Ingham County Health Department
Ingham County Health Department
5303 South Cedar Street
Lansing,
MI
USA
48911
mcheatham@ingham.org
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Marcus Cheatham is the Assistant Deputy Health Officer and Public Information Officer at the Ingham County Health Department which serves Lansing, Michigan’s capital city. In that role he acts as informaticist for the Department and is the Department’s liaison to Mid Michigan’s Capital Area Regional Health Information Organization (CARHIO). Marcus has served on the RHIO’s Operation’s Committee, Privacy and Security Committee and Quality Improvement Committee.
He is Co-Chair of the Joint Public Health Informatics Task Force (JPHIT) and is past Chair of the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) Informatics Work Group, Among other things, Marcus served on the Michigan Health Information Network’s Technical Workgroup which helped create Michigan’s State Health Information Exchange strategic and operational plans.
Previously Marcus was a Health Analyst leading research projects on chronic disease risks in Mid Michigan and developing on-line reporting tools. Before coming to public health, Marcus was Survey Director at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University.