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Ian McKillop, BIS '87, MASc, PhD, all from UW, holds the JW Graham Research Chair in Health Information Systems at the University of Waterloo where he is jointly appointed to the David R Cheriton School of Computer Science and the Department of Health Studies and Gerontology as Associate professor.

Ian helps champion the University of Waterloo's emerging thrust into the field of health informatics, and is one of the co-founders of ideas FOR HEALTH - a research and education group at Waterloo focusing on innovations in data, evidence and application systems in healthcare.

Ian's research focuses how information technology can be used to address the decision-making needs of clinical providers and policy makers in the health sector. He has a particular interest in developing information management strategies able to support the provision of quality care in e-enabled clinical settings by addressing issues related to security, privacy and data integrity.

Since 1997, he has been part of the team that leads one of the largest, publicly-available hospital performance enhancement systems in the world. ideas FOR HEALTH at UW has taken an active role in this project, and over 150 hospitals in Ontario currently rely on UW expertise to support their decision-making processes.

Ian sits on national and provincial committees with mandates related to information systems and funding in Canada's health system and is actively involved in international initiatives. His work has contributed to a number of commissions and government inquiries. Dr McKillop is affiliated with both the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Science (ICES) and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is actively engaged in a number of international activities.

Ian was recognized in 2008 by the Annual Arts in Academics.

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