Experience

APHL - Association of Public Health Laboratories

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manager Global Health Informatics

  • Jan 2016 - Present



The OpenELIS Foundation

• Board Member

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2015



The St. John Group

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2015

  Project Lead for the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) on the Laboratory Efficiencies Project initiative with a focus on development of an informatics self-assessment tool for public health laboratories in all 50 states Coordinator for establishment of common global code base for an open source laboratory information system, OpenELIS Served as informatics expert for APHL on laboratory information systems (LIS) and overall data management in Kenya, Ghana, Vietnam, for national AIDS Indicator surveys, implementations of open source LIS such as BLIS and international LIS training courses Show less



The GLOBE Academy

• Board Secretary

  • Oct 2010 - Oct 2013



Northrop Grumman

• Atlanta

• Contractor to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

  Lead effort to capture use of data elements in infectious disease laboratories at CDC processing animal/environmental samples, promoting the use of standard code values and collaborating with information technology professionals to develop interoperable systems for electronic messaging of laboratory data Team member on an interoperability project developing requirements and introducing appropriate technologies to receive HL7 messages from State Public Health Laboratories, helped initiate policies to affect requirements and introduced processes and system changes to enable CDC to message results to the State Public Health Labs Developed specifications document using requirements gathering data from laboratory staff at CCID laboratories and collaborating with the vendor/solution designer on configuration of the laboratory information system (StarLiMS) Lead effort to institute a standardized process for managing proficiency testing data both within the International Laboratory Branch (ILB), and in countries supported through the PEPFAR program Show less



CTS Global - Assigned to Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contractor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vietnam

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2009

  Provided implementation guidance and informatics technical support to CDC and other USG agencies and Government of Vietnam partners on appropriate technology and informatics implementation strategies for data management and information systems for clinical and HIV diagnostic laboratories in Vietnam. Served as expert consultant in laboratory information systems including mentoring staff at Government of Vietnam health facilities and laboratories on managing LIS projects and ensuring coordination of laboratory data management activities across program areas while making informatics related recommendations and developing strategies for system expansion and enhancements Coordinated national deployment of an open source laboratory information system (LIS) while maintaining ongoing partnership with similar efforts in the US and other countries enabling sharing of resources and knowledge transfer between countries Provide technical assistance as needed in other areas of laboratory data management such as external quality assessment (EQA) programs, studies/evaluation involving laboratory testing and specimen management including development of Epi Info databases, analysis using SAS, and reporting Show less



Northrop Grumman

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contractor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Aug 2002 - Aug 2006

  As laboratory information systems lead for the Global AIDS Program informatics team, responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of laboratory information systems for public health use in countries in Africa and other areas that have a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Lead laboratory data management/information systems team using an information architecture approach for Uganda’s National Sero-Behavioral Survey 2004-2005 that involved testing for 18,000 adults and 8,000 children and liaison between laboratory team and Uganda AIDS Commission Overseeing operational aspects of a laboratory information system supporting Uganda’s Home Based Care clinical trial from 2003-2005 involving 1,373 HIV infected individuals and 4,601 of uninfected family members Implemented Epi Info based LIS in a TASO laboratory at Mulago hospital, Kampala, Uganda that was subsequently scaled up to all TASO sites Technical assistance to laboratories supporting HIV care and treatment in Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kenya, India and Ivory Coast including providing guidance on appropriate tools and technologies and developing system specifications to be used by the sites for modification or new development Served as LIS expert consultant to World Bank for evaluating LIS activities in Brazil Provided leadership on development of international guidebook for LIS implementation to APHL and CDC Atlanta Collaborated with informatics and lab staff in several countries, both in Africa and Asia, to ensure that lab information systems comply with best practices Show less



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Health Informatics Fellow

  • Jul 2000 - Jun 2002