Health Information Science

Faculty

Faculty member Contact information Areas of research
     
  • Elizabeth Borycki, Assistant Professor
    • RN, HBScN (Lakehead), MN (Manitoba), PhD (Toronto)
Phone: 250-472-5432
Email: emb@uvic.ca

Health management, organization and strategy; disease management, respirology and geriatrics; nursing informatics and the effect of technology upon nurses' work; evaluation of the impact of information technology in health care; clinical informatics.

  • Gerhard Brauer, Associate Professor Emeritus
    • BA (Honours)(Victoria), MA in Medical Anthropology (Brit.Col) EdD (UBC)
Phone: 250-721-8574
Email: gwbrauer@uvic.ca

Epidemiology and epidemiology information systems; technology assessment; comparative health care systems; systems analysis; pedagogy; rural health care, health in development; Telemedicine, Telehealth, etc.; interactive computer graphics in education; program evaluation

  • Karen L. Courtney, Assistant Professor
    • BA (University of North Carolina), BSN (University of North Carolina), MSN (Duke University), Phd (University of Missouri)
Phone: 250-721-8599
Room: HSD A216
Email: court009@uvic.ca

Health systems research; telehealth; informatics curriculum development; clinical decision making; underserved populations; diffusion of innovations and geographic information

  • Alex M.H. Kuo, Assistant Professor
    • BSc (Taiwan), MBA (Taiwan), PhD (Nottingham, UK)
Phone: 250-472-4300
Email: akuo@uvic.ca

data interoperability, health database & data warehousing, data mining application in healthcare, and e-health.

  • Andre Kushniruk, Professor, Undergraduate Student Adviser
    • BSc (Brock), BA (Brock), MSc (McMaster), PhD (McGill)
Phone: 250-472-5132
Email: andrek@uvic.ca

Evaluation of the use and usability of information systems; e-Health and Telemedicine; Consumer informatics; Cognitive aspects of decision support systems; Data mining in health informatics; Computerized patient record systems; Evaluation methodologies; Intelligent information filtering; Usability engineering; Knowledge representation; Design of health care user interfaces and human-computer; interaction in complex domains.

  • Francis Lau, Professor
    • BSc (Alberta), MSc (Alberta), MBA (Alberta), PhD (Alberta)
Phone: 250-472-5131
Email: fylau@uvic.ca

Strategic IT planning for health systems; Electronic health records; Information management and analysis; Impacts of IT in health; Action research; Design, implementation and evaluation of health information systems; Decision support systems; Knowledge management.

  • Scott Macdonald, Professor
    • BSc (Victoria), MA (Toronto), PhD (Western Ontario)
Phone: 250-721-8579
Email: scottmac@uvic.ca

Substance abuse, drug testing and other workplace alcohol/drug programs.

  • Jochen Moehr, Professor Emeritus
    • Staatsexamen Medizin, Dr. med. (M.D., Marburg, Fed. Rep. Germany), Habilitation fuer Medizinische Informatik (PhD, Hannover Med. School, Fed. Rep. Germany)
Phone: 250-721-8581
Email: jmoehr@uvic.ca

Medical Informatics, Health Informatics, Hospital Information Systems, Medical Artificial Intelligence, Medical Records, Medical Coding, Factual Information Systems; Information Engineering, Software Engineering, User Interfaces, Adaptive Systems; Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Health Care Evaluation, Technology Evaluation, Preventive Medicine.

  • Denis Protti, Professor Emeritus
    • BSc (Alberta) , MSc (Manitoba), ScD (London), FACMI
Phone: 250-721-8841
Email: dprotti@uvic.ca

International Approaches to eHealth and the EHR; Health Care Information Management & Technology Strategic Planning; Chief Information Officers; Evaluation of Information Management & Technology; Physician Office EMR systems.

  • Abdul Roudsari, Professor, Director, Graduate adviser
    • BSc (London), MSc (London), PhD (London)
Phone: 250-721-8576
Email: abdul@uvic.ca

Electronic healthcare, telecare, ehealth, evaluation of clinical systems, chronic disease management.

  • Omid Shabestari, Senior Instructor
    • MD (Tehran University of Medical Sciences), PhD (City University, London)
Phone: 250-721-8582
Room: HSD A214
Email: omid@uvic.ca

Secondary use of health data; business intelligence; health system analysis and design; electronic health records; telemedicine; health 2.0; evaluation research