Teresa Zayas-Caban

Teresa Zayas-Cabán

TERESA ZAYAS-CABÁN

ISyE Department

1513 University Avenue

Madison, WI53706-1572

E-mail:

Work Phone: (608) 265-2995

Fax: (608) 262-8454

EDUCATION

PhD, Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (In process) May 2006

MS, Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Dec. 2002

BS, Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Missouri at Columbia-Magna cum Laude May 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CAMA Project. Conducted a usability evaluation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s Colon and Rectal Cancer Patient Guide. January – May 2004.

PING Project, Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Worked as a research assistant with Dr. Kenneth Mandl and Dr. Isaac Kohane. Conducted a literature review on aspects relevant to the development and deployment of a decision-support system for cancer patients. June – August 2003.

Patient Gateway Usability Study, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA. Worked as a research assistant with Dr. Jonathan Wald and Mr. Alan Rose. Designed and conducted a study to assess usability of Patient Gateway. June – August 2002.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

National Multi-Protocol Ensemble for Self-scaling Systems for Health (NMESH) Project, Health Systems Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Helped frame the evaluation and conducted data collection and analysis. Will help develop the human factors assessment of the project. Fall 2003-present.

Understanding Health Information Management in the Home, Health Systems Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Designed data collection instruments, developed application for human subjects approval, conducted in-home case studies with four families, designed strategies for data analysis, and conducted data analysis. Fall 2003-Summer 2004.

Health@Home Project, Health Systems Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Designed data collection instruments, developed application for human subjects approval, conducted the study, designed strategies for data analysis, and conducted analysis of quantitative data. Undertook task of including Spanish-speaking participants by helping with translation of materials and developing recruitment strategies. Fall 2001-Spring 2002.

SURE-REU Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Worked as an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Patricia Brennan. Examined the utilization of the HeartCare system. Summer 2000.

MARC/AIM Program, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN. Worked as an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. James J. Solberg at the PurdueCenter for Collaborative Manufacturing. Worked to develop a system for cost estimation based on a few key performance parameters. Summer 1999.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Co-Instructor: Introduction to Health Systems Engineering (introductory graduate-level course), Spring 2005.

Participated in the “Teaching Science and Engineering” graduate course organized by the Delta Program a learning community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that is part of the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL). Topics covered: teaching and assessment tools and techniques, learning styles, designing a curriculum for a course and developing a teaching philosophy, Fall 2004.
HONORS AND AWARDS

Richard S. & Harriet K. Fein Industrial Engineering Scholarship Recipient, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.

Graduate Student Mentor Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Fellowship recipient, Fall 2003-Present.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship recipient, Fall 2001-2003.

Leadership Excellence Award for Outstanding Senior, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001

Dean’s Honor List, School of Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Fall 2000 and Winter 2001

Outstanding Senior, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001

Outstanding Senior, Institute of Industrial Engineers, University of Missouri-Columbia Chapter, February 2001

Harvesting Excellence Honor, November 2000

National Collegiate Minority Leadership Award, March 2000

Honors List, Department of Industrial Engineering, UPRM, Fall 1998-Spring 2000

Dean’s List, College of Engineering, UPRM, Fall 1998 and Spring 1999

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals and Proceedings

Marquard, J., Brennan, P. F., Grindrod, D., & Zayas-Cabán, T. (2005, October 22-26). Health Information Exchange Networks: Understanding Stakeholder Views. Poster accepted at the AMIA 2005 Annual Symposium Biomedical and Health Informatics: From Foundations, to Applications to Policy, Washinton, D.C.

Zayas-Cabán, T. (2005, September 26-30). Assessing the Distributed Nature of Home Health Information Management to Inform Human Factors Design. Paper to be presented at the HFES 49th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

Zayas-Cabán, T., Marquard, J. L., & Brennan, P. F. (2005, June 22-25). How do Information Technology Choices Made by an Institution Alter Consumer Participation in the Health Care System? Paper presented at the Eighth International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

Marquard, J. L., & Zayas-Cabán, T. (2005, May 14-18). Health Information in the Home: A Facilities Layout Approach. Abstract in the IIE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA.

