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who are we....
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Ellen
Balka, Director
Ellen
Balka, Ph.D. is a
professor in the School of Communication (Simon Fraser University), and
a Senior Research
Scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation
Studies at Vancouver General Hospital. She also holds positions at the
School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser
University; Faculty of Medicine, University of British
Columbia;
and School of Health Information Sciences, University of
Victoria.
She began the ATIC Lab in 1997
in order to
support multi-disciplinary research concerned with socio-technical
aspects of technology. ATIC Lab projects focus on (1) the
assessment of technology in actual use contexts from users'
perspectives, and (2) the links between the policy environment and user
environment.
Dr. Balka's interests include
the design and implementation of health sector information technology,
technology assessment,
end user studies of technology, field research methodology, end user
participation in system design, women and technological change, and
science, technology and society perspectives on artistic production.
Visit Dr.
Balka's
personal
web page
View Dr.
Balka's CV
View Dr.
Balka's
profile on SFU's School of Communication
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Shannon
Coates
Shannon Coates is an M.A.
candidate enrolled at the School of
Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon
Fraser University. Her interest in
information technology for health care applications led her to join
the ATIC lab with Dr. Balka as her senior supervisor. Shannon is
pursuing research related to handovers in health care and
informational continuity of care, with an eye to developing design
guidelines for the creation of new systems for the management of
patient information in the pre-hospital care chain.
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Fiona MacGregor
Fiona MacGregor is a Ph.D.
student at the School of Communication (Simon
Fraser University). She holds a Master of
Women's Studies (MWS) from Memorial University of Newfoundland for
which she researched gender, computer programming and the Internet. She
has taught Women's Studies for the past 6 years as a Sessional
Instructor at Athabasca University, Mount Royal University, and the
University of Calgary focusing primarily upon women and health as well
as
women and technology.
Fiona's current research
interests focus on knowledge translation or the use of health trends
emerging from electronic patient records to inform various stakeholders
in the creation and application of future health information.
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Casey McCarthy
Casey McCarthy
holds a B.A. in Communication from Simon Fraser University and a
certificate in Technical Communication from Vancouver Island
University. In her role as a research assistant, she assists Dr. Balka
with the administrative duties related to
the HeIDE
project. Her
experience also includes an internship with the Vancouver Organizing
Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC),
where she worked on the IT Training Team. Casey previously worked on
the ACTION for Health project
from 2006-2008, where she contributed to a study on the BC HealthGuide.
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Marianne Tolar
Dr.
Marianne Tolar is a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at the
ATIC lab. In her work, she combines her backgrounds in social sciences
and computer science to study the use of computers in different areas
(e.g. health care, education), using concepts and theories from the
fields of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) and science and
technology studies (STS). Through ethnographic studies she investigates
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Brandi
Bell
Brandi
Bell holds a Joint Ph.D. in Communication (Concordia
University), M.A.
in Communication (Simon Fraser University), and B.A. in Communication
and Women's Studies
(University
of Ottawa). Her Master's thesis looked at young women and
feminism on the Internet, and she continues to explore the relationship
between young women/girls and technology as her primary research
interest. Brandi was a member of the ATIC lab between Fall
2000 and Spring 2003. Brandi is now a Research Coordinator at
Comprehensive School Health Research, University of Prince Edward
Island.
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Pernille
Bjørn
Pernille Bjorn holds a Ph.D. in
Computer Science and an
interdisciplinary master degree in Computer Science and
Educational Studies. Pernille was a
Post-Doctoral Fellow on the ACTION
for Health project from January 2007 to July 2008. Her
research
with the ATIC lab included a collaboration with a
Canadian Pediatric hospital concerning the design and re-configuration
of a patient tracking and triage IT system. She is currently an
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Nina Boulus
Nina Boulus holds a Ph.D. in
Communication (Simon Fraser University) and an M.A. in
Informatics (System Development) from the Department of Informatics at
the University of Oslo in Norway. Nina worked with the ATIC
lab from
2004-2010. Her research
interests concern health informatics, including: design and use of
electronic patient records; clinical information systems; and health
management information systems. Nina is currently an Assistant
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Kaye
Buchholz
Kaye Buchholz holds an M.A. in
Communication from Simon Fraser University.
