Hwa-Gan Chang, PhD

New York State Dept of Health
Division of Epidemiology
ESP Corning Tower Building
Room 754
Albany, NY
USA 12237
hgc04@health.state.ny.us

Biographical Sketch:
1994 - present -- Statistical Unit Director, Division of Epidemiology, NYSDOH 1987 - 1992 -- Statistical Unit Director, Bureau of Communicaable Disease Control Responsible for all phases of Electronic Laboratory Reporting system, Communicable Disease Surveillance System, and Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System Author and Co-author of over 35 publications related to infectious diseases and other public health Presenter of over 50 presentations at national conferences Principal investigators of several studies related to Health Information Exchange 1992 - 1994 -- Director of Information Center, Pig research Institute, Taiwan Principal investigator of information systems