About

April 25, 2009

My name is Cisco (AKA Ciscogiii or Francisco Jose Grajales III), a Graduate Student Researcher at the eHealth Strategy Office, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia.

When effectuated, my current graduate work will evaluate British Columbian physician’s readiness for medical practice in the Web 2.0 era. My aim is to finish this degree and pursue medical studies thereafter. By trade, I am a Board Certified Exercise Physiologist and a Canadian Army Medic.

My mission is to become a clinician scientist (MD, PhD) and specialize in the strategic deployment of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the health domain. I love difficult problems without clear solutions where the ripple effect of a single word, action or decision can positively impact millions of lives despite politics, corruption or competing interests.

This blog will be published in English (you may request the translation of any article to Spanish) and will concentrate on:

1) Electronic public health (tools, applications and innovation);

2) M-Health for development; and

3) Strategic deployment of ICT for healcare delivery.

I will do periodic series based on my career and coursework including Randomized Controlled Trials and mHealth applications for development.

Special notice: All information or postings regarding military training and operations will be ignored as per the Canadian Department of National Defense CANFORGEN statute. Also, expect periodic black out periods due to military operational requirements or professional needs.

My professional profile can be found  on LinkedIn.

Feel free to contact me with questions or special requests.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Cisco

A picture of me at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco, California