| Aparna Agarwal
is an MBA student at the Smith School of Business with three years of
multi-national work experience in the IT and finance services sector.
Her interests include exploring the use and management of information
technology to bridge the existing gap in bringing health care to all
sections of society. She is involved in conducting research in the
areas of the emerging model of national health services in countries and
as a first step, is focusing her analysis on India. Apart from her
academic work, she is also interested in adventure sports, with her
greatest personal achievement being a Himalayan trek to an altitude of
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| Jorge B. Diaz
is a 2009 MBA candidate who has been involved with the center since June
2008. He has been working on a project with CHIDS' member CISCO to
determine the impact that advanced communication technologies have on
the economic performance of hospitals, focusing specifically on the
dynamics of the Discharge Planning Process. His career interests are in
strategy and business development within the health care industry. |
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| Bing Jiang,
a junior, is completing a dual major in information systems and finance
at the Smith School. His interests include health information technology
and Health 2.0 developments. He is involved in several student group
activities such as SUSA, BITS and SMART at the Smith School. |
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| Melvin Lye
is a 2010 MBA candidate. Prior to starting the MBA program, he had 7
years experience in the IT industry holding both technical development
and project management roles in the development of online Web systems.
He is interested in how information systems augment the evolution of
healthcare organizations and services and is starting his research in
the personal health information management area at CHIDS. Melvin enjoys
reading finance related articles when he is not doing research on
healthcare and information technology. |
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| Ngozi Nwaneri
is a double major in information systems and finance and is a senior at
the Smith School. His interests include technology, computer and
network security, software development, system development, systems
analysis and design, and business and IT alignment. He is interested in
studying how health information technology (HIT) gives advantage in the
field of healthcare, and is conducting research on Personal Health
Records (PHR) and PHR systems and their role in the Healthcare sector.
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| Karen Pereira
is a 201 MBA candidate, with 3 years of experience in the field of
information technology & services. Her interests in healthcare include
leveraging her business and technology knowledge to make healthcare in
general more convenient and accessible to all. She is conducting a
landscape assessment of the home health monitoring industry. Along with
her interest in healthcare and technology, she also enjoys organizing
and participating in social and cultural events. |
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| Rahul Samtani,
a senior, is pursuing a dual degree in logistics, transportation, &
supply chain management and information systems. He is interested in how
HIT can affect different demographics, and is currently researching the
public healthcare system of India. His focus is on reach and access in
rural areas, and the healthcare urban-rural divide. |
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