Health Science IT Leadership Committee
Charge
The Health Science IT Leadership Committee will consider and provide world-class health information technology leadership to transform and sustain UIC Health Science Colleges as global leaders through technology innovation and operational efficiency in support of each of its academic, research, and clinical missions. The Health Sciences IT Leadership Committee acts to align IT to business needs in each of its missions.
The committee will also identify core shared missions and objectives, opportunities for IT Shared Services and alignment, advocate for prioritization of key IT objectives in direct support of Health Science Colleges and serve as a common voice for technology for the Health Sciences. The Committee receives outcomes from the Health Science Dean's Council related to shared Health Science IT matters and reports to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for IT and Health Affairs, as well as having a seat on the IT Leadership Council.
Objectives Heading link
- Shared Services: Identify Shared Business Objectives across HSCs which can be improved through IT Shared Services
- Compliance: Identify existing and emerging potential compliance and regulatory objectives served or supported through IT operations, and the business units we must partner with to communicate risk or recommend solutions to potential threats
- Health Science IT Infrastructure: Identify priorities specific to Health Sciences in IT infrastructure needs that are aligned across the Colleges, evaluate potential solutions from the University, System, vendors, or internally, and recommend action
- Leadership: Serve as a common voice for HSC IT-related needs in various UIC committees, groups and to leadership
- Transparency and Collaboration: Where opportunities exist, identify current and emerging potential to share knowledge specific to HSC IT in IT operations, security, compliance, governance, risk and audit, hiring, recruitment, retention, training, project management and other areas.
Membership Heading link
| Name | Unit |
|---|---|
| Christopher Basil | Wolcott, Wood and Taylor, Inc. (WWT) |
| Charity Anne Caldwell | College of Medicine |
| Christopher Hollenbeck | School of Public Health |
| Therese Molina | Jane Addams College of Social Work |
| Andrew Nichols | Division of Specialized Care for Children |
| Bhavin Patel | Vice Chancellor for Research |
| Andre Pavkovic | College of Medicine |
| Jason Richards | College of Nursing |
| Vinay Surpuriya (Chair) | College of Dentistry |
| Pedro Valencia | College of Applied Health Sciences |
| Barry White | College of Pharmacy |
| Ilir Zenku | Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences IT |