New York State Department of Health
Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Room 765
Albany,
NY
USA
12237
wpp01@health.state.ny.us
Biographical Sketch:
New York State Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, Albany, NY.
7/1990 – Present
• Acting Core Surveillance Coordinator (7/10 – 2/11)
Responsible for collection of data on HIV infected persons in New York State.
• Program Manager, Enhanced Perinatal Surveillance Program (1/03 – Present)
Responsible for collection and analysis of data on all HIV exposed newborns in NYS. Coordinate and oversee the merging of data from various sources on HIV positive women giving birth and their infants. Generate results for use in research reports, grant applications, evaluation of programs/policy and published articles. Develop, write and present oral and written presentations of the data. Work to integrate data into policy by representing program on workgroup responsible for assessing/managing perinatal transmission issues.
• Data Coordinator, HIV Serosurveillance of Childbearing Women (7/90-Present).
Maintain and manage HIV data generated from the Newborn Screening Program. Analyze the four million record database utilizing birth cohort techniques, linear and logistic regression, and categorical data analysis. Generate results for use in research reports, grant applications, evaluation of programs/policy and published articles.
PUBLICATIONS:
Birkhead G, Pulver W, Warren B, Klein S, Parker M, Caggana M, Smith L: Progress in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in New York State: 1988-2008. JPHMP. 2010; 16:481-491.
Birkhead G, Pulver W, Warren B, Hackel S, Rodríguez D, Smith L: Acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus During Pregnancy and Mother-to-Child Transmission in New York: 2002-2006. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;115:1247-55.
Tesoriero J, Birkhead G, Battles H, Heavner K, Leung J, Pulver W, Nemeth C: The Effect of Named-Based Reporting and Partner Notification on HIV Testing in New York State. AJPH. 2008; 98:728-735.
Karchava M, Pulver W, Smith L, Philpott S, Sullivan T, Wethers J, Parker M: Prevalence of drug-resistance mutations and non-subtype B strains among HIV-infected infants from New York State. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006; 42:614-619.
Pulver W, Glebatis D, Wade N , Birkhead G, Smith P: Trends From an HIV Seroprevalence Study Among Childbearing Women in New York State from 1988 through 2000: A Valuable Epidemiologic Tool. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004; 158:443-448.
Wade N, Zielinski M, Butsashvilli M, McNutt L, Warren B, Glaros R, Cheku B, Pulver W, Pass K, Fox K, Novello A, Birkhead G: Decline in Perinatal HIV Transmission in New York State (1997-2000). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004; 36:1075-1082.