Maged N. Kamel Boulos

Current

• Senior (Principal) Lecturer in Health Informatics at University of Plymouth
• Editor-in-Chief at Int J Health Geogr (indexed in MEDLINE - tracked by ISI) http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/
• Co-Chair, WG IV/4: Virtual Globes and Context-Aware Visualisation/Analysis at ISPRS Commission IV Geodatabases and Digital Mapping, 2008-2012

• Editorial Board Member at Future Internet, a journal published by MDPI in Basel, Switzerland
• Associate Editor at Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
• Lead Investigator at Education UK Island's Sexual Health SIM in Second Life http://healthcybermap.org/slsexualhealth/
• Lead Investigator at the University of Plymouth at CAALYX (EU FP6 project) http://caalyx.eu/
• Member of the Advisory Group at NLH Skin Disorders Specialist Library
• Member of the Editorial Board at RECIIS http://www.reciis.cict.fiocruz.br/
• External Examiner for the MSc in Health Informatics at University of Winchester
• Editor of NLH/NHS Informatics UK Health GIS SIG at http://www.espace.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/
• External Examiner for the MSc in Health Informatics and MSc in Healthcare Technologies (2009-2012) at City University
• Lead Investigator at the University of Plymouth at eCAALYX (EU AAL project)
• Editorial Board Member at Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal
• Lead Academic at DTI KTP (with PHNT)

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Past

• Lecturer in Healthcare Informatics at University of Bath
• Reasearch Assistant at the Centre for Measurement and Infomation in Medicine at City University, London
• Medical Doctor (Dermatology & Venereology) at various locations

Education

• Ain Shams University
• Ain Shams University
• City University

• King's College London, U. of London
• University of Bath

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Maged N. Kamel Boulos’s Summary

Maged N Kamel Boulos is Senior Lecturer in Health Informatics at the University of Plymouth, Devon, UK. He previously worked as Lecturer in Health Informatics at the University of Bath, UK, where he was instrumental in developing the online MSc programme in Healthcare Informatics, and worked before that at City University, London, UK, on M2DM, an EU-funded diabetes telematics project. As well as his medical degree and Master in Dermatology, he holds a Master in Medical Informatics from King's College, University of London, and a PhD in Measurement and Information in Medicine from City University, London, both in UK. He is well published on the topics of Web 2.0/social software/3-D virtual worlds, the Semantic Web and geographic information systems, including Web GIS, in health/healthcare. He is Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, Level 3 Member of UKCHIP, the UK Council for Health Informatics Professions, Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and of IEEE EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society), and Member of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access International Journal of Health Geographics http://ij-healthgeographics.com, and one of the Principal Investigators of the CAALYX EU-funded FP6 eHealth project http://caalyx.eu. He has undertaken consultancies/commissioned reviews and has been principal investigator on various activities funded by national and international bodies, including London School of Economics; SL Education UK (Sexual Health SIM in SL); KFSHRC, Jeddah; Qatar National Research Fund; Public Health Agency of Canada (funding one of his PhD students); World Health Organization EMRO; and European Commission. His research received wide press and media coverage, e.g., http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3641634.stm
Selected publications: http://healthcybermap.semanticweb.org/publications/publications.doc

Maged N. Kamel Boulos’s Specialties:

Medical Informatics
Dermatology and Venereology

Maged N. Kamel Boulos’s Experience

• Senior (Principal) Lecturer in Health Informatics

  University of Plymouth

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years)

• Editor-in-Chief

  Int J Health Geogr (indexed in MEDLINE - tracked by ISI) http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/

  (Research industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years)

  Also journal founder (2001/2002), and member of WAME (http://www.wame.org/) and COPE (http://publicationethics.org/).

• Co-Chair, WG IV/4: Virtual Globes and Context-Aware Visualisation/Analysis

  ISPRS Commission IV Geodatabases and Digital Mapping, 2008-2012

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

  http://www.isprs.org/technical_commissions/wgtc_4.aspx#wg_IV/4

• Editorial Board Member

  Future Internet, a journal published by MDPI in Basel, Switzerland

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

  http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/editors

• Associate Editor

  Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

  Published by the Department of Radio, TV & Film at the University of Texas at Austin, USA http://jvwresearch.org/

• Lead Investigator

  Education UK Island's Sexual Health SIM in Second Life http://healthcybermap.org/slsexualhealth/

  (Higher Education industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

• Lead Investigator at the University of Plymouth

  CAALYX (EU FP6 project) http://caalyx.eu/

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

• Member of the Advisory Group

  NLH Skin Disorders Specialist Library

  (Medical Practice industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

• Member of the Editorial Board

  RECIIS http://www.reciis.cict.fiocruz.br/

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

• External Examiner for the MSc in Health Informatics

  University of Winchester

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

• Editor of NLH/NHS Informatics UK Health GIS SIG

  http://www.espace.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

• External Examiner for the MSc in Health Informatics and MSc in Healthcare Technologies (2009-2012)

  City University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

• Lead Investigator at the University of Plymouth

  eCAALYX (EU AAL project)

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

  http://ecaalyx.org/

• Editorial Board Member

  Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

  http://www.edoj.org.eg/

• Lead Academic

  DTI KTP (with PHNT)

  (Research industry)

  1900 — Present (109 years)

  DTI KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) http://www.ktponline.org.uk/ in association with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust http://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ (£186,112.00; 2009-2012) to develop decision support mechanisms enabling improvements in capital investment for clinical technologies assimilating technology trends and informing service-level capital investment strategies

Maged N. Kamel Boulos’s Education

• Ain Shams University

  MSc ,

• Ain Shams University

  MBBCh ,

• City University

  PhD ,

• King's College London, U. of London

  MSc ,

• University of Bath

  Lecturer in Healthcare Informatics (full-time); now part-time tutor , http://staff.bath.ac.uk/mpsmnkb/

  I have been responsible for the unit authoring and teaching for Remote Healthcare, Human Computer Interaction and Applied Research Methods (MSc), in addition to other miscellaneous teaching activities (face-to-face and online) and MSc/PhD project supervisions. I served on a number of committees including the University Computing Liaison Committee, School for Health Research Students Committee and Board of Studies, and the MSc Healthcare Informatics Board of Examiners and Programme Committee. Completed my ITDP-Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Programme (accredited by the Higher Education Academy) in 2004 while working there.

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Maged N. Kamel Boulos’s Groups:

FHEA, UKCHIP-L3 Member, FRGS, SMIEEE

•    The Official IEEE Group
•    Professional Second Lifers
•    Healthcare IT News
•    Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
•    OpenSimulator
•    UK Council for Health Informatics Professions, Level 3

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