Nyree Taylor has a passion for helping people and improving process.
One such process which has continued to fuel this passion has been the organisational process of discharge planning. Working in nursing (cardiac) Nyree noticed gaps in provision of patient care from the clinical setting to home and commenced researching the area to gain a better understanding of how organisational processes, technology and human health information needs can align to create a powerful supportive network.
A role in a technology based research project triggered her interest; in particular exploring how technology has an awesome ability to provide information to humans’ at a point in time, at a place, when they need it.
Further work in nursing research and technology triggered more questions such as: How do we bridge the gap to get information technology systems to truly support and enable human processes? How do we extend the role of the clinician beyond the boundaries of the healthcare facility to improve knowledge and care process?
After achieving Certificate IV in education and training, she worked in many education roles which provided her with key communication skills to reflect upon when working with and understanding how, patients use information.
A particular strength of hers includes the ability to think laterally and solve problems within scope of nursing care and practice.
After many years playing and coaching basketball teams, she displays impressionable team spirit and enjoys the opportunity to work with and around people; believing that a collective result often promotes greater solutions than an individual alone.
Nyree has a career goal that involves research and one which allows her to further explore concepts that empower people in care of their own health, at home.
Research areas include: facilitating communication, evaluating technology for nursing care, gerontological online learning modules for cancer nurses and cancer survivorship education strategies.
I am a senior lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems and received my PhD in Information Systems in 2008 from the University of Melbourne. My research concentrates on socio-technical issues at the intersection of humans, the design, application and use of the IT artefact.
I draw on my background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems and Knowledge Management in my research work. I have extensive practical expertise based on my work in industry as a programmer, business analysts and consultant in different settings and part of the world.
My current appointment at the University of Melbourne is shared between research, teaching and management responsibilities. I teach into the Masters of Information Systems and Software Engineering programs specifically Business analysis modelling and Design and Knowledge Management. I’ve always had the opportunity to work across different computing and information systems disciplines and have a very good understanding of the limitations and opportunities and limitations of information technology use and deployment in different settings. My management duties currently comprise the Research and Higher Degree coordination of about 190 active PhD and MPhil students with a focus on student wellbeing and candidature management.
My research concentrates on multiple areas that relate to individual and team work in the Knowledge Management and Information Systems disciplines. More specifically the areas that I have been conducting research in, include:
– Information and knowledge sharing in groups enabled by Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs),
– Knowledge strategy for improved team- and groupwork outcomes,
– Telehealth and mobile work in different settings,
– The leakage of knowledge from organisations through the use of ICT,
– Individual privacy in the realm of the Internet of Things (IoT),
– The link between content management systems and organisational processes,
– Knowledge acquisition, sharing and social media use in different organisational settings
(including regional SMEs)
– The use of social media to support adults with and carers of those who have chronic
illness, and more recently
– Information sharing and the use of ICT in different health-related settings (e.g. aged-care,
and nursing handover).
During my research conducted over the last 8 years, I have published more than 70 peer reviewed book chapters, journal and conference papers in the areas mentioned above. I have successfully supervised to completion, multiple Masters students here and abroad and have had 3 successful Melbourne University PhD completions in the last 4 years.
In terms of grant funding I have had success in both large Cat 1 and smaller grant schemes (Cat 2) and have accumulated funding support across 8 large and small projects up to the value of 500,000 AUD.
I am fortunate to work with many colleagues both local and abroad – i.e. I have been working with colleagues in the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Africa. I also work locally with colleagues from the University of South Australia and RMIT.
Research areas include: facilitating communication, evaluating technology for nursing care, gerontological online learning modules for cancer nurses and cancer survivorship education strategies.
Reeva Lederman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne and has been a faculty member since 2000.
She leads the research area “People and Information” and co-ordinates the Computational Bioinformatics and Health Information Systems Research Group.
She is an active member of the international Health Information Systems research community.
In 2012 she was awarded the prestigious Stafford Beer Medal for IS Research and in 2014 she won the Melbourne School of Engineering annual teaching award for Teaching Excellence.
