Roland Gamache, PhD, MBA

Indiana Department of Public Health
State Health Data Center
2 N Meridian St
Indianapolis, IN
USA 46204
Email: rgamache@isdh.IN.gov

Biographical Sketch:
Publications 1. “Temperature Dependence of Luminescence from Cu(NN)2+ Systems in Fluid Solution. Evidence for the Participation of Two Excited States”, R. E. Gamache, Jr., J. R. Kirchhoff, A. A. Del Paggio, R. K. Lengel, D. R. McMillin, Inorganic Chemistry, 22, 2380-2384 (1983). 2. “Electron-Transfer and Energy-Transfer Quenching of Cu(dpp)2+”, R. E. Gamache, Jr., R. Rader, D. R. McMillin, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 107. 1141-1146 (1985). 3. "Reliability of Indiana Birth Certificate Data Compared to Medical Records", Terrell W. Zollinger, Michael J. Przybylski, Roland E. Gamache, accepted for publication in the Annals of Epidemiology (2005). Presentations and Other Publications 1. “Public Health Indicators Workshop”, Public Health Indicators Workgroup, APHA, 2001. 2. “Public Health Data Organization for Knowledge Management in Indiana”, R. E. Gamache, PHIN Meeting, 2005. 3. “Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques - Public Health Data Organization for Knowledge Management in Indiana”, R. E. Gamache, PHII Webinar, May 2005. 4. “The Role of Public Health in the Implementation of Interoperable Health Data Exchanges in Indiana”, R. E. Gamache, ASTHO Annual Meeting, August 2006. 5. “Medical Error Reporting in Indiana”, R. E. Gamache, Invited Testimony - American Health Information Community, PH/CCC Workgroup, February 2007. 6. “Public Health Informatics Needs at the State Level – Indiana Perspective”, R. E. Gamache, Invited Testimony - National Committee On Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Populations, February 2007. Research Support Ongoing Research Support (PM: Gamache) 08/01/06 - pressent NGA/RTI - Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration This project worked on resolving issues related to security and privacy in Electronic Health Information Exchange. Completed Research Support (PI : Gamache) 12/01/2005 – 04/30/2007 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - InformationLinks The InformationLinks project coordinated the community planning needed to introduce electronic health inforamtion exchange between providers and public health organizations. U90/CCU517024-03 (PI: Gamache) 09/30/1999 - 08/30/2005 CDC - Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism. This project worked on developing and implementing state policies for public health preparedness during a bioterrorism event. PA 02011 521144 (PI: Gamache) 03/01/2003 - 02/29/2004 CDC - Indiana Birth Defects Surveillance System Work on the development and implementation of an Indiana population-based birth defects surveillance system.