Workshop+Attendees

=**GEI Attendees and Invited Guests**=

__G regory J. Norman, PhD __
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) __C__enter for __W__ireless and __P__opulation __H__ealth __S__ystems (CWPHS) 9500 Gilman Dr. #0811, Atkinson Hall La Jolla, CA 92093-0811 Ph. 858.534.9550

Gregory J. Norman, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on measurement, intervention, and evaluation related to health promotion and disease prevention in the areas of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and diet. He is particularly interested in testing psychosocial and environmental mechanisms of physical activity and dietary behaviors. His research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) __C__enter for __W__ireless and __P__opulation __H__ealth __S__ystems (CWPHS) 9500 Gilman Dr. #0811, Atkinson Hall La Jolla, CA 92093-0811 Ph. 858.534.9550
 * __Ernesto Ramirez, M.S.__**

Ernesto Ramirez is a student in the Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health (Health Behavior) at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. He received his M.S. in Kinesiology (Health Psychology) from Arizona State University. He has a background in quantitative analysis and has presented structural models of physical activity behavior in children at prior conferences. He is currently funded through the PALMS grant project and is working to develop analysis methods for geospatial physical activity data. His interested in using ubiquitous technologies in order to accurately measure and create successful interventions for physical activity behaviors. He is currently working under the direction of Dr. Gregory Norman

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) __C__enter for __W__ireless and __P__opulation __H__ealth __S__ystems (CWPHS) 9500 Gilman Dr. #0811, Atkinson Hall La Jolla, CA 92093-0811 Ph. 858.534.9550
 * __Alline Watkins__**

__Dane Lotspeich, MA__ University of California, San Diego (UCSD) __C__enter for __W__ireless and __P__opulation __H__ealth __S__ystems (CWPHS) __E__xercise and __P__hysical __A__ctivity __R__esource __C__enter (EPARC) 9500 Gilman Dr. #0811, Atkinson Hall La Jolla, CA 92093-0811 Ph. 858.534.9319

Dane Lotspeich is the Program Coordinator for EPARC and is also a Project Coordinator and Measurement Coordinator for CWPHS (Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems; formerly known as PACE+) research group in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego. He received his master's degree from San Diego State University in Kinesiology with a specialization in Exercise and Sport Psychology. Mr. Lotspeich has experience in health education, working in the areas of physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco cessation, as well as in motivational interviewing and its application to health-related behaviors. Mr. Lotspeich is experienced using accelerometers and other physical activity sensors to measure physical activity and sedentary behavior.

Viocare, Inc. 145 Witherspoon St. Princeton, NJ, 08542 Ph. (609) 497-4600 ext.12
 * __Diena Seeger__**

Diena Seeger began her career in research and development of emerging concepts in commercial aviation. Part of that work entailed participating on a multi-national team that developed large scale data collection systems utilizing onboard GPS units to monitor and track aircraft performance. She then partnered in a technology startup company and led the development and launch of the nation’s first consumer directed GPS-based cell phone applications. As VP of Operations and Corporate Development at Viocare, Inc., Ms. Seeger is responsible for the development of the company’s extensive suite of dietary and physical activity technologies. Viocare’s current focus includes the use of vision processing and voice recognition on cell phones to automatically identify foods and their portion size in real time and the application of GPS mobile technology to provide relevant and contextual nutritional information at point of consumption.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210-1272 Ph: (614) 688-3928
 * __Emre Ertin, PhD, MSc__**

Emre Ertin is a Research Scientist with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Ohio State University. He received the M.Sc degree in Telecommunication and Signal Processing from Imperial College, UK in 1993, and the Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University in 1999. His current research interests are statistical signal processing, wireless sensor networks and body sensor networks.

Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Exposure Assessment Facility Core 7 Marine Biology 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000  Palisades, NY 10964 Ph. 845-365-8893
 * __Stephen Chillrud, PhD__**

Columbia University CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) 61 Route 9W PO Box 1000 Palisades, NY 10964 USA Ph. (845) 365-8988
 * __Mark Becker__**

 Mark Becker leads the Geospatial Applications Division at CIESIN, and is an adjunct faculty member at the Mailman School of Public Health. His primary interests are the development of GIS applications for public health programs, and improving urban and regional planning through geospatial technologies. At CIESIN he has partnered with numerous departments and programs at Columbia University to assist in the use of geospatial technologies: with the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, looking at the effects of air pollution on children’s health; with the Columbia Superfund Basic Research Program, developing GIS training programs in Bangladesh; and working with the Research Translation Core of the program to bring the findings and techniques of the project to a wider audience.

RTI International 3040 Cornwallis Road MCNC-Bldg. 1, Room 318 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 Ph. 919-248-9238
 * __Jim Carlson, PhD__**

  Jim Carlson received both a BS in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University (NCSU, 1983). He is a Principal Research Scientist at RTI. His specialty is Micro Controller based system architecture and design. He has experience with system architecture, microprocessor / microcontroller board level designs, and embedded firmware development creating several low power handheld sensor systems. His current assignment includes the development of a multi use sensor system platform used in support of various research activities. He is an invited Adjunct Lecturer for NCSU teaching Embedded Systems.

University of Minnesota Duluth Medical Research Institute Focus: Mechanisms of stress and pain and linkages with addiction Duluth, MN 55812 Ph. (218) 726-8332
 * __Mustafa al'Absi, PhD__**

Dr. Mustafa al'Absi is the founding director of the Duluth Medical Research Institute (DMRI). He is a professor of behavioral medicine at the Department of Behavioral Sciences with a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Dr. al'Absi's research program focuses on neurobiological and psychophysiological mechanisms of stress and pain and linkages with addiction. He has been on the leading edge of conducting research to identify biological and psychological factors that are responsible for the harmful effects of stress. For example, he is credited with identifying multiple novel biomarkers of addiction relapse related to stress and for discovering that risk for hypertension is preceded by disruption in the processing of pain signals, which may have implications in the ability to detect signs of a heart attack.

 **__Ted Yowonske__** Electronic Systems Engineer 2240 William Pitt Way Pittsburgh, PA 15238 Ph. 1.412.423.2100 x127
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**__Gregory Kirk, PhD__** Johns Hopkins University 615 N Wolfe St, E-6533 Baltimore, MD 21205 Ph. 410-502-2038

DHHS, NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Biomedical Informatics Section 251 Bayview Blvd., Suite 200, Room 02A240 Baltimore, MD 21224 Ph. (443) 740-2377
 * __Jia-Ling Lin__**

JHBMC, Senior Programmer Analyst NIH - NIDA/IRP Contractor Biomedical Informatics Section 251 Bayview Blvd, BRC Suite 200 Baltimore, MD 21224 ph. 443-740-2378
 * __Mustapha Mezghanni__**

 Mustapha Mezghanni has a MS degree in computer informatics. He has been a senior programmer analyst at the Biomedical Informatics Section of National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program since 2001, leading the implementation and management of a clinical research information system and the design and development of innovative field-deployable tools to measure exposures to psychosocial stress within geographic contexts. His prior experience includes implementation of GIS technology in public transport software and in environmental engineering projects.

MIT 1 Cambridge Center – 4FL Cambridge, MA 02142 Ph. (617)452-5604
 * __Fahd Albinali, PhD__**

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 N Wolfe St, E-6533 Baltimore, MD 21205 Ph. (443) 287-4832
 * __Thomas A. Glass, PhD__**

Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering 465 Northwestern Ave West Lafayette, IN 47907
 * __David Ebert, PhD__**

 David Ebert is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, a University Faculty Scholar, a Fellow of the IEEE, Director of the Purdue University Rendering and Perceptualization Lab (PURPL), and Director of the Purdue University Regional Visualization and Analytics Center (PURVAC), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security's Regional Visualization and Analytics Center of Excellence. Dr. Ebert performs research in novel visualization techniques, visual analytics, volume rendering, information visualization, perceptually-based visualization, illustrative visualization, and procedural abstraction of complex, massive data.

