Lynda Hardy Ph.D., R.N., FAAN is an Associate Professor of Clinical Practice at the University of Ohio College of Nursing and Affiliate Faculty in the Translational Data and Analytics Institute. As the Director of Data Science and Discovery, she is developing a novel approach for a data repository using a distributed, transparent, immutable, validated system to assure data safety and security. Dr. Hardy, a previous NIH Program Officer, teaches health informatics and ethics for doctoral students, advises DNP and Ph.D. students and faculty, and an active member of The Ohio State University Institutional Review Board. She is a member of the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Informatics, member-at-large for the American Medical Informatics working groups on nursing informatics, ELSI, and clinical informatics and a member of AcademyHealth’s Methods and Data Council. Dr. Hardy’s focus is a multidisciplinary approach to patient outcomes through data science and visualization with a special focus on opioid use.