Polina Durneva

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

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

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

Durneva, P., Ma, Y., Marakas, G., & Aguirre-Urreta, M. (2022, August 10-14). Being There: Spatial Presence in Immersive Environments [Paper presentation]. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Minneapolis, Minnesota. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2022/sig_hci/sig_hci/17

Durneva, P. & LeRouge, C. (2022, January 4-7). Designing Personally Relevant Avatars for Digital Health Interventions: The Biocultural Perspective of Presence [Paper presentation]. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-55). Virtual Conference. http://dx.doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2022.466

Durneva, P. (2021, December 11-15). Shedding Light on Biopsychosocial Relevance of Digital Health Technologies. [TREO talk]. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Austin, Texas. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_icis2021/13

Durneva, P. (2021, August 9-13). Leveraging the Biopsychosocial Model of Health to Assess Perceived Relevance of Digital Health: Scale Development [TREO talk]. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Virtual Conference. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_amcis2021/5/

Durneva, P. & LeRouge, C. (2021, August 9-13). Exploring the Role of Virtual Presence in Using Digital Tools to Support Middle-Aged Adults Manage Obesity and Overweight [Paper presentation]. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Virtual Conference. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2021/healthcare_it/sig_health/12/

Durneva, P. (2021, June 14-17). Biopsychosocial Digital Health Interventions for Chronic Pain Management: Rapid Scoping Review. [Poster presentation]. AcademyHealth, Virtual Conference. https://academyhealth.confex.com/academyhealth/2021arm/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/46851

Bouayad, L., Bhattacherjee, A., Agrawal, M., Dharanikota, S., & Durneva, P. (2020). Technology Personalization in Health Applications for Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Artifact Design and a Controlled Experiment. In S. Hofmann, O. Müller, & M. Rossi (Eds.), Designing for Digital Transformation. Co-Creating Services with Citizens and Industry. DESRIST 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 12388, pp. 75–80). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64823-7_8

Durneva, P. & LeRouge, C. (2020, November 14-18). Exploring the Role of Virtual Presence in Patient’s Engagement with mHealth [Poster presentation]. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Symposium, Virtual Conference. http://knowledge.amia.org/72332-amia-1.4602255/t005-1.4604904/t005-1.4604905/3411603-1.4605644/3409438-1.4605641

Lyon, V., LeRouge, C., Durneva, P., & Thompson, M. (2020, November 14-18). Consumer Engagement in Smartphone Supported Home-based Diagnostic Testing for Communicable Virus: Exploring flu@home [Paper presentation]. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Symposium, Virtual Conference. https://knowledge.amia.org/72332-amia-1.4602255/t004-1.4605866/t004-1.4605867/3407319-1.4606027/3415601-1.4606024?qr=1

Dharanikota, S., Lyon, V., Durneva, P., LeRouge, C., & Thompson M. (2020, November 14-18). Enablers of Trial Engagement for Home Diagnostic Test-Supported by Smartphone (HDT-smart) - The Case of flu@home [Poster presentation]. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Symposium, Virtual Conference. http://knowledge.amia.org/72332-amia-1.4602255/t005-1.4604904/t005-1.4604905/3414848-1.4605680/3413839-1.4605677

Bouayad, L., Durneva, P., Dharanikota, S., Bhattacherjee, A., Agrawal, M., & Luther. S. (2020, November 14-18). Technology Personalization in Health Applications for Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder [Poster presentation]. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Symposium, Virtual Conference. http://knowledge.amia.org/72332-amia-1.4602255/t005-1.4604904/t005-1.4604905/3410557-1.4605764/3416685-1.4605761

Durneva, P. (2020, August 10–14). To Share or Not to Share: Optimal Value of Insurance Rewards for Sharing Data Generated from Wearable Devices for Hypertensive Patients [TREO talk]. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Virtual Conference. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_amcis2020/14/

Durneva, P. & Chen, M. (2020, August 10–14). Electronic Health Records Functionalities and Quality of Care: Conceptual Model and Research Agenda [TREO talk]. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Virtual Conference. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_amcis2020/12/

Durneva, P. & LeRouge, C. (2020, August 10–14). Reinforcing Health Management Intervention Effects with mHealth [Paper presentation]. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Virtual Conference. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2020/healthcare_it/healthcare_it/13/

Durneva, P. (2020, May 22). Creative Organizational Climate and Implementation of Agile Project Management in Traditional Development Organizations: Does Creativity Matter? [Paper presentation]. Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (SIG SAND) Symposium. Virtually in West Palm Beach, FL, United States. https://sigsand.com/creative-organizational-climate-and-implementation-of-agile-project-management-in-traditional-development-organizations-does-creativity-matter/

Hah H, Durneva P. (2019, December 15-18). The Effect of Mobile Trust on IT Service Avoidance: An Instrumental Variable Approach [TREO talk]. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Munich, Germany. https://github.com/mschermann/treoaticis2019/blob/master/1113-doc.pdf

Durneva, P., LeRouge, C., & Sangameswaran, S. (2019, November 16-20). Leveraging Technology to Promote Healthy Cooking Literacy and Kitchen Confidence for Overweight and Obese Adolescents [Poster presentation]. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Symposium, Washington DC, United States. https://knowledge.amia.org/69862-amia-1.4570936/t007-1.4573510/t007-1.4573511/3203593-1.4574304/3199306-1.4574301?qr=1