Jonathan H. Weider Assistant Dean for Advanced Applications and Assistant Professor of Educational Informatics (Research)
Martin Nachbar Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Departments of Medicine (ADMINISTRATION) and Microbiology

In consultation with other units of the School and New York University, Advanced Applications pursues the application and institutionalization of advanced technologies and modern workflows within the School of Medicine. The office seeks to identify and facilitate opportunities for cooperation and collaboration between groups and individuals associated with the School, and seek out technologies, partners and projects of potential interest or benefit to the School. Further, Advanced Applications serves as a kind of early warning outpost, monitoring the rapid changes wrought by digital technology likely to affect the School of Medicine and providing a forum for their discussion. It is intended that as they achieve stability, Advanced Applications' projects will be assimilated into the mainstream of normal operations within the School of Medicine and be replaced by new projects as opportunities arise.

Presently consisting of the School's Media Services department, Media Facilities Department and Advanced Educational Systems, the Advanced Applications group pursues three allied but distinct goals. The first is the establishment in the School of Medicine of an environment in which information is ubiquitously and securely available on demand to faculty, students and administration - this entails investments in infrastructure, the rationalization of workflows, the consolidation of redundant facilities and services, as well as the development and application of advanced digital media technologies. The second goal is to establish School-wide coordination of IT requirements and investment, using faculty and students to bridge institutional divides. The third goal is the creation of the means by which the School of Medicine will transform its educational enterprise into the model of 21st century academic medicine and set the standard of excellence in life-long medical education.