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Lars Mathiassen
GRA Eminent Scholar; Center for Process Innovation
E-Mail:
lmathiassen@gsu.edu
Biography
Dr. Mathiassen is Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Professor in
the Department of Computer Information Systems, and co-founder of the Center
for Process Innovation. His research focuses on the use of information
technology to innovate business processes across different industries. He
has done several studies related to healthcare, including electronic nursing
records, telestroke applications, and the use of telehealth innovations to
provide medical services to minor medical incidents. Prior to coming to GSU
he was professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has had visiting
positions at Institute Theseus, France, Warwick Business School, UK, London
School of Economics, UK, and Viktoria Institute, Sweden. He is on the
editorial board of several international journals. |
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Andrew T. Sumner,
Sc.D., Director & Associate Professor, Joe Taylor Chair in Health
Administration
Email:
asumner@gsu.edu
Biography
Dr. Sumner has extensive experience in health administration and health
services, including strategic planning, operations management, simulation,
quality improvement, health information systems, medical care organization,
and managed care. Dr. Sumner has served as Chair, Administration Advisory
Committee, Department of Medical Assistance (Medicaid), State of Georgia;
Board of Directors and former Chair of Promina Health Plan, Inc.; and the
Advisory Council of the CARE quality improvement program of the Georgia
Hospital Association.
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Lisette Branscomb,
M.B.A., M.H.A.,
Senior Research Analyst
Email:
lbranscomb@gsu.edu
Biography
After serving as a registered pharmacist with experience in hospital, retail
and home health settings, Ms. Branscomb served on the administrative staff
of Piedmont Hospital first as Manager of the Outpatient Diagnostic Center
then as Director of Urgent and Ambulatory Care Services. She also served as
Practice Administrator for Atlanta Family Medicine, a primary care group
practice. She currently serves as Graduate Residency Coordinator as well as
Research Analyst on special projects. She holds a Diplomate in the American
College of Healthcare Executives and is Chair of the Program Committee for
the Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives
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Upkar Varshney
Associate Professor
Computer Information Systems
E-Mail:
uvarshney@gsu.edu
Biography
Dr. Upkar Varshney is Associate
Professor of CIS at Georgia State University. His current research and
teaching interests include pervasive healthcare, wireless networks, and
mobile commerce. He is the co-founder of International Pervasive Health
Conference and is co-chairing the conference in 2006. He has authored over
110 papers (more than 40 in journals) including some of the most widely
cited papers in wireless networks and mobile commerce. He has also received
grants from several funding agencies including the prestigious National
Science Foundation. His long list of teaching awards include Myron T.
Greene Outstanding Teaching Award (2004), RCB College Distinguished Teaching
Award (2002), and, Myron T. Greene Outstanding Teaching Award (2000). He is
or has been an editor/guest editor for several major journals. (Professor
Varshney speaks on ubiquitous computing... |
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Balasubramaniam Ramesh
Professor
Computer Information Systems
E-Mail:
bramesh@gsu.edu
Dr. Ramesh’s research
focuses on the development of knowledge representation and reasoning models
for a variety of planning and design problems such as requirements
engineering and traceability in systems development, business process
redesign, and product development. His research interests include the design
of computer-based systems for collaborative work, software process
improvement and decision support systems. His research has appeared in
several leading conferences and journals. Models and techniques developed by
him have been incorporated in several leading computer-aided software
engineering tools. His research has been funded by several prestigious
government and industry sources. |
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