Jacob Weiss - Resume

Education

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow July 2009-present, The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt
  • Ph.D. Degree May 2009, Department of Biomedical Informatics, supported by a training grant from the National Library of Medicine
  • M.S. Degree December 2005, Department of Biomedical Informatics: "The Patient-Caregiver Integrated Network" (Advisor, Nancy Lorenzi, PhD)

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

  • B.S.E. Degree June 2003, Department of Computer Science, summa cum laude

Papers and Publications

  • Weiss JB, Lorenzi NM Building a Shared Vision for an Online Cancer Survivorship Community. Accepted to AMIA 2009.

  • Weiss JB, Lorenzi NM Synthesizing Community Wisdom: A Model for Sharing Cancer-Related Resources through Social Networking and Collaborative Partnerships. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008; 2008: 793–797.

  • Nancy M. Lorenzi, PhD, MLS, MA, Laurie L. Novak, PhD, MHSA, Jacob B. Weiss, MS, Cynthia S. Gadd, PhD, MBA, MS, Kim M. Unertl, MS. Crossing the Implementation Chasm: A Proposal for Bold Action. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 May-Jun;15(3):290-6.

  • Weiss, Jacob B and Campion, Thomas R. Blogs, Wikis, and Discussion Forums: Attributes and Implications for Clinical Information Systems. In: Medinfo 2007: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics; Building Sustainable Health Systems; pages: 157-161. Leong, Tze-Yun (Editor). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007.

  • Weiss JB, Lorenzi NM. Challenges of social networking technologies for cancer care and social support. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007.

  • Weiss JB, Lorenzi NM. Interface Design for Patient-Caregiver Integrated Network. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006; 2006: 1141.

  • Weiss JB, Lorenzi NM. Online Communication and Support for Cancer Patients: A Relationship-centric Design Framework. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005;:799-803. One of 5 papers nominated for the Diana Forsythe Award for the paper which best exemplifies work at the intersection of informatics and the social sciences.

  • Jirjis J, Weiss JB, Giuse D, Rosenbloom ST. A Framework for Clinical Communication Supporting Healthcare Delivery. Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium (AMIA '05). Washington D.C. October, 2005.

  • Weiss J. Computers for Kids: Not All Fun and Games. In: Lorenzi NM, Ash JS, Einbinder J, McPhee W, Einbinder L, editors. Transforming Health Care Through Information. 2nd ed. New York: Springer; 2004. p. 34-42.

  • Hoot N, Weiss J, Giuse D, Jirjis J, Peterson J, Lorenzi N, et al. Integrating communication tools into an electronic health record. Medinfo. 2004;2004(CD):1646.

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for best student paper (Medinfo, 2007) and invited for publication in a special issue of IJMI
  • Nominated for the Diana Forsythe Award for the paper which best exemplifies work at the intersection of informatics and the social sciences (AMIA, 2005)
  • Elected to Phi Beta Kappa (Spring 2003)
  • Sigma Xi Book Award for Undergraduate Research (Spring 2003)
  • Sigma Xi Associate Membership (Spring 2003).
  • Elected to Tau Beta Pi (Fall 2002).

Community Building and Design

References Available on Request