Robert Friedman _
No Photo AvailableVice President for PolicyJ. Craig Venter InstituteRobert S. Newsom, PhD _
No Photo AvailableSenior ScientistCenter for Health Systems Research & Analyses, UW-MadisonAcademia/UniversityWork Madison Wisconsin United States of AmericaWebsite: https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/rsnewsom/Biography
Forty-five years experience designing, managing, translating and communicating research into practical policy and actionable advice. Comprehensive experience creating innovative, decision support, data-based performance measurement and evaluation tools and methods. Specialties: Deep private, public and academic sector experience in health services research. Comprehensive expertise with large primary and secondary data sets as applied to: health care data and claims, purchasing decisions and performance contracts, evaluating physician and system performance, and policy development for identifying and reducing variation in service delivery, outcomes, value and quality. There should be little that is of interest to the Health Data Exploration Network that will not also be of interest to myself.
Public Health, Policy, Business models, Electronic Health Records, Informatics and Statistics
Rosalie P Aguilar _
No Photo AvailableProject CoordinatorSalud America!Academia/UniversityWork San Antonio Texas United States of AmericaWebsite: http://www.communitycommons.org/groups/salud-america/Technology, Public Health, Policy, Research methods, Social Media
Rumi Chunara _
No Photo AvailableAssistant ProfessorNew York UniversityAcademia/UniversityWork New York New York United States of AmericaWebsite: http://rumichunara.comBiography
Dr. Chunara is an Assistant Professor at New York University, jointly appointed between Computer Science & Engineering and the Global Institute of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Medical Engineering at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, her S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and her B.Sc. (Honors) in Electrical Engineering at Caltech. Dr. has gained clinical experiences at hospitals in Pakistan, Kenya, and the United States, and was named an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 in 2014. Her research interests focus on harnessing novel information sources and developing computational techniques to use the data to describe and predict population-level public health issues. She has worked with a variety of data types including from Twitter, Facebook and Amazon Mechanical Turk, mobile phone survey, sensor and call record data as well as built platforms to garner syndromic and diagnostic data directly from individuals. She has used this data to understand both infectious and chronic disease risk factors and augment existing spatio-temporal epidemiological models.
Public Health, Informatics and Statistics, Social Media, Devices, Internet of Things
Ryan Comfort _
No Photo AvailablePresidentCoffectiveCorporate/Private SectorWork Lafayette Indiana United States of AmericaWebsite: http://www.coffective.comTechnology, Public Health, Business models, Social Media, Apps
Safan Momin _
No Photo AvailableTransplant SpecialistHouston Methodist HospitalMedicine/Health CareWork Sugar Land Texas United States of AmericaTechnology, Design, Business models, Visualization, Internet of Things
Saima Aman _
No Photo AvailableData ScientistUSCAcademia/UniversityWork San Diego United States of AmericaWebsite: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~saman/Biography
Enthusiastic about developments at the confluence of health and technology.
Technology, Public Health, Data Science, Informatics and Statistics, Social Media
Sandy Slater _
No Photo AvailableAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoAcademia/UniversityWork Chicago Illinois United States of AmericaBiography
I conduct research aimed at understanding policies and factors in the environment that impact health behaviors. Specifically I have over 16 years of experience as a principal investigator or co-investigator on numerous small and large-scale school and community-level studies designed to examine and reduce modifiable risk factors such as physical inactivity, obesity, and tobacco use. My research program also focuses on better understanding racial/ethnic and cultural differences in health behaviors and environments as they specifically relate to health disparities. My research involves the use of geospatial data analysis techniques, and I am always interested in learning about new methods and technology to assist in capturing more precise or specific measures of the environment.
Public Health, Policy, Research methods, Social Justice / Digital Divide
Sanjit Misra _
No Photo AvailableProgram Manager, Clinical & Business AnalyticsStanford Health CareMedicine/Health CareWork Sunnyvale California United States of AmericaBiography
Ever since college, I have been involved in analyzing health care data from hospital data to pharmacy data. I have had experiences at Epic on their BI team to McKesson on their pharmacy analytics team. Currently, I work on Stanford Health Care’s Analytics’ team. We build visualizations as well as source and modify clinical and operational data based on the need. I personally have worked on projects around Sepsis, alert fatigued, enhanced recovery after surgery, pneumatic tube systems, blood utilization, cardiovascular registries, public health integration to clinical data, and much more. I have a passion to find connections in data and absolutely have a passion to make a difference.
