AAP, NJ Chapter
Suite 108
3836 Quakerbridge Road
Hamilton,
NJ
USA
08619
Email:
gubernrs@hln.com
Biographical Sketch:
1/1999-Present -- American Academy of Pediatrics, New Jersey Chapter (AAPNJ), Pediatric Council on Research and Education (PCORE), the Foundation of AAPNJ, Hamilton, NJ
Consultant as Co-Director for the Early Childhood Immunization Program (ECI) and the Co-Chair of the AAPNJ Immunization Action Group (1/09-present).
Consultant as Co-Director for the Adolescent Immunization and Community Partnership (AICP) program, designed to address well-care/ health supervision for adolescents, with the overall goal to improve their rate of immunizations (1/07-12/08).
Consultant as Program Director for the NJ Immunization and Preventive Services Improvement Program done in partnership with the AAPNJ/PCORE, NJDHSS (NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services) and NICHQ (National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality) (1/04-12/06).
Consultant as a subject matter expert on immunization practices for the AAPNJ and NJDHSS “Building Blocks” Immunization Initiative (1/99-5/00).
01/1998 – Present -- Collaborative Consulting Projects with HLN Consulting, LLC, San Diego, CA, as a subject matter expert on the HLN team for Immunization Program Needs Assessment and IIS assessment and development projects in various states or other jurisdictions.
01/1995 - 01/1997 -- Supervising Program Development Specialist -- University Of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, New Brunswick, NJ. Developed and directed programmatic elements for the NJ Comprehensive Immunization Program (NJ-CIP), a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation All Kids Count project.
01/1987 - 01/1995 -- Immunization Program Coordinator (1993-1995) -- Camden County (NJ) Dept. Of Health and Human Services, Blackwood, NJ
Award --
Rutgers University National Center for Public Productivity -- 1994 New Jersey Exemplary State and Local Award from the NJ-EXSL for the development of the Camden County Immunization Program
Relevant Publications --
Pediatric Annals, Issue Focus: Maximizing Office-based Immunization -- Kairys, SV, Gubernick, RS, Millican, A, Adams, WG. 35(7), July 2006. “Using a Registry to Improve Immunization Delivery,” 500-506.
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (Supplement) -- Issue Focus: Integrating Child Health Information Systems -- Wild, EL, Hastings, TM, Gubernick R, Ross, DA, Fehrenbach, SN. November 2004. "Key Elements for Successful Integrated Health Information Systems: Lessons From the States," S36-S47.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AKC Supplement) -- Gubernick, RS, Boclair, L, and Cashman, SD., 13(2), March/April, 1997. "A Creative Community Partnership: A Key Factor in the Deployment of An Electronic Immunization Registry."
Numerous presentations and posters at state and national immunization conferences and meetings.