World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Statistics and Informatics Department
20, avenue Appia
Geneva
Switzerland
1211
whitakerp@who.int
Biographical Sketch:
December 2008 to Present - Technical Officer, eHealth and Informatics Unit Health Statistics and Informatics Department, Innovation, Information, Evidence and Research Cluster, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
Responsibilities include managing and coordinating efforts to promote computer system interoperability across the organization and the wider health informatics community, including development and promotion of health informatics standards based on international standards and international guidelines.
Serves as authority on international metadata and data exchange standards. Leads activities of the WHO SDMX-HD standard and WHO Indicator and Metadata Registry (IMR). Promotes development of country and international Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and disease surveillance systems.
December 2008 to Present - WHO Liaison to ISO Technical Committee 215
Represents WHO in development and interpretation of health informatics standards, providing input from public health and low-income country perspectives. Authors and promotes international standards relevant to WHO mission at regular Working Group and Expert Group meetings.
June 2002 to December 2008 - Team Leader, Country Response Information System (CRIS) Unit, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Executive Office, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Geneva, Switzerland
February 1985 to June 2002 - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA
September 1992 to July 1996 - Chief, Section Informatique, Project RETRO-CI, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA