Richard Appleyard's Résumé

Postdoctoral Fellowship Medical Informatics, Oregon Health Science University.

Ph.D. Biochemistry/Biophysics, Washington State University.

B.A. Chemistry, Exeter College, Oxford University.

Instructor, WWW/Multimedia Professional Development Program, School of Extented Studies, Portland State University (PSU).

Teach a course in WWW Development in the Multimedia/Web Professional Program at PSU. Advise program on Web Accessibility issues and developing a workshop on this topic.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, OHSU. <www.ohsu.edu/dmice>

Serve on the extended faculty of the department. Lecture on Consumer Health Informatics and Disability Informatics.

Director of Disability Informatics, Oregon Institute on Disability & Development, OHSU. ‹www.oidd.org›

Coordinated efforts in the development of novel applications of information technology as it relates to disabilities. Responsible for a grant-funded program to advance knowledge of the Web and other forms of information technology in support of people with various abilities and disabilities. Research interests center around the use and efficacy of online health information and the use and evaluation of technology to address the needs of people with disabilities.

Research projects included,

• Determining the computer and Internet needs and habits for people with cognitive disabilities through focus groups and contextual interviews.
• Evaluating the ease-of-use and accessibility of e-Health Web sites from usability studies with people with cognitive disabilities.
• "Accessible Virtual Classroom" - developing and evaluating e-Learning technologies for K-12 students, parents and teachers
• Applying GIS (geographical information system) technology to investigate and address disability issues (currently coordinate the OHSU GIS Users Group).

Oregon Health Sciences University Web Services Manager (OHSU Webmaster). <www.ohsu.edu>

Managed the Web Services division (now the Web Strategies Group) within the Information Technology department (ITG) at OHSU. Comprised a team of 4 direct report personnel with an annual operating budget of ~$400,000. Involved; maintaining the Internet and Intranet WWW servers for the institution, administering accounts for over one hundred departments, programming the Web servers and providing tools and training for the departmental Web managers, maintaining the Home Page and top levels of the Web sites (in conjunction with the University News and Publications department), developing and updating the user interface (graphics and HTML templates), and developing and maintaining Web Policy ratified by WWW Steering Committee and OHSU Policy Advisory Committee.

Major projects included,

• organization of the WWW oversight infrastructure, formalization of the Web Manager position with access to the central WWW server of behalf of a department, formation of the WWW Steering Committee and development of institutional policy and procedure.
• a major overhaul of the Internet WWW site, update of the information architecture and graphical interface for the Home Page and provision a style guide for the departments with HTML templates for easy site construction.
• a roll out and subsequent upgrade to the OHSU Intranet WWW site, the O-zone, with a new, separate, internal information architecture, and a more standardized navigation interface.
• development of a Web Enterprise Plan that comprised a strategic requirements analysis and 3 alternate solutions and business plans
• implementation of a streaming media pilot project to assess streaming media technologies by implementing multiple server platforms and facilitating multiple user pilots and evaluations

Medical Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oregon Health Science University.

Studied classes in Medical Informatics, Information Retrieval, Database Design, Medical Decision Making, Consumer Health Informatics, and Human-Computer Interface (HCI). Specialized in Consumer Health Informatics and mentored under Dr Holly Jimison in the Informed Patient Decision Group.

Major projects and activities included,

• Usability of Online Health Information
  Performed a small usability evaluation research study of users searching for e-Health information to determine the problems encountered and the methods used to overcome them. From the data analysis, methods were proposed to improve the search engine indexing and e-Health interface design.
• Medical and Health Indexing on the Web
  Part of team that developed a Medical Core Metadata (MCM) scheme for enhanced indexing of medical and health information on the Web in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of e-Health searching. Also maintained the WWW Virtual Library - Medicine Index, <http://ipdg.ohsu.edu/wwwvl/>, a list of medical sites on the WWW, including medical institutions, medical organizations, research groups, specialized clinics, and individual doctors home pages.
• IPDG "Informed Consent" Multimedia Kiosk Prototype
  Developed a prototype multimedia program to help patients to undergo the informed consent process. Allowed nonlinear traversal of the information, general information on informed consent as well as information for a specific drug trial. The prototype was used as a demonstration and discussion point for focus groups with patients, doctors and IRB members.
• Information Technologies for Coordinated Healthcare
  Part of a team that researched and developed methodologies for a WWW-based Telemedical Health Management System that utilized IT to facilitate team-based collaborative care of patients in the home or assisted-care facility.
• Teaching Duties
  Also lectured on accessing health and medical information on the Internet and Web to Master's students and Health care professionals (CME).

Sapient Information Systems Corporation (Healtheon / WebMD)

Consulted on the research and development of the Sapient Health Network's <www.shn.net> (now Healtheon / WebMD, <http://www.webmd.net/>) IQuE™ (Intelligent Query Engine) system. This involved developing an intelligent information retrieval system that automatically searches for relevant medical information for a user based on their user profile and interaction with the system.

Computer Consultant, Informed Patient Decision Group, OHSU.

Developed multimedia prototype software for several projects involving communicating health-related information to patients.

• "Choosing a Healthcare Plan" Multimedia Kiosk Prototype
  Developed a prototype multimedia computer program to help patients select a healthcare plan by educating them about managed care and the different options available, as well as presenting comparisons of the different plans to assist them in their decision making.
• Multimedia Kidney Transplant Survey Tool
  Development of a multimedia computer program to assist in educating patients about their kidney transplant options and administering a questionnaire survey about the patient's preferences.

Computer Networks: From OHSU to the Internet (OHSU Lecture)

Lecture for Medical Informatics Masters students on the Internet / WWW and accessing health and medical information online.

Computer Applications in Medical Care (OHSU CME course)

Proctored introductory and intermediate classes designed to introduce practicing physicians to medical computing tools. One major component of this course is a section where the basic concepts of computer networking, the Internet and World Wide Web are demonstrated and practiced hands on. Also lectured to the group on advanced WWW techniques.

President, Internet Professionals Northwest (IPN), <http://www.ipn.org/>
Provide oversight to the organization with a Board of Directors and a part-time Executive Director. IPN is a non-profit trade association with members from Web designers to network administrators, and from graphic designers to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). IPN provides a monthly networking and program event targeted at people who are interested in providing services, products and technologies via the Internet. IPN is a non-profit trade association that provides a monthly networking and program events on topics such e-marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Flash and interactive media, Web-databases, and Information Architecture. Have organized programs on Web Accessibility, Location-based Services (GIS), and Streaming Media.

Board of Directors, Society for Internet in Medicine (SIM), <http://www.internet-in-medicine.org/>
Help guide the Society in its mission to promote the education worldwide of the public and medical communities in the application of Internet and related technologies in the fields of medical sciences, healthcare practice and healthcare management. The main activity of the Society to date continues to be the organization of the annual World Congress on the Internet in Medicine (MedNet, <www.mednetcongress.org>).

Member, Software Association of Oregon (SAO)
Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI),
ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR)
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Member, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Member, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) <www.amia.org>
Chair, AMIA Internet Working Group
Member, AMIA Consumer Health Informatics Working Group
President, WSU Biochemistry Students Association
Senator, WSU Graduate & Professionals Student Association