Harkness Project Title: Changing the Course: The Future of Mobile Health Information Technology Initiatives

Placement: Health Resources and Services Administration

Mentors: Kyu Rhee, M.D., FAAP, FACP, Chief Public Health Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Biography at time of Harkness Fellowship: Robyn Whittaker, M.B.Ch.B., a 2010-11 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is a public health physician and program leader of health technology research at the Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland. Whittaker's research focuses on using information technology to deliver population health interventions, with particular interest in mobile health. She is author of 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is recipient of the Community Health Prize and the John Macleod Prize in Public Health, both from the University of Auckland. Whittaker is a fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine, and holds an M.P.H. and M.B.Ch.B. from the University of Auckland.

Email: RWhittaker@hrsa.gov

Harkness-Related Publications

Whittaker R, van’t Land, H. “Going Mobile: Integrating Texting and Online Tools into Health Care Delivery.” The Commonwealth Fund Blog. December 14, 2011.