Technology, Public Health, Research methods, Data Science, Electronic Health Records, Informatics and Statistics, Visualization, Devices, Apps, Internet of Things
Sarah Greene _
No Photo AvailablePCORINon-profitWork Washington United States of AmericaBiography
I’ve been working in health research and patient engagement for nearly 25 years, and am continually examining strategies to improve health and healthcare, I’m exhilarated by the possibilities of health data, but clear-eyed about the challenges. I look forward to learning from and contributing to the Health Data Exploration Network as a means to understand everything from the latest developments in data science to consumer attitudes toward health data use. My day job is Associate Director of the CER Methods and Infrastructure Program at the Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute, where I am providing leadership for the development of PCORnet, our National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. PCORnet is predicated on more effective uses of health data, so the HDE network will be a great resource for me.
Business models, Research methods, Data Science, Electronic Health Records, Social Media
Sarah Mullane _
No Photo AvailablePostdoctoral FellowArizona State UniversityAcademia/UniversityWork Phoenix Arizona United States of AmericaTechnology, Public Health, Design, Policy, Business models, Research methods, Visualization, Devices, Apps
Sayali Phatak _
No Photo AvailableDoctoral StudentArizona State UniversityAcademia/UniversityWork Phoenix Arizona United States of AmericaTechnology, Policy, Data Science, HCI/Ubicomp, Apps
Scott Leibrand _
No Photo AvailableScott Woodward _
No Photo AvailableLIfe Science Consultant Investor with Interest in Digital HealthVentac PartnersOtherWork Copenhagen DenmarkWebsite: https://www.ventac-partners.comBiography
I work for a 22 person life science/VC firm investing and building companies across the life sciences (pharma, diagnostics, medical device, digital health)
Technology, Business models, Electronic Health Records, Social Media, Apps
Sean Munson _
No Photo AvailableAssistant Professor, Human Centered Design & EngineeringUniversity of WashingtonAcademia/UniversityWork Seattle Washington United States of AmericaWebsite: http://smunson.comBiography
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington’s Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering and a member of the dub group. I study the use of software to support positive behavior changes. My research focuses on increasing the diversity of political information people read and helping people achieve their health and wellness goals.
I completed a BS in Engineering at Olin College in 2006 and my PhD at the University of Michigan’s School of Information in 2012. Previously, I have been a political blogger and, while working at Boeing, designed concepts for future passenger airplane interiors.Technology, Design, Research methods, HCI/Ubicomp, Social Media
Shane Saunderson _
No Photo AvailableHead of Health DevicesIdea CoutureMedicine/Health CareWork Toronto CanadaWebsite: http://www.ideacouture.comShu Chuan Tseng _
No Photo AvailableTaiwan Medical AssociationMedicine/Health CareWork Taipei TaiwanPublic Health, Policy, Data Science, Electronic Health Records
Siddharth _
No Photo AvailableSiobhan McMahon _
No Photo AvailableAssistant ProfessorUniversity of MinnesotaAcademia/University, Medicine/Health Care, Non-profitWork Minneapolis Minnesota United States of AmericaBiography
I am an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. My overarching clinical and research interests relate to facilitating the empowerment of older adults to optimize their health and wellness. I am currently developing an intervention designed to enhance the motivation of older adults for engaging in physical activities known to reduce fall risk, whose delivery is augmented with a personal activity tracker, Fitbit. Our research has shown that such technology is feasible and usable among novice users over the age of 70, and at the same time has revealed opportunities for enhancing and tailoring specific aspects of displayed data.
Public Health, Design, Research methods, Visualization, Devices
Siwei Liu _
No Photo AvailableAssistant Professor in Human DevelopmentUC DavisAcademia/UniversityWork Davis California United States of AmericaBiography
My research is focused on developing quantitative methods to better describe and predict individuals’ health behavior and outcomes. Some statistical frameworks I use include multilevel modeling, time series analysis, and structural equation modeling.
Data Science, Informatics and Statistics
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