Julie McGowan, Ph.D., is Associate Dean for Information Resources and Education Technology and Professor of Knowledge Informatics and Pediatrics at Indiana University. Her research interests include evidence utilities in decision support, economic impact and human factors in telemedicine and technology implementation, and tools and outcomes of medical informatics education. Dr. McGowan serves as Co-Principal Investigator of the I3-Indianapolis IAIMS Initiative and has been on the IAIMS Board for more than 10 years. Formerly an Associate Dean at the University of Vermont, she also served as Co-Principal Investigator for the Vermont IAIMS. As the principal developer of VTMEDNET, the nation's first comprehensive state-wide health information network, Dr. McGowan received the 1996 ISI Frank Bradway Rogers Award for Information Advancement. Dr. McGowan has extensive experience in both planning and execution of integrated information systems from the user's perspective.