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Dr. Sajda Qureshi - Director

Dr. Sajda Qureshi

Dr. Sajda Qureshi is Professor at the Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Department at the College of Information Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science at the University of London the United Kingdom. She has been coordinator of the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development. She was at the Department of Decision and Information Sciences at the Faculty of Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She has lectured at the MIS Department of the University of Arizona in the USA and has been involved in various consultancy projects in Italy and the UK. She has over 100 publications in journals such as Group Decision and Negotiation, Information Infrastructure and Policy and Communications of the ACM, books published by Prentice Hall, Springer-Verlag, Chapman and Hall and North-Holland and conferences such as the International Conference in Information Systems and the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. She has performed editorial work for Journals such as DataBase for Advances in Information Systems and conferences such as the International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS), and the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS). Her research interests include the use of electronic communication technologies to support coordination and decision- making processes within international networks and network organizations.

She is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Information Technology for Development

Dr. Peter Wolcott

Dr. Peter Wolcott

Dr. Peter Wolcott is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He has long-standing interests in the international dimensions of information technologies, and data management.He is the Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis at University of Nebraska at Omaha His current research projects are in the areas of service learning and information technology for development. His teaching interests are in data management and information technology for development. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in Business Administration (Management Information Systems) in 1993.

Dr. Jason (Jie) Xiong

Dr. Jason (Jie) Xiong

Dr. Jason (Jie) Xiong is an Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University. Dr. Xiong’s research focuses on IT for Development (IT4D), E-Commerce, and the value of Information Systems. Dr. Xiong has work experiences in IT companies including Intel, Alibaba, and Baidu.

Dr. John Windle

Dr. John Windle

Dr. Windle is Professor of Medicine at UNMC and is a cardiac electrophysiologist, with an interest in the science of the mechanisms, functions, and performance of the electrical activities of specific regions of the heart. In the past, Dr. Windle has also held the posts of Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education (1997-2000), and as the first Director of the Collaborative UNO/UNMC Health Informatics Program (2000-2005). Dr. Windle is very active in professional associations, having served as President of the Heartland Affiliate of the American Heart Association from 2004-2006. He also served as Governor of the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Cardiology from 2002 through 2005. Dr. Windle has been named as a "Best Doctor in America" for 2005, 2006 and 2009. Dr. Windle is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Windle has received extensive external funding in support of his research in Complex cardiac mapping, computerized decision-support and guideline modeling/health informatics. In addition, he serves as Principal Investigator for a National Library of Medicine IAIMS Grant examining attitudes towards information technology of academic physicians versus private-practice physicians.

Dr. Martina Clarke

Dr. Martina Clarke

Dr. Martina Clarke is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Informatics. She received a B.S. in Business Information Technology Systems from the University of Charleston (Charleston, WV) and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Health Informatics from the University of Missouri (Columbia, MO). Her current research focuses on human computer interaction, user-centered design, usability evaluation of health information technology, and cognitive load.

Dr. Timi Barone

Dr. Barone earned a BA in anthropology from Indiana University, an MA in medical anthropology and PhD in anthropology from Case Western Reserve University (in Cleveland, OH). An Associate Professor of Anthropology with a specialization in Medical Anthropology. Her primary research interests are in the biocultural basis of health and barriers to health care access/utilization for minority populations. Recent research focuses on the cross-cultural study of sleep and health from the perspective of Darwinian medicine. Dr. Barone is a member of the Women's Studies faculty, Native American Studies Faculty and the Latino/Latin American Studies faculty at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She currently teaches Introduction to Anthropology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Nonwestern and Alternative Medicines, Ethnomedicines of the Americas, Applied Anthropology and Sex, Evolution and Society.

Dr. James McClay

Dr. James McClay

Dr. James C. McClay is an Associate Professor for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. McClay attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Biophysics with Honors in 1979. He later attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan earning a Doctorate of Medicine degree in 1984. In 1987, Dr. McClay completed his Master of Science degree in Bioengineering at the University of Michigan. He completed his residency program in General Surgery at St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in 1986. Dr. McClay has performed extensive research in Healthcare Informatics. Dr. McClay has been a faculty member at UNMC since 2000.