Driven by a passion for leveraging data to make a meaningful impact, Scott L. DuVall, PhD, continues to push the boundaries of medical informatics and data science to benefit Veterans and the broader medical community.

Dr. DuVall serves as the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI), a resource center that offers secure computing environments, analytic tools, support services, and a nation-wide view of VA electronic medical record and administrative claims data to more than 10,000 VA-credentialed researchers. Dr. DuVall spearheads the VA Office of Research and Development (ORD) initiative to "Put VA Data to Work for Veterans" that encompasses curating and standardizing data, linking and integrating external data sources, extracting clinical, social, and demographic information using natural language processing, and developing and implementing rigorous methods for reliable real-world evidence. Under his leadership, the VINCI team puts these data to work to enhance Veteran health by leading, enabling, and supporting clinical decision making and scientific discovery.

Dr. DuVall is an Associate Professor in the University of Utah School of Medicine within the Department of Internal Medicine Division of Epidemiology. His research focuses on the development and application of informatics tools and advanced analytical methods on electronic health care data in pharmacoepidemiology and outcomes research. He also directs a federally certified service recharge center within the University of Utah Health Science Core Facilities that offers data science and advanced analysis, computer-aided medical record review, natural language processing, and software development services.

Dr. DuVall received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Informatics.