Kaye is
interested in health, information technology and society. Her
thesis work focused on how people use the Internet
as an alternative space for reporting adverse drug reactions. She
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Ana Maria Bustamante
Ana Maria Bustamante holds an
M.A. in Latin
American Studies (Simon Fraser University) and a
B.A. in
International Relations and Diplomacy with specialized courses in
Communications. She is
interested in the application of health
communication as a strategy in health promotion. Ana
Maria was
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Arsalan Butt
Arsalan Butt is a Ph.D. student
in the School of Communication (Simon Fraser University) and
holds an M.Sc. from
the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (Simon
Fraser University).
Arsalan worked with the ATIC lab on a Health Canada funded project
concerned with technology governance and patient safety in healthcare.
He also worked on the ACTION for Health project
from 2004-2006, where his work included a
study on the BC HealthGuide. He is currently working as the data
manager for the Neonatal Follow-Up program at the BC Children’s
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Michelle
Daly
Michelle Daly holds a B.A. in
Communication from Simon Fraser University. Her
research interests include:
gender and technology, participatory design, and online communication.
Michelle worked at the ATIC lab from
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Patrick Feng
Patrick Feng holds an
M.A. and a Ph.D. (Science and Technology Studies) from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. His dissertation, entitled Designing a
'Global'
Privacy Standard: Politics and Expertise in Technical Standards-Setting,
investigated how the work of international standards organizations
shapes both technology development and policy-making. Patrick was
a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the ATIC lab from 2003-2004. Currently,
he is
an Assistant Professor in the Science Technology and Society program at
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Kelly Fox
Kelly Fox was the Project
Co-ordinator for the ACTION
for Health
project from 2005-2008, managing human resources, finances, IT, team
communication, team meeting organization, SSHRC reporting and other
administrative issues, negotiating timelines, deliverables and budget
with more than twenty co-investigators world wide. In 2007, she
presented Analysis of
Internet cancer discourses: infantilization and pink boxing gloves
at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting in
Montréal. She taught communication research methods to third year
students for five semesters.
Kelly holds an MSc (with
Distinction) in Science, Culture and Communication from the University
of Bath. Her BSc in Microbiology and Immunology was from McGill
University.
Kelly is currently Project Manager of Intellectual
Property Issues in Cultural Heritage: theory, practice, policy, ethics
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Janet Freilich
Janet Freilich holds a B.A.
from Cornell University. She worked on the ACTION for Health project
from 2006-2008, where she contributed to studies on
ghost charts and
nurse's injury rates. She is currently studying Law
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Faiza
Hirji
Faiza Hirji holds a B.A. in
Communication from Simon Fraser University, and an
M.A. and a Ph.D. from Carleton
University’s School of Journalism and Communication. Faiza
spent the
summer of 2002 working in the ATIC lab on projects involving
gender, health and the Internet, among other topics. She is currently
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Bev Holmes
Bev
Holmes holds a Ph.D in Communication (Simon
Fraser University).
She was a member of the ATIC lab from 2003 to 2006. Having worked as a
writer and
communications consultant in BC's health care sector for 12 years,
Bev's interests include the production, dissemination
and use
of
health information. Bev currently works for the Michael Smith
Foundation
for Health Research, where she is responsible for Communications and
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Casper
Bruun Jensen
Casper
Bruun Jensen worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow on the ACTION
for
Health project, specifically on
issues arising for health care providers as they increasingly use
information technology in the health sector.
Casper
received his Ph.D. in 2004 from the Department of Information and
Media
Studies at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, for his thesis entitled
Experimental Devices: Studies in STS and Electronic Patient Records.
He is currently an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Information and Media Studies at the
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Nicki Kahnamoui
Nicki Kahnamoui holds a M.A. in
Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University. She
was a member of the ATIC lab between 2003 and 2005, during which time
she worked on the "Technology Trouble" project. Her work experience
spans business consulting, design and implementation of information
technology. Currently, Nicki is Director of Business Development for
the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of
British Columbia. She is also Acting Communications Manager for
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Guenther
Krueger
Guenther
Krueger has a long-standing
interest in a variety of health-related issues. A former nurse, he has
been working as a medical writer for the past 14 years. He has degrees
in nursing, counselling psychology, and liberal studies in which he
also did health-related work from a social perspective. Guenther holds
a an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from Simon Fraser
University. His doctoral work examined families
who have experienced Sudden Infant Death, with an
emphasis on how they use technology such as the internet in order to
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Tracy Lee
Tracy Lee holds an M.A.Sc in
Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a B.Eng
Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University. Tracy
worked on the Knowledge
to Action project from 2008-2009. Her
work focused on knowledge translation and assisting a Vancouver clinic
with utilization of their EMR system to extract secondary data to
provide both feedback about the practice and support in their practice
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Per
Lindberg
Per Lindberg holds
a Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet and an M.Sc in Ergonomics from
Linköping
University. Per worked on the ACTION
for Health project as a
Post-Doctoral Fellow from 2006-2007.
