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EDUCATION
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | 2015 Dissertation: Collaborative Management of Patient Information Problems by Patient-Care Teams Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | 2004 Study Abroad: University College Cork | Cork, Ireland | 2002 |
RESEARCH &
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Health information technology
Social impacts of technology Human-centered design User experience design Qualitative methods |
Systems development lifecycle
Digital entrepreneurship Project management Data management Design thinking |
WORK
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Assistant Professor, Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University | Brandywine, PA | 2020-Present Assistant Teaching Professor, Information Sciences and Technology The Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | 2015-2020 Teaching Fellow, Graduate Research Assistant, PhD Candidate The Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | 2010-2015 IT Project Manager and Compliance Lead Centocor R&D, a Johnson & Johnson Company | Malvern, PA | 2006-2010 IT Analyst, Information Technology Leadership Development Program Johnson & Johnson | New Brunswick, NJ | 2004-2006 |
JOURNAL
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[J.2] Murphy, A.R. & Reddy, M.C. (2017). Identifying patient-related information problems: A study of information use by patient-care teams during morning rounds. International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI), 102 (June 2017), 93-102. [link]
[J.1] Eikey, E., Murphy, A.R., Reddy, M.C., Xu, H. (2015). Designing for privacy management in hospitals: Understanding the gap between user activities and IT staff’s understandings. International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI), 84(12), 1065-1075. [link] |
CONFERENCE
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[C.5] Murphy, A.R., & Reddy, M.C. (2017). Ambiguous Accountability: The Challenges of Determining Who is Responsible for Managing Patient-Related Information Problems in Collaborative Patient-Care Teams. The 2017 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) Conference, Portland, OR, Feb 2017. [link]
[C.4] Murphy, A.R. & Reddy, M.C. (2014). The identification and management of information problems by emergency department staff. The 2014 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium, Washington, DC, Nov 15-19, 2014. [link] [C.3] Murphy, A.R., Reddy, M.C., McNeese, N. (2014). Exploring the perceptions and use of electronic medical record systems by non-clinicians. The 2014 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), Vancouver, BC, Jun 21-25, 2014. [link] [C.2] Murphy, A.R., Reddy, M.C., Xu, H. (2014). Privacy Practices in Collaborative Environments: A Study of Emergency Department Staff. The 2014 Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Conference, Baltimore, MD, Feb 15-19, 2014. [link] [C.1] Johnson, N., Murphy, A., McNeese, N., Reddy, M., Purao, S. (2013). A Survey of Rural Hospitals’ Perspectives on Health Information Technology Outsourcing. The 2013 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Symposium, Washington, DC, Nov 16-20, 2013. [link] |
WORKSHOP
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[W.5] Murphy, A.R. (2014). Collaborative management of information problems in hospitals. The Doctoral Colloquium at the 2014 International ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork (GROUP), Sanibel Island, FL, Nov 9, 2014. [link]
[W.4] Murphy, A.R. & M.C. Reddy. (2013). Identifying information errors in healthcare by studying informal communication. The 2013 CSCW Workshop on “Beyond Formality: Informal Communication in Health Practices”, San Antonio, TX, Feb 24, 2013. [W.3] Murphy, A.R. (2013). Collaborative management of information issues in healthcare. The 6th Doctoral Consortium on Sociotechnical Issues in Biomedical Informatics, Washington, DC, Nov 15, 2013. [W.2] Zheng, S., Xu, H., Reddy, M., & Murphy, A. (2011). Exploring collaborative privacy practices in healthcare organizations. The 2011 Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE), Washington, DC, Oct 21-22, 2011. [W.1] Murphy, A.R., Reddy, M.C., Xu, H., & Ringel. B. (2011). Exploring Collaborative Privacy Practices. The 2011 ACM CHI Workshop on “’Privacy for a Networked World’: Bridging Theory and Design”, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 7, 2011. |
CONFERENCE
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[P.6] Murphy, A.R. & Reddy, M.C. (2014). Challenges of collaboratively managing patient information in a hospital’s in-patient unit. The 2014 Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH), Washington, D.C., Nov 15, 2014.
