electronic Journal of Health Informatics

Basil Alzougool
Department of Information Systems - The University of Melbourne
Australia

Basil Alzougool is a PhD student at the Department of Information Systems and Biomedical Multimedia Unit – The University of Melbourne. His main area of interest focuses on Health Informatics. He is currently working towards an understanding of the information needs of consumers of health information systems especially the informal carers, as well as the design features that facilitate access to required information. He has been awarded a scholarship from the University of Melbourne to undertake his PhD.

Kathleen Gray
http://www.bmu.unimelb.edu.au/overview/staff/kg.html
Biomedical Multimedia Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Australia

Kathleen Gray is an educational technology researcher and developer in the Biomedical Multimedia Unit at The University of Melbourne. She has considerable experience in projects to improve web-based approaches to communicating biomedical and healthcare information to diverse audiences. Her current research interests include the relationship between designs for learning and teaching with technology in health professions, on the one hand, and the ways that clinicians and consumers engage in information and communication activities, on the other.

Shanton Chang
http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/slwc/
Department of Information Systems, Assistant Dean (International Programs), Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
Australia

Shanton Chang is a senior lecturer in Change Management and Social Impacts of Information Systems at the Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne. He completed his Ph.D. in Managing Multicultural Workforces at Monash University. His current primary areas of research include the Health Informatics, Online Behaviour and Online Prosumers, Use of ICT in Education and the Social Aspects of Broadband Technology Adoption and Appropriation.