Margaret Czart

Clinical Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

Focus Areas

Email

mczart1@uic.edu

Office Phone

312-996-7337

Office

, Room 250,

Mail Code

530

Office Hours

By appointment

About

Dr. Margaret Czart is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her background includes over 15 years in online education with a specialization in course design and assessment. Dr. Margaret Czart also has experience with Virtual Reality environments for educational purposes.

Dr. Margaret Czart areas of interest involve in the areas of Consumer Health Informatics, Public Health Informatics and Biomedical Visualization with Simulations. Currently projects the analysis of data collected by Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for chronic disease surveillance Additional project include the development and assessment of health information online for patient education and engagement through Motivational Interviewing (MI).

Selected Publications

“Consumer Informatics and Health Information on Obesity.”, Advances in Obesity, Weight Management & Control, Vol 4 Issue 3

“The Promise of E-Learning: A Case Study in Second Life Using a Virtual Standardized Patient to Teach Motivational Interviewing. ”, Journal of Virtual World Research, Vol. 7 No2

“Risk Behaviors-Mid-Adolescence: Attitudinal and Social Determinants”, Supranowicz P., Berzanskyte A., Czart M. Valinteliene R., & Wysocki M. (2006).

Service to the Community

Illinois Public Health Association - Epidemiology Section Member Journal Editorial Reviewer for Obesity and Weight Management Journal Editorial Reviewer for Polish Annals of Medicine Journal Editorial Reviewer for South African Journal of Science Journal Editorial Reviewer for International Journal of Health Promotion and Education

Notable Honors

2005 - Fulbright Research Scholarship- Warsaw, Poland , Fulbright US Student Program

2000 - UNESCO American Teaching Program, UNESCO

1993 - Native Speaker Certification , Jagiellonian University

Education

Doctor of Public Health with a Public Health Informatics Specialization, University of Illinois at Chicago (2011);

Master of Public Health witha Public Health Informatics Specialization , University of Illinois at Chicago (2004);

Bachelor of Science Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago (2000),