Responsibilities:
- Plans, develops and directs a professional staff engaged in the science and practice of public health surveillance and informatics.
- Advances public health program objectives through application of sound planning concepts and practices and recommends appropriate changes in all aspects of Division’s program direction.
- Advises, plans and coordinates methods development and applications projects in support of major agency surveillance programs.
- Establishes measures of success/effectiveness of Division’s surveillance and informatics activities and provides guidance to CDC programs and external stakeholders on applying these measures.
- Provides scientific leadership in public health informatics, including identifying new developments in informatics and technology.
- Manage national surveillance systems, including Bio-Sense, the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS).
- Oversees the maintenance and modernization of surveillance systems.
- Develops new surveillance methods, information resources, and promising practices to strengthen public health informatics capacity and capability.
- Collaborates with external entities, including interagency, partners, academic institutions, and other external entities to inform system enhancements and modernization approaches.
- Serves as the focal point for the development, implementation, evaluation and technical assistance for the execution and operation of innovative, cross cutting, scientifically rigorous public health surveillance analysis and methods to make aggregate level data available to public health experts through the systems and solutions supported by the division.
- Anticipates and adapts to changing landscape: healthcare, technology, policy, expectations and needs for information, legislative mandates (ARRA, HITECH).
- Conducts cutting edge research on public health surveillance strategies to systematically collect, assemble, analyze, and disseminate information to improve and measure health impact.
- Assess and develops policies relating to public health surveillance systems and information management.
- Develops specific projects and activities from broad program goals through the application of sound managerial and leadership concepts and practices, with a view toward enhancing the national impact of the Agency’s activities.