His work focused on Ghost Charts, or duplicate medical charts. He is
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Anne
McCulloch
Anne McCulloch holds an M.A. in
Communication (Simon Fraser University) and a
combined Honours
Bachelor of Journalism and Political Science from Carleton
University. Anne's research
interests lie in Science and Technology studies (STS), literacy and
health, and production, dissemination and use of health information.
Anne worked on the ACTION
for Health
project from 2005-2007, where she studied English- and
French-speakers' use of the Canadian Health Network. Anne currently
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Janet
Morrison
Janet Morrison is a Registered
Nurse
with a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Specialty Nursing (Occupational
Health) and National Certification in Occupational Health Nursing
(Canada). She also holds Masters degrees in Adult Education, and
Library and Information Studies. She is currently a Ph.D. student at
Simon Fraser University. Janet worked on the ACTION for Health
project
from 2006-2007. Her work focused on technology and occupational health
in health sector workplaces. She is currently Program Head of
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Ann-Marie
Nicol
Anne-Marie
Nicol holds degrees in Epidemiology
(Ph.D., University of British
Columbia), Environmental Studies (M.E.S., York University) and
Communication (B.A., Simon Fraser University). Anne-Marie worked as a
Post-Doctoral Fellow on the ACTION
for Health Project. Her
contributions include an extensive literature review of recent works on
online health-information-seeking behaviour of patients, as well as
involvement with the Vancouver Public Library
Health-Information-Seeking Survey and the Farsi BC HealthGuide mass
media project. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of
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Kelsey
Nutland
Kelsey Nutland holds a First
Class
Honours B.A. in Communication (Simon Fraser University)
and an M.A. in Public Policy with a specialization in
Innovation, Science and
the Environment (Carleton University). Since
graduating from Simon Fraser University, she
has worked as an independent researcher in the
health
policy field with a focus on clinical research, seniors' health and
Health Technology Assessment. She is currently a Management
Consultant at Interis Consulting. Kelsey was a
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Katrina
Peddle
Katrina Peddle holds a Joint
Ph.D. in
Communication (Concordia University) and an M.A. in
Communication (Simon Fraser University). Her
Master's thesis explored the contextual
factors influencing telehealth-use in Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada.
Katrina's research interests surround the implications of new
information and communication technologies (ICTs) on health care in
rural communities. Katrina worked with the ATIC lab from 2002-2004. She
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Brian
Peterson
Brian Peterson has worked
extensively in
the areas of technology assessment and development as an academic
researcher, governmental consultant and within industry. As an alumnus
of the ATIC lab, Peterson's interests fundamentally lie in examining
the social construction of technology. Prior research has focused on
Internet and wireless data communications; however, increasingly his
interests have shifted beyond communication technologies to alternative
energy and into the examination of sustainable design and development
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Kjetil
Rodje
Kjetil Rodje is a Ph.D.
candidate
in the School of Communication (Simon Fraser University). He
holds a Master’s degree in
Sociology, from the University of Oslo, Norway. Kjetil’s academic
interests include
Post-structuralism, Cultural Studies and Science and Technology Studies
(STS). Kjetil worked on the ACTION for Health project
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Zena Sharman
Zena Sharman recieved an M.A.
in
Communication from Simon Fraser University. Her
Master's
thesis explored the relationships among gender, technology and nurses'
caring work in relation to a Patient Care Information System. Zena was
a member of the ATIC Lab from 2002 to 2004. She is
currently a Ph.D.
candidate at
UBC's Interdisciplinary Studies program and the Assistant
Director of CIHR’s Institute of Gender and Health.
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Karen
Smith
Karen Smith is currently a
Ph.D.
student in the Faculty of Information Studies and Knowledge Media
Design Institute at the University of Toronto. She holds an M.A. in
Communication from Simon Fraser University.
Previously, she worked as
a
Netcorps Intern in The Philippines with a non-governmental organization
focused on the migrant workers sector, and with a media outreach
program addressing HIV and AIDS issues. Karen has also worked
for a major online banking site in a content management role. Karen’s
research interests lie in applications of technology for social
inclusion. She was a member of the ATIC lab from 2004-2006, during
which time she conducted research about the use of an internet terminal
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Amanda Walker
Amanda Walker holds a B.A. in
Communication from Simon Fraser University.
She was a member of the ATIC lab
between 1998 and 2003, contributing to various projects. Her research
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