Dr. Shimpi has more than 15 years of experience in Biomedical and Healthcare Informatics, application of artificial intelligent tools at point-of-care and advancing interdisciplinary integration across healthcare systems. She has held leadership roles at the American Dental Association, including Senior Scientist for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Measurement, Director of the Clinical Data Registry (developed by ADA) and the Dental Quality Alliance and HIPAA Compliance Officer for the ADA’s clinical data registry. Through these roles, she contributed to advancing data-driven initiatives, digital quality measurement, ensuring regulatory integrity and guiding informatics research activities among students at universities.
As the Biomedical Informatics Scientist (tenure-track) at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, WI, USA, she conducted clinical and translational research defining inter-relationship between oral and systemic health. She contributed to initiatives including integration of medical and dental data and exchange, developed and evaluated interface terminologies for integrated Electronic Health Records (iEHR), and led the dental quality improvement initiatives.
Dr. Shimpi received her Doctoral degree (PhD) in Biomedical and Health Informatics from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Master’s degree in Healthcare Management with majors in Informatics from Cambridge College of Management, MA, USA and Bachelor of Dental Surgery from India. She has conducted several research studies and has been consistently acknowledged in academic papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and book chapters (authored 60+ publications).
Areas of Specialty
Biomedical and Health Informatics
Dental Informatics
Medical-Dental Integration
Clinical Research
Fellowship: American Medical Informatics Association
Fellowship: American Association for Oral and Systemic Health
Chandrasekharan S, Shimpi N, Carter T, Becker P, Parsegian K. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic related disruptions in periodontal maintenance on periodontal health. Journal of Periodontontology. 2026 (Accepted for Publication, to be published).
Angelov N, Okano D, Kookal K, Soldatos N, Parsegian K, Carter T, Shimpi N, Ioannidou N. Age and Sex affect the prevalence and severity of periodontal conditions in an academic setting. Journal of Periodontology. 2025 (accepted for publication, to be published)
Shimpi N, Jurkowich M, Kirk A, Merchant A, Sharma A. Introducing the American Dental Association Dental Experience and Research Exchange: An American Dental Association Clinical Data Warehouse for data-driven excellence in dentistry. JADA. 2025
VanWormer J, Shimpi N, Schroeder K, VanWormer A, Jain G, Dart R. Oral Hygiene, Quality of Life and Risk of Health Failure. Frontiers in Oral Health. 2025. (6) 1438026.
Parsegian K, Okano D, Chandrasekaran S, Kim Y, Carter T, Shimpi N et al. The PocketPerio application significantly increases the accuracy of diagnosing periodontal conditions in didactic and chairside settings. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14(1); 10189
Angelov N, Soldatos N, Ioannidou A, Carter T, Shimpi N et al. A retrospective analysis of the role of age and sex in outcomes of non-surgical periodontal therapy at a single academic dental center. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14(1); 9504-8
Schneider-Smith E, Suda K, Lew D, Rowan S, Hanna D, Back T, Shimpi N, Foraker R, Durkin M. How decisions are made: Antibiotic stewardship in dentistry. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2024. 44(1);1731-1736.
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Hegde H, Steinmetz A, Kuester R, Crespin M, Acharya A. DentaSeal: A schoolbased dental sealant efficiency assessment tool to support statewide monitoring and reporting: A field report. Technology and Healthcare, 1-13; 2023.
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Gabor R, Chyou PH, Nycz G, Acharya A. Impact of Establishing Dental Access for Preventable Infectious Dental Diseases (PIDD) in Medical Settings: Case Study from Rural Wisconsin. Community Dental Health. 2023.
