Tim Patton

Tim is a first year graduate student in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, with a focus on Health Systems. Tim is pursuing the development of novel methodologies to tailor Personal Health Records through the utilization of user-directed information collection. He is currently funded through the Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine (CIBM) Training Program.

Prior to returning to graduate school, Tim worked with the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS). CHESS is an NCI Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR) and was recently awarded a second CECCR grant. While with CHESS, Tim worked on all facets of production of Consumer Health Informatics tools.