Integrated Child Health Information Systems

Wednesday, June 30, 2004, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET

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Presenter Information

From MCHB:

Michael Kogan, PhD. Michael Kogan, PhD
Director, Office of Data and Information Management
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 18-41
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-3145
Fax: (301) 443-3145
mkogan@hrsa.gov

Michael Kogan holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Yale University. He is currently the Director, Office of Data and information Management for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. In this position he is responsible for directing activities of the office with an emphasis on 1) maternal and child health research; 2) building the data capacity of federal, state and local areas in maternal and child health; and 3) building the maternal and child health epidemiology capacity in the United States.

Prior to this position, he worked as a Senior Epidemiologist at the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He serves on the editorial boards of the Maternal and Child Health Journal and the American Journal of Public Health. His research interests include: the effect of prenatal and pediatric care services on maternal and child health, the effect of lack of health care coverage on access and continuity of care, multiple births and determinants of preterm birth.

Deborah Linzer, MS, Post-Grad HSA
Senior Public Health Analyst
Genetics Services Branch
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs
Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland
Phone: 301-443-1080
Fax: 301-443-8604
DLinzer@hrsa.gov

Deborah Linzer is a Senior Public Health Analyst in the Genetic Services Branch, Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA. For the past 17 years, she has held Federal positions that focus on policy development, health system implementation to include integration of child health information systems, and research administration at the State and local levels. In addition, Ms. Linzer has considerable grassroots experience in HIV prevention education and training.

Ms. Linzer holds a Masters degree in Special Education and a Post-Graduate degree in Health Services Administration from The George Washington University. She completed a yearlong administrative residency at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC.

From Oregon Department of Human Services:

Sherry Spence, MA. Sherry Spence, MA
MCH Data Systems Coordinator
Oregon Department of Human Services
Health Services, Office of Family Health
800 NE Oregon St., Suite 825
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 503-731-4059
sherry.spence@state.or.us

Sherry Spence is the Maternal and Child Health Data Systems Coordinator in the Oregon Department of Human Services, Health Services, Office of Family Health. She has worked in state government public health agencies in Montana and Oregon for the past 12 years in vital statistics, public health planning, and maternal and child health. Her experience in the public and private sectors has been about equally divided between public health informatics, program management, and epidemiology. It includes participation in and responsibility for integrated data systems development, vital statistics and cancer registry program management, applied research, planning, and epidemiology.

Ms. Spence received a Masters degree and completed qualifications, other than the thesis, for a PhD in French Literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her knowledge of public health informatics, policy-making, program management, and epidemiology comes from more than 25 years of post-graduate training and experience in a variety of formal and informal settings.

From All Kids Count:

Dr. David Ross. Dave Ross, Sc.D.

Director
Director, Public Health Informatics Institute
750 Commerce Drive, Suite 400
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: 404-687-5634
dross@phii.org
www.allkidscount.org

Dr. David Ross directs the Public Health Informatics Institute and lectures in medical and public health informatics at Emory University. Dr. Ross received his doctoral degree in Operations Research from The Johns Hopkins University and has worked in health services research, hospital administration, environmental health research, and public health information systems. In 1983 he joined the CDC where his career involved environmental health research, executive administration, and public health practice. Dr. Ross was founding director of the Information Network for Public Health Officials (INPHO), a CDC initiative to improve the information infrastructure throughout public health. He joined Kansas City-based Cerner Corporation in 1998 as an executive in clinical information systems implementation and consulting. While working with Cerner, Dave implemented technologies that support care by integrating all aspects of care delivery to bring the power of complete information to the aid of medical practitioners. In September, 2000, Dave became Director of All Kids Count, a national technical resource center supporting the integration of child health programs. In September 2002, Dave established the Public Health Informatics Institute, through the generous support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. These programs target opportunities to transform public health information infrastructure.