Data Technical Assistance Unit, Office of Data Strategy & Introperability, Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul, MN
Senior Health Informatician, August 2023 - present
- Provide informatics support for projects with local health departments.
- Assist with dashboard design and development using R and Shiny.
Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Program, Bureau of Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology (BEOE), New York State (NYS) Department of Health (DOH), Albany, NY
Research Scientist 2, March 2022 - August 2023
Research Scientist 1, March 2018 – March 2022
- Serve as the lead staff person for evaluations of geographic aggregation and imputation methods and lead the development and implementation of the Geographic Aggregation Tool (GAT) and geomasker, two R packages for aggregating and mapping spatial data.
- Provide expertise for preparing data and information for new health and environmental indicators to share online and for CDC, academic researchers, and non-profits.
- Develop, problem solve, and communicate enhancements to data managers at NYS DOH.
- Discuss public health, informatics, health information, and health data interoperability on CDC workgroups about air quality, race and ethnicity, and census transition.
- Use public health informatics principles and practices to work with IT to build and maintain the NYS EPHT online portal.
- Prepare charts, map, and other visuals for reports and templates.
Geographical & Temporal Surveillance Methods and Resource Team (GeTSMART), BEOE, NYS DOH, Albany, NY
Data Analyst, May 2016 – March 2018
- Designed and implemented two research studies on heart attacks and published a peer reviewed manuscript on the results.
- Cleaned and geocoded addresses, spatially linked data, and performed spatial analyses.
Office of Program Evaluation and Research (OPER), AIDS Institute, NYS DOH, Albany, NY
Evaluation Specialist, June 2015 – March 2018
- Managed the naloxone use database, oversaw data entry, designed and ran routine data validation checks and summary reports, and maintained database documentation.
- Identified and resolved data anomalies by following up with reporting agencies and instituting standardized responses on the naloxone use form.
- Designed the template and infographics for the annual law enforcement naloxone use fact sheet.