Wu Xu, PhD

Utah Department of Health
Office of Public Health Informatics
P.O. Box 141019
Salt Lake City, UT
USA 84114
wxu@utah.gov

Biographical Sketch:
2007 - Present Director, Office of Public Health Informatics, Utah Department of Health 2006- Present Co-Investigator and Project Director for the UDOH-Contract with the University of Utah’s CDC Funded Research Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics (1 P01 CD000284-01) 2001- 2007 Director, the Office of Health Care Statistics, Utah Department of Health 2001- 2007 Executive Secretary for Utah Health Data Committee (a statutory committee), the State of Utah 2001- 2005 Project Director, Utah/Missouri Patient Safety Grant Project, funded by AHRQ (U18 HS11885) 1999-2000 Public Health Program Manager, Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) Program, the Executive Director’s Office, UDOH 1997-2000 Project Director for the HRSA/MCHB MatCHIIM Multi-State (Maternal and Child Health Information Internet-query Module) Project, Utah Department of Health. (Grant No. MCJ-49D007-01-0, Project # UD 97-008) 1996-1999 Program Manager/Information Analyst Supervisor of Data Resources Program, MCH State Data Contact, Division of Community and Family Health Services, Utah Department of Health 1993-1996 Health Demographer/Information Analyst II, Office of Health Care Statistics (then Health Data Analysis), Utah Department of Health