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Dr. Polina Durneva

Assistant Professor

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Polina Durneva

Biography

Dr. Polina Durneva serves as an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the Fogelman College of Business and Economics, University of Memphis. She obtained her PhD from Florida International University. Dr. Durneva specializes in Health Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction, and Healthcare IT Management. Her scholarly work has been featured in reputable peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Medical Informatics, Journal of Medical Internet Research, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, International Journal of Management Education, and Public Health. Additionally, Dr. Durneva has presented her research at premier national and international conferences in Information Systems and healthcare. These include the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), and AcademyHealth.

Education

  • PhD, Business Administration (Information Systems and Business Analytics Concentration), Florida International University, 2023
  • BA, Business Analytics, Cornell College, 2018

Areas of Teaching

  • Web Analytics, Business Machine Learning, Business Statistics and Analysis

Research

Areas of Research

  • Health Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction, Healthcare IT Management, AI in Healthcare, Design Science Research, Immersive Technologies, Management Education

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Durneva, P., LeRouge, C., & Lisetti, C. (2024). Designing Virtual Characters in Digital Health Technologies: A Self-presence Perspective. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 16(3), 339-363. https://doi.org/10.17705/1thci.00209

  • Cousins, K., Hertelendy, A., Chen, M., Durneva, P., & Wang, S. (2023). Building resilient hospital information technology services through organizational learning: Lessons in CIO leadership during an international systemic crisis in the United States and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105113

  • LeRouge, C., Durneva, P., Lyon, V., & Thompson, M. (2022). Health Consumer Engagement, Enablement, and Empowerment in Smartphone-Enabled Home-Based Diagnostic Testing for Viral Infections: Mixed Methods Study, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(6), e34685. https://doi.org/10.2196/34685 
  • Hertelendy, A., Chekijian, S., McNulty, E., Mitchell, C., Grimes, J., Durneva, P., Voskanyan, A., Nazarian, V.,  & Ciottone, G. (2022). Crisis Leadership: A Case for Inclusion in Accredited Master of Public Health Program Curricula, Public Health, 209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2022.05.012 

  • Dharanikota, S., LeRouge, C., Lyon, V., Durneva, P., & Thompson, M. (2021). Identifying Enablers of Participant Engagement in Clinical Trials of Consumer Health Technologies: A Qualitative Study of flu@home. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(9), e26869. https://doi.org/10.2196/26869

  • Hertelendy, A., McNulty, E., Mitchell, C., Gutberg, J., Lassar, W., Durneva, P., & Rapp, D. (2021). Crisis leadership: The new imperative for MBA curricula. The International Journal of Management Education, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2021.100534

  • Durneva, P., Cousins, K., & Chen, M. (2020). The Current State of Research, Challenges, and Future Research Directions of Blockchain Technology in Patient Care: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), e18619. https://doi.org/10.2196/18619

  • LeRouge, C., Durneva, P., Sangameswaran, S., & Gloster, A-M. (2019). Design Guidelines for a Technology-Enabled Nutrition Education Program to Support Overweight and Obese Adolescents: Qualitative User-Centered Design Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(7), e14430. https://doi.org/10.2196/14430

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