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Graham Wright, Fellow of the British Computer Society and Charted IT Practitioner, FBCS, CITP
Professor Graham Wright has been involved in health informatics since 1980, when he co-founded the Open Software Library with David McKendrick. Enjoying a dual career in consultancy and academia over the last three decades, he is known for his work on the Rainbow series of Open Learning for the NHS, Health Information education and evaluation studies.

He was the programme director for the MSc. Health Informatics at the University of Winchester and University of the Transkei. IN 2000 he founded the Centre for Health Informatics Research and Development (CHIRAD) which became an IMIA Academic member. He was the chair of the British Computer Society Health forum from 2008- 2009 having served the Treasurer from 2001. He lead the transformation to BCS Health. He also served as the UK representative to the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).

He has the chair of Health Sciences Research at Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa and helped the implementation of the new research requirement component of specialist training in the postgraduate medical program across the Eastern Cape.

His research includes a review of the NHS IM&T Strategy, evaluation of clinical systems, development of criteria for risk assessment of systems implementation. He was the lead researcher for the development of the IMIA Knowledge Base.

He is the Chair of the HELINA (IMIA African Region) Education Working Group and President of the HELINA Southern Africa Nursing Informatics SIG.

He is a Rated NRF researcher and works part time as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Fort Hare where is focusing on Research Coaching, and research projects within Public Health and Health Informatics

Category:Fellows of the British Computer Society