After completing his medical degree, his postdoctoral work was in biomedical informatics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Boyd's research focuses on data simplification to improve clinical outcomes engaging administrators, researchers and patients. He was awarded Researcher of the Year Award in Clinical Sciences, Rising Star, in 2016. He has designed patient engagement tablet apps in both cardiology and oncology to improve medication adherence through empowering the patients. He has also designed web interfaces to simplify the transition to ICD-10-CM for clinicians, administrators, and researchers. Dr. Boyd can be contacted at boyda@uic.edu.