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Rostami R, Hegde H, Olson B, Acharya A. Development and Validation of a Non-Invasive, Chairside Oral Cavity Cancer Risk Assessment Prototype Using Machine Learning Approach. Pers Med. 2022, 12, 614.https://doi.org/ 10.3390/jpm12040614
Shimpi N, Buchanan E, Acharya A. How Medical-Dental EHR Integration Can Improve Diabetes Care. AMA Journal of Ethics. 2022; 24(1);99-105
Glurich I, Shimpi N, Bartkowiak B, Berg RL, Acharya A. Systematic review of studies examining contribution of oral health variables to risk prediction models for undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. Clinical and experimental dental research. 2022; 8(1);96-107.
Shimpi N, Hegde H, Glurich I, Ryan A, Acharya A. Establishing a quality improvement culture within a large integrated medical-dental health system with a population based focus. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2021; 21(4),101589.
Schroeder K, Panny A, Shimpi N. Community Awareness and Oral Cancer Screening in Rural Wisconsin. J Dent Hygiene. 2021; 95(4); 51-58.
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Maybury C, Wang MQ, Hashimoto K, Acharya A, Horowitz AM. Knowledge,
Attitudes, Behaviors of Women Related to Pregnancy, and Early Childhood Caries Prevention: A CrossSectional Pilot Study. J Primary Care and Community Health. 2021. 12m21501327211013302
Shimpi N, Panny A, Glurich I, Chyou PH, Acharya A. Knowledgeability, Attitude and Practice Behaviors of Dental Providers Toward Provisions of Integrated Care Delivery for Patients with prediabtes/diabetes: A Wisconsin Statewide Survey. Frontiers in Dentistry. 2021 (2) DOI=10.3389/fdmed.2021.674178
Nycz G, Shimpi N, Glurich I, Ryan M, Sova G, Weiner S, Nichols L, Acharya A. Positioning operations in the dental safety net to enhance value-based care delivery in an integrated health-care setting. J Public Health Dent. 2021; 80:S71-S7.
Glurich I, Berg R, Panny A, Shimpi N, Steinmetz A, Nycz G, Acharya A. Longitudinal Observation of
Outcomes and Patient Access to Integrated Care Following Point-of-Care Glycemic Screening in Community Health Center Dental Safety Net Clinics. Frontiers in Oral Health. 2021
Abdelrahim A, Shimpi N, Hegde H, Kleutsch K, Chyou PH, Jain G, Acharya A. Feasibility of establishing tele- dental approach to non-traumatic dental emergencies in medical settings. Am J Dent. 2020; 33(1):48-52.
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Panny Aloksagar, Acharya A. Knowledgeability, Attitude and Practice Behaviors of Primary Care Providers towards managing patient’s oral health in Medical Practice: Wisconsin Statewide Survey. J Am Dent Assoc. 2019; 150(10): 863-872.
Shimpi N, McRoy S, Zhao H, Min W, Acharya A. Development of a periodontitis risk assessment model for primary care providers in an interdisciplinary setting. Technol Health Care. 2019. Doi:10.3233/THC-191642
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Schroeder D, Katrak C, Chyou PH, Acharya A. Patient Awareness of Association of Diabetes and Periodontal Disease. Health Promot Pract. 2018. Doi:
Shimpi N, Bharatkumar A, Jethwani M, Chyou PH, Glurich I, Blamer J, Acharya A.
Knowledgeability, attitude and behavior of primary care providers towards oral cancer: a pilot study. J Cancer Educ. 2018; 33(2): 359-364.
Shimpi N, Bharatkumar A, Jethwani M, Chyou P, Glurich I, Blamer J, Acharya A.
Knowledgeability, Attitude and Behavior of Primary Care Providers Towards Oral Cancer: a Pilot Study. J Cancer Educ. 2018. 33(2):359- 364. doi: 10.1007/s13187-016-1084-4. PubMed PMID: 27448614.
Shimpi N, Schwei K, Cooper S, Chyou PH, Acharya A. Understanding Patients’ Oral Health Information Needs - Findings of a Survey on Use of Patient Portals in Dentistry. J Am Dent Assoc. 2018; 149 (3)184-190. PubMed PMID: 29395012.
