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Laura Pina, University of California, San Diego
Linda Hill, University of California, San Diego
From: San Diego, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care, Non-profit
Title: Professor, School of Medicine
Job Keywords: Researcher, Medical professional / Clinician, Public health professional, Professor, Manager / director
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Policy, Research methods, Devices
Lisa Gualtieri, Tufts University School of Medicine
Mark Dredze, Johns Hopkins University
Mark Stoutenberg, University of Miami & Exercise is Medicine
Markus Broecker, Living Environments Lab, University Wisconsin-Madison
Mashfiqui Rabbi, Cornell University
Matthew Trowbridge MD MPH, University of Virginia School of Medicine
From: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care, Non-profit
Title: Associate Professor
Job Keywords: Researcher, Medical professional / Clinician, Health Professional, Public health professional, Professor, Data scientist
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Design, Business models, Research methods, Built Environment; Design Thinking; Citizen Science; Mobile Technology
Megan Ranney, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Brown University
From: Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care
Title: Founder & Director, Brown Emergency Digital Health Innovation program
Job Keywords: Researcher, Medical professional / Clinician, Public health professional, Professor
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Social Media, Apps, Social Justice / Digital Divide, acute care, text messaging, preventive medicine, dissemination
She graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in History of Science in 1997. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cote d’Ivoire prior to attending medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in NYC. She graduated with AOA status and received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award on graduation. She completed internship, residency, and chief residency in Emergency Medicine, as well as a fellowship in Injury Prevention Research and a Master of Public Health, at Brown University.
She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is an editor for the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine, and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. She is PI on a K23 from NIMH, a co-I on an R34 from NIMH, and a co-I on a PCORI grant, all focused on mHealth interventions for high risk populations.
Meghan Winters, Simon Fraser University
From: Burnaby, BC, Canada
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Job Keywords: Researcher
Interests: Public Health, Informatics and Statistics, Visualization, physical activity
Michael Kurisu D.O., Osteopathic Center San Diego UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine
From: San Diego, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care
Title: Medical Director
Job Keywords: Medical professional / Clinician, Manager / director
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Design, Research methods, Devices, Apps, Internet of Things, Osteopathic Medicine Integrative Medicine
Nadir Weibel, UC San Diego
From: La Jolla, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Research Scientist and Lecturer
Job Keywords: Researcher, Designer, Professor, Computer scientist, Engineer, Informatics
Interests: Ethics/IRB, Research methods, HCI/Ubicomp, Visualization, Social Media
My main interests ranges from software engineering to human computer interaction, particularly focusing mobile health, computer supported cooperative work, medical informatics, mobile and ubiquitous computing.
In my current work I am developing theory and methods, designing and implementing prototypes, and evaluating the effectiveness of interactive multimodal physical-digital systems such as pen-based and touch-based devices, depth-cameras (e.g. Kinect), wearable and ubiquitous computing (e.g Google Glass), as well as mobile devices, to introduce them as a support for critical settings such as Healthcare.
Nella Green, UCSD
Nicholas Anderson, University of California, Davis
From: Sacramento, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care
Title: Director of Informatics Research
Job Keywords: Researcher, Designer, Professor, Data scientist, Informatics, Information Technologist
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Design, Policy, Law, Ethics/IRB, Business models, Research methods, Privacy, Data Science, HCI/Ubicomp, Electronic Health Records, Informatics and Statistics, Visualization, Social Media, Devices, Apps, Social Justice / Digital Divide
Patricia Flatley Brennan, University of Wisconsin Madison
From: Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Moehlman Bascom Professor
Job Keywords: Researcher, Professor, Informatics, Other
Interests: Technology, Design, Privacy, Informatics and Statistics, Visualization
Patrick Merel, Portable Genomics, Inc.
From: San Diego, California, United States of America
Sector: Corporate/Private Sector
Title: Founder & CEO
Job Keywords: Entrepreneur
Interests: Public Health, Data Science, Visualization, Apps, Social Justice / Digital Divide, Genomics, AI, Big Data, Quantum, Fair Trade,
Interested into accelerating the use of genomics in the real life.
To achieve this goal: developing solutions to facilitate the sharing of genomic data, aggregated with medical, lifestyle and behavior information; developing solutions to mine the correlations between genotype and phenotype.
Interested by disrupting the big data space with new procedures for data sharing and data monetization that keep the data ownership to the people and that associate the people with the monetization of their data.
Prabasaj Paul, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
From: Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Sector: Government/Civil Service
Title: Epidemiologist
Job Keywords: Public health professional
Interests: Public Health, Research methods, Electronic Health Records, Informatics and Statistics
Rahul Jain, Louisiana Public Health Institute
From: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Sector: Non-profit, Other
Job Keywords: Public health professional, Manager / director, Data scientist, Informatics, Other
Interests: Policy, Business models, Privacy, Data Science, HCI/Ubicomp, Digital Health or Digital Footprints or Layered Big Data
Several of LPHI’s national and regional initiatives benefit from Rahul’s servent leadership at this intersection. Main initiatives include the ONC Beacon sustainability model for the Greater New Orleans Health Information Exchange; the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program’s Primary Care Capacity Project, entrusted to LPHI for administration by a court settlement from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill; and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s Louisiana Clinical Data Research Network, focused on Patient Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research.