University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School Duluth, Minnesota 55812
 * __Lorentz E. Wittmers, PhD__**

Assistant Professor and Chair Department of Physiology/Pharmacology University of Minnesota-Duluth Medical School Research Interest- Human response to Stress, Pain and Temperature Regulation including metabolism and hormonal control.

**Invited Guests**
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Stanford Prevention Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine Medical <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">School Office Building 251 Campus Drive Stanford, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">CA 94305-5411 Ph. (650) 723-3342
 * __Matthew P. Buman, PhD__**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Matthew Buman, PhD is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center in Stanford’s School of Medicine. Dr. Buman has experience in data collection and analysis of various models of accelerometers in samples of older adults and currently works with the GEI-sponsored MIT/Stanford collaboration on objective measurement of physical activity (i.e., MITes project). Dr. Buman is interested in integrating GIS and GPS sources of data to better understand context of physical activity bouts in older adults.

Post Doctoral Research Fellow Stanford Prevention Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine Medical School Office Building: Mail Code 5411 251 Campus Drive Stanford, CA 94305-5411 ph. (650) 721-2516
 * __Eric Hekler, Ph.D__**

Dr. Hekler's research interests focus broadly on promoting a healthy lifestyle via improved physical activity and diet by use of novel intervention techniques including the use of technology such as cell phones to promote behavior change along with "stealth" interventions. Stealth interventions involve the promotion of health via engagement in behaviors such as walking to work that are done for the sake of some purpose other than health (e.g., transportation). Finally, Dr. Hekler is also interested in the impact of the built environment on physical activity

Soren Brage, PhD MRC Epidemiology Unit Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge, UK CB2 0QQ Ph. (+44)1223 769116

University of Southern California Institute of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 1000 S. Fremont, unit # 8, room 4101 CA, 91803 Ph. 626.457.6631
 * __Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, PhD__**

Dr. Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, PhD: Her research focuses on pediatric obesity. Current studies include a longitudinal study of the impact of puberty on insulin dynamics, mood and physical activity in African American and Latina girls, a study of the acute impact of simple carbohydrate versus complex carbohydrate meals on behavior, insulin dynamics, select gut peptides, and psychosocial measures in our unique observation laboratory, and a project that is using a combination of off the shelf and newly developed wearable wireless sensors to develop total body mobile biosensing devices for in minority youth.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Global Public Health University of California San Diego Institute of Americas 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0507 Ph. 858-534-0533
 * __Melanie Rusch__****__, MSc, PhD__**

Doctoral Candidate University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0507
 * __Joe Smyser__**

USC Southern California Environmental <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Health Sciences Center Co-Director, Exposure Assessment Core Keck <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">School of Medicine Preventative Medicine (Environmental Health Division) Ph. 323-442-1090
 * __Ed Avol, MS__**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> **__Rob S. McConnell, MD__** USC Keck <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">School of Medicine 1540 Alcazar Street, Suite 236 CHP 236, 9013 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Los Angeles, CA 90089-9013 Ph. (323)442-1593

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Rob S. McConnell is Professor of Preventive Medicine and Deputy Director of the NIEHS/EPA-supported Children's Environmental Health Center. His research interests include effects of air pollution on the development and exacerbation of asthma, and he is the principal investigator of a large prospective cohort study in the Children's USC Health Study to investigate these relationships. His work examining the associations between ozone and fresh traffic emissions with the development of asthma has contributed to the current policy debate on proper regulation of these exposures. Dr. McConnell is also interested in the effects of psychosocial stress and other social characteristics on asthma and on the application of new biomarkers of exposure to air pollutants in population based studies. He teaches the survey course on environmental health in the USC Masters of Public Health program.

**__John P. Wilson__** **__, LLB, PhD__** Department of Geography College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255 Office: KAP 444C Ph. 213 740 1908

Professor Wilson studies the development of new terrain analysis techniques; modeling of soil erosion, vegetation, and water quality processes and problems; modeling of spatial patterns of urban growth and habitat change and impact of land use change, urban growth, and conservation policies on these patterns; description of environmental and socio-economic characteristics and their impacts on selected health and quality of life outcomes; and the development of web-based map and gazetteer services for digital libraries and archives.