George Demiris, PhD Associate Professor Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing & Biomedical and Health Informatics, School of Medicine University of Washington BNHS Box 357266 Seattle, WA 98195-7266 gdemiris@u.washington.edu

George Demiris is an Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems at the School of Nursing and Biomedical and Health Informatics, at the School of Medicine, University of Washington. He is the Graduate Program Director of the Biomedical and Health Informatics Graduate Program at the School of Medicine. He obtained his MSc degree in Medical Informatics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany and his PhD degree in Health Informatics from the University of Minnesota. Prior to his current appointment, he was an Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Health Informatics at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research interests include the design and evaluation of home based technologies for older adults and patients with chronic conditions and disabilities, smart homes and ambient assisted living applications and the use of telehealth in home care and hospice. He is the Chair of the International Medical Informatics Assosiation (IMIA) Working Group on Smart homes and Ambient Assisted Living and the Chair of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Knowledge in Motion Working Group.