Shimpi N, Ye Z, Koralkar R, Glurich I, Acharya A. Need for a Diagnostic Centric Care in Dentistry: a Case Study from Marshfield Clinic Health System, J Am Dent Assoc. 2018; 149 (2) 122-131. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2017.09.030. PubMed PMID: 29389335; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5798006.
Hegde H, Shimpi N, Glurich I, Acharya A. Tobacco Use Status from Clinical Notes Using Natural Language Processing and Rule Based Algorithm. Technol Health Care. 2018;26 (3):445-456. doi:10.3233/THC-171127. PubMed PMID: 29614708.
Glurich I, Schwei K, Lindberg S, Shimpi N, Acharya A. Qualitative Assessment of Provider Perspectives. Health Promot Pract. 2018;19 (4):531-541. doi: 10.1177/1524839917737752. PubMed PMID: 29073800; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5878963.
Acharya A, Shimpi N, Mahnke A, Mathias R, Zhan Y. Medical care providers’ perspective on dental information needs in electronic health records. J Am Dent Assoc. 2017;148(5):328-337. doi:10.1016/j.adaj.2017.01.026. PubMed PMID: 28284418
Shimpi N, Schroeder D, Kilsdonk J, Chyou P, Glurich I, Penniman E, Acharya A. Medical Providers’ Oral Health Knowledgeability, Attitudes, and Practice Behaviors: an Opportunity for Interprofessional Collaboration. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2016;16(1):19-29. doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2016.01.002. PubMed PMID: 27132552
Shimpi N, Schroeder D, Kilsdonk J, Chyou PH, Glurich I, et al. (2015) Assessment of Dental Providers’ Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude towards Incorporating Chairside Screening for Medical Conditions: a pilot study. J Den Oral Care 2(1): 10
Nycz G, Glurich I, Dunkel R, Springer T, Ryan M, Shimpi N. Chronic Oral Diseases, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Prevention 5th American Public Health Association. 2023. (senior author)
Shimpi N, Ashton JL, Sorenson CA, Louay DO, O’Brien J, Melms W, Acharya A.
Interdisciplinary Care Model: Diabetes and Oral Health. In: Acharya A, Powell V, Torres-Urquidy MH, Posteraro R, Thyvalikakath TP, eds. Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. 2nd ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer International Publishing; 2019:47-61. doi:10.1007/978-3-31998298-4_4.
Shimpi N, Dart R, Umukoro P, Acharya A. Interdisciplinary Care Model: Cardiovascular Diseases and Oral Health. In: Acharya A, Powell V, Torres-Urquidy MH, Posteraro R, Thyvalikakath TP, eds. Integration of Medical andDental Care and Patient Data. 2nd ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer International Publishing; 2019:71- 85. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98298-4_6.
Glurich I, Shimpi N, Acharya A. Interdisciplinary Care Model: Chronic Kidney Disease and Oral Health. In: Acharya A, Powell V, Torres-Urquidy MH, Posteraro R, Thyvalikakath TP, eds. Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. 2nd ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer International Publishing; 2019:87-107. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98298-4_7.
Glurich I, Shimpi N, Scannapieco F, Vedre J, Acharya A. Interdisciplinary Care Model: Pneumonia and Oral Health. In: Acharya A, Powell V, Torres-Urquidy MH, Posteraro R, Thyvalikakath TP, eds. Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. 2nd ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer International Publishing; 2019:123-139. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98298-4_9.
Shimpi N, Pathak R, Acharya A. Interdisciplinary Care Model: Metabolic Syndrome and Oral Health. In:
Acharya A, Powell V, Torres-Urquidy MH, Posteraro R, Thyvalikakath TP, eds. Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. 2nd ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer International Publishing; 2019:141-154. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98298-4_10.
Shimpi N, Glurich I, Acharya A. Integrated Care Case Study: Marshfield Clinic Health System. In: Acharya
A, Powell V, Torres-Urquidy MH, Posteraro R, Thyvalikakath TP, eds. Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. 2nd ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer International Publishing; 2019:315-326. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98298-4_17.
