BJ Mattson, MS, MA

The Ohio Department of Health
246 N. High St
Columbus, OH
USA 43215
Email: bj.mattson@odh.ohio.gov

Biographical Sketch:
BJ has over twenty years of epidemiology experience at the Ohio Department of Health, predominently in chronic disease analyses. She currently works in the Center for Public Health Statistics and Informatics as an epidemiologist. She earned a master's of science in Technical Education, with a concentration in Teaching of Research and Statistics Methods in 1980. She earned a master's in education, with a concentration in College and Community Counseling 1980 Data with which I have worked: Ohio Connections for Children with Special Needs (birth defects registry) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System OHA hospital discharge data Vital Statistics mortality and birth data Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System Medicaid data Minimum Dataset (nursing home data) BJ has been involved with the preparation and analyses for several departmental publications.