[P.5] Murphy, A.R., Reddy, M.C., & Kraschnewski, J. (2014). Designing health information technologies to help patient care teams identify and manage information problems. The 2014 Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) Advisory Board Meeting, Waltham, MA, Oct 16-17, 2014. [P.4] Murphy, A.R. (2013). Exploring the use of electronic medical records by non-clinical users. The 2013 Computer Research Association for Women (CRA-W) Program, Boston, MA, Apr 5-6, 2013. [P.3] Murphy, A.R., McNeese, N., Reddy, M.C. (2012). Supporting multi-disciplinary team collaboration through the electronic medical record. The 2012 Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) Advisory Board Meeting, Hershey, PA, Sep 6-7, 2012. [P.2] Murphy, A.R., McNeese, N., Reddy, M.C., & DeFlitch, C. (2012). Exploring how electronic medical record systems support non-clinical users. The 2012 Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) Advisory Board Meeting, Hershey, PA, Sep 6-7, 2012. [P.1] Murphy, A.R. (2011). A preliminary look at collaborative privacy practices in hospitals. The 2011 Information Sciences and Technology Graduate Symposium, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Mar 25, 2011. |
RESEARCH
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[T.5] Murphy, A.R. & D'Imperio.N. (2021). Inclusive design: A design thinking and digital prototyping workshop. The Fall 2021 Women in Tech Summit (WITS), Oct 22, 2021.
[T.4] Murphy, A.R. (2015). The identification and management of patient information problems during morning rounds. The Center of Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) Deep-Dive Webinar Series, Apr 22, 2015. [T.3] Murphy, A.R. (2014). The collaborative management of information problems by patient-care teams in hospitals. The Center of Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) Deep-Dive Webinar Series, Dec 10, 2014. [T.2] Murphy, A.R. (2014). The collaborative management of information problems in hospitals. Penn State Health Communications Brown-Bag Session, University Park, PA, Oct 27, 2014. [T.1] Murphy, A.R. (2014). Privacy practices in collaborative environments: A study of emergency department staff. Penn State Health Communications Brown-Bag Session, University Park, PA, Feb 12, 2014. |
PROFESSIONAL
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Adobe Creative Campus Faculty Fellow [https://alisonpsu.myportfolio.com]
Online Teaching Certificate, Penn State University Project Management Professional (PMP) Scrum Agile Development Methodology Process Excellence Six Sigma Green Belt Computer Systems Validation Regulatory Compliance (Part11, GMP, GCP, GLP) Targeted-Selection Interviewer |
TECHNICAL
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Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Rush, Audition
Prototyping: Adobe XD, Marvel, Figma Languages: HTML, CSS, SQL, Visual Basic, PHP Advanced Office: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Access, Visio, Sharepoint |
AWARDS &
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George J. McMurtry Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Learning | 2020
College of IST Dean's Circle of Excellence in Teaching | 2019 & 2020 Penn State Homecoming University Court (Nominee) | 2016 & 2019 Junior Teaching Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award | 2016 IST Night of Honors Faculty of the Year Award (Nominee) | 2016 Graduate Teaching Fellow | 2015 Computer Research Association (CRA) Scholarship | 2013 Center for Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems (CIHDS) Scholarship | 2012 Platinum J&J Encore Award: Recognition for having a significant impact to multiple J&J companies | 2008, 2009 |
RECENT
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Member, Curricular Affairs Committee | 2022-Present
Co-Lead, LionPeers Mentoring Program | 2021-Present Member, Chancellor's Commission on Empowering Women | 2020-Present Member, Hiring Committee for Engineering & IST Faculty Search | 2020-Present IST Chair, Penn State Startup Week | 2016-2020 Faculty Advisor and Coordinator, IdeaMakers Idea Pitch Competition | 2016-2020 Member, Hiring Committee for Human-Centered Design and Development Teaching Faculty Search | 2019 Faculty Advisor, Student Clubs: Special Living Option and Project Blue | 2018-2020 Member, College of IST Awards Committee | 2018-2020 Lead, College of IST's LEAP Summer program | 2018-2019 Member, College of IST Academic Integrity Committee | 2016-2018 Co-Chair of Student Volunteers, GROUP Conference | 2016 |