Dedrick Hooper is a systems coordinator for the University of Kansas Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth. Mr. Hooper maintains an office within KUCTT at the University of Kansas Medical Center, but works closely with Dennis Schukman, KUCTT's systems coordinator located in Hays. Mr. Hooper and Mr. Schukman maintain and update many of the interactive televideo systems in use at the KU Medical Center and at numerous telemedicine sites scattered throughout Kansas. Mr. Hooper also provides technical support for the smoking-cessation project administered through the department of preventive medicine and public health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
Originally from Buffalo (N.Y.), Mr. Hooper moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in the late 1980s. He received a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and film from the University of Central Missouri in 2000. He then worked as a production engineer at UCM and as a videographer and producer for KCPT, the public television station in Kansas City. He has five years' experience as an instructional technologist with State Fair College in Sedalia (Mo.), where he managed the technology for videoconferencing and online courses. He is certified by Polycom as a videoconferencing specialist and is a member of the Polycom Users Group and the Missouri Distance Learning Association.
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