Zayas-Caban, T., Douglas, S. V., & Brennan, P. F. (2004, September 7-11). Inclusive information systems design: assessing the needs of underrepresented groups. Poster presented at the Building High Performance Healthcare Organization Biomedical Informatics for Enhancing Healthcare, Research, and Education: MedInfo 2004, San Francisco, CA.

Zayas-Cabán, T. (2003). Modeling Access to Health Care Within a Community. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 16(6), 273-278.

Zayas-Cabán, T. (2002, November 9-13). Introducing information technology into the home: conducting a home assessment. Paper presented at the Bio*medical Informatics: One Discipline AMIA 2002 Annual Symposium, San Antonio, TX.

Book Chapters

Zayas-Cabán, T., & Brennan, P. F. (In Press). Human Factors in Home Care. In P. Carayon (Ed.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Patient Safety.

PROPOSAL WRITING EXPERIENCE

Co-Principal Investigator, A Human Factors Methodology to Assess Health Information Management in the Home. Co-investigator: P. F. Brennan. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant. Submitted August 23, 2005.

Principal Investigator, Technology Enhancing CancerCommunicationCenter of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research Pilot Study Grant. Unfunded. Submitted April 15, 2005.

Co-Principal Investigator, A Methodology to Assess the Distribution of Home Health Information Management: Applying Human Factors Principles to Consumer Health Informatics. Co-investigator: P. F. Brennan. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant. Unfunded. Submitted February 1, 2005.

PROFESIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Golden Key National Honor Society

Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society

Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Chapter president, Fall 2000-Spring 2001
Head of Annual Banquet Committee, Fall 1999-Spring 2000, Fall 2000-Spring 2001

Society of Women Engineers

American Medical Informatics Association

Institute of Industrial Engineers

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

Eighth International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management, HI, 2005

MedInfo 2004 Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2004

American Medical Informatics Association, 2001-2003 Annual Symposia

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), National Technical Career Conference, 2000-2003

National Leadership Institute-SHPE, Summer 2000

Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Conference, Summer 1999 and 2000

National Society of Black Engineers Fall Regional Conference, Fall 1999

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Peer Reviewed article for the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Spring 2004.

Peer Reviewed article for The Gerontologist, Fall 2003.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Teaching Improvement Program: panelist at session titled “Becoming an Effective Researcher and Teacher: Stories from People Just like You”. Described strategies for integrating and balancing teaching and research and benefits of current teaching improvement resources available at the University. Fall 2005.

Graduate Engineering Research Scholars (GERS): help develop strategies for the recruitment and retention of graduate students from underrepresented groups, Fall 2001-Present.

Opportunities in Engineering Conference (OPPS): participated as a host in the OPPS conference. This conference creates an opportunity for undergraduate juniors and seniors to visit the UW-Madison campus and explore graduate programs in engineering. Activities included being a lab tour guide, participating in a graduate student panel, and hosting faculty presentations and a dinner with the conference participants. Fall 2001and Fall 2002.

Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) 2002 Puerto Rico Caravan: participated as a recruiter for the University of Wisconsin-Madison in this Caravan which is organized for Big Ten schools to conduct recruiting of undergraduate students at several institutions in Puerto Rico. Activities included graduate school fairs and giving talks about specific programs available at UW-Madison, Fall 2002.

Graduate Student Mentor: served as mentor of undergraduate students at UW-Madison; provided advice on pertinent decisions about graduate studies, Fall 2001-Spring 2002.

Peer Counseling: Worked with the Industrial and Mechanical Engineering professional counselor as a peer counselor. Co-taught the freshman orientation series, Fall 1998-1999.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Participated in Family Math, a program that tutors grade school children from low-income families on the subjects of math and science at a local church, Spring 2000-Spring 2001.