New York State Department of Health
Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Room 765
Albany,
NY
USA
12237
mak13@health.state.ny.us
Biographical Sketch:
January 2009- Present-New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, Sr. Research Scientist
• Lead daily activities to monitor, evaluate and ensure the timeliness, adequacy and completeness of the laboratory data for disease surveillance and reporting within the New York State (NYS);
• Perform QA/QC checks of laboratory data electronically reported by commercial and public health laboratories;
• Act as a liaison among laboratory operation team and NYS Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS);
September 2001- January 2009, Center for Health Workforce Studies, Albany, New York, University at Albany, Program Reseach Specialist;
January 2006 –January 2007, Institute for Health and the Environment, Albany, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Research Scientist (part-time)
September 1999 –August 2000, Tula State University, Department of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health, Tula, Russia, Research Fellow.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Maria Kouznetsova, Xiaoyu Huang, Jing Ma, Lawrence Lessner, and David O. Carpenter. Increased Rate of Hospitalization for Diabetes and Residential Proximity of Hazardous Waste Sites. Environ Health Perspect 115:75–79 (2007);
J. Ma, M. Kouznetsova, L. Lessner, D. Carpenter. Asthma and infectious respiratory disease in children – correlation to residence near hazardous waste sites. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages 292-298