Rahul is a member of an organization-wide strategic planning effort as a co-owner of an inquiry team on Policy, and anchored the creation of a new Analytics Portfolio that cuts across service divisions and programs. Additionally, he is an inaugural management team member of a supporting corporation, Partnership for Achieving Total Health, Inc. (PATH) formed to generate revenue through diversified funding streams including payors, accountable care organizations (ACOs), health systems and individual consumers. Rahul was appointed to PCORI’s National Task Force on Data Standards, Security, Networking and Infrastructure for the PCORnet.
Rumi Chunara, New York University
Sector: Academia/University
Job Keywords: Researcher, Professor, Data scientist, Computer scientist, Engineer, Informatics
Interests: Public Health, Informatics and Statistics, Social Media, Devices, Internet of Things
Safan Momin
Sandy Slater, University of Illinois at Chicago
From: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Assistant Professor
Job Keywords: Researcher, Professor
Interests: Public Health, Policy, Research methods, Social Justice / Digital Divide
Sarah Greene, PCORI
Sector: Non-profit
Job Keywords: Researcher, Manager / director, Consultant, Other
Interests: Business models, Research methods, Data Science, Electronic Health Records, Social Media, engagement, communication, consumerism
Sean Munson, University of Washington
From: Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Assistant Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Job Keywords: Researcher, Professor
Interests: Technology, Design, Research methods, HCI/Ubicomp, Social Media
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.
Shane Saunderson, Idea Couture
Siobhan McMahon, University of Minnesota
From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care, Non-profit
Title: Assistant Professor
Job Keywords: Researcher, Health Professional
Interests: Public Health, Design, Research methods, Visualization, Devices, Older adult health and wellness
Siwei Liu, UC Davis
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Assistant Professor in Human Development
Job Keywords: Researcher, Professor, Consultant, Data scientist
Interests: Data Science, Informatics and Statistics
Stephanie Greer, TidePool
From: San Francisco, California, United States of America
Sector: Corporate/Private Sector
Title: Head of Cognitive Science
Job Keywords: Researcher
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Design, Apps, Brain, Neuroscience
Steve Downs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
From: Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
Title: Chief Technology and Information Officer
Job Keywords: Other
Interests: Public Health, Policy, Data Science, Devices, Apps
Steven Chan, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
From: Sacramento, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care
Title: Resident Physician, Innovation/Advanced Technology Author
Job Keywords: Researcher, Designer, Medical professional / Clinician, Health Professional, Consultant, Computer scientist, Informatics
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Design, Business models, Research methods, HCI/Ubicomp, Visualization, Social Media, Apps
Susan Little, University of California San Diego
From: San Diego, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Professor of Medicine
Job Keywords: Researcher, Medical professional / Clinician
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Privacy, Visualization, Social Media, HIV, acute infection, transmission, pathogenesis, networks
Susan Williams, Center for Sustainable Health
From: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Medicine/Health Care
Title: Research Consultant
Job Keywords: Researcher, Consultant
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Visualization, Social Media, Internet of Things, data interoperability innovation for underserved
Tammy D. Allen, University of South Florida
Tanzeem Choudhury, Cornell University
From: Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Associate Professor
Job Keywords: Researcher, Entrepreneur, Computer scientist
Interests: Technology, HCI/Ubicomp, Devices, Apps, Internet of Things
Tiffany Veinot, University of Michigan
From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Associate Professor of Information and of Health Behavior and Health Education
Job Keywords: Professor
Interests: Public Health, Research methods, Data Science, Social Media, Social Justice / Digital Divide, Community health informatics
Veinot’s primary research interests focus on community health informatics, including four key themes: 1) Identifying factors that affect health information access, acquisition and use in marginalized communities and families; 2) Characterizing “mismatches” between health information services/technologies and the needs, priorities and behaviors of their intended users; 3) Developing a conceptual foundation for “community health informatics” interventions; and 4) Developing and testing informatics interventions to address community-level health disparities.
Veinot’s published research has garnered awards from the Journal of Documentation, Canadian Association of Information Science, the American Society for Information Science & Technology and the Association for Library and Information Science Education.
Veinot has held or co-held grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Veterans Affairs, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research and Ontario HIV Treatment Network.
Veinot served as a member of the Biomedical Library and Informatics Review Committee (BLIRC) at the National Library of Medicine and on the Scientific Program Committee of the 2014 AMIA Annual Symposium.
Prior to completing her PhD, Veinot had more than ten years of professional experience in health-related nonprofit organizations. In recognition of her nonprofit leadership, Veinot garnered several awards, including being profiled in Who’s Who of Canadian Women.
Vishu Nandigam, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Wendy A. Kellogg, Ph.D.
From: San Diego, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University, Corporate/Private Sector, Non-profit
Title: IBM Research Staff (Emeritus)
Job Keywords: Researcher, Manager / director, Self-employed, Consultant
Interests: Technology, Design, Research methods, HCI/Ubicomp, Social Media, social computing, CSCW, elder health
William Griswold, UC San Diego
Yunan Chen, University of California, Irvine
From: Irvine, California, United States of America
Sector: Academia/University
Title: Associate Professor
Job Keywords: Researcher, Designer, Professor, Informatics
Interests: Technology, Public Health, Design, Policy, Ethics/IRB, Privacy, HCI/Ubicomp, Electronic Health Records
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Last updated April 13, 2015.