial contribution to the area of privacy and security with a focus on individual compliance behaviors.

She has published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Computers & Security, Brain Sciences, Journal of American College Health, and several other journals.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Betancourt, J. A., Dolezel, D. M., Shanmugam, R., Pacheco, G. J., Stigler Granados, P. E., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). The Health Status of the US Veterans: A Longitudinal Analysis of Surveillance Data Prior to and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare, 11(14), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142049
  • Fulton, L. V., McLeod, A. J., Dolezel, D. M., Bastian, N., & Fulton, C. (2021). Deep Vision for Breast Cancer Classification and Segmentation. Cancers, 13(21), 5384. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215384
  • McLeod, A. J., & Dolezel, D. M. (2021). Information Security Policy Non-Compliance: Can Capitulation Theory Explain User Behaviors? Computers & Security, 11, 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2021.102526
  • Fulton, L. V., Dolezel, D. M., Yan, Y., & Fulton, C. P. (2019). Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease with and without Imagery Using Gradient Boosted Machines and ResNet-50. Brain Sciences, 9(9), 212. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9090212
  • McLeod, A. J., & Dolezel, D. M. (2018). Cyber Analytics: Modeling Factors Associated with Healthcare Data Breaches. Decision Support Systems and Electronic Commerce, 108(218), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2018.02.007

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2018 College Achievement Award for Excellence in Research, College of Health Professions. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 21st Annual Faculty/Student Research Forum, College of Health Professions. August 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: American Health Information Management Association Foundation Merit Scholarship recipient. December 1, 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Academic Excellence, Texas State University/HIM Dept. 2009
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Academic Excellence, Texas State University Health Information Management Department. January 1, 2009

Selected Grants

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal), Royal, Cindy L (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Supporting), Lollar, Jonathan Ernest (Supporting), Booth, Chad (Co-Principal), Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Supporting), Ekin, Tahir (Supporting), Cordero, Rafael A (Supporting), Lopez, Omar S (Supporting), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Sriraman, Vedaraman (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting). STEM-CLEAR: Creating Contextualized Learning Pathways across Academic and Cultural Boundaries, National Science Foundation, Federal, $2646529. (Submitted: August 8, 2023, Funded: June 1, 2024 - June 2029). Grant.
  • Hewitt, Barbara (Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Co-Principal). Exploring Factors that Influence Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare, Texas Society of Allied Health Professionals, State Professional Organization, $1500. (Submitted: June 30, 2022, Funded: September 30, 2022 - September 15, 2023). Grant.
  • Dolezel, Diane M (Principal), Wang, Tiankai (Co-Principal), Gobert, Denise Valencia Newbur (Co-Principal). Predicting High Urinary Tract Infection Rates in Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Machine Learning Approach, Texas State Williamson Fund, Texas State University, $10000. (Submitted: January 24, 2025, Funded: February 26, 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • Moczygemba, Jackie (Principal), Dolezel, Diane (Co-Principal). Implementing EHRs: An Exploratory Study to Examine Current Practices in Migrating Longitudinal Clinical Data., Texas State University Research Enhancement Program Grant, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7402. (Submitted: December 1, 2012, Funded: January 4, 2013 - January 3, 2014). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Discover Avery - undergraduate recruiting
March 29, 2025-Present
Member
Bachelor of Science in Health Science Faculty Search Committee
November 8, 2024-Present
Chair
Open Education Resources Research Fellows Program
October 21, 2024-Present
Member
Undergraduate Scholarship
September 2022-Present
Member
Graduate Student Scholarship
September 2022-Present