Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
National Security Technology Department
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel,
MD
USA
20723
hbi2@cdc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
1996-Present: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory - National Security Technology Department, and IPA for the National Center for Public Health Informatics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Project Manager and researcher for projects within the disease surveillance program of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Recent work in biosurveillance on disease modeling, data fusion using Bayesian networks, background noise estimation, and early outbreak detection adapting methods from epidemiology, statistical process control, and signal processing.
Half-time IPA consultant for the BioSense Program at CDC.
Elected member of Board of Directors of International Society for Disease Surveillance, 2005, 2006, and 2009, serving as coordinating liaison to the Research Committee.
Charter member of the Section on Defense and National Security of the American Statistical Association.
Has worked exclusively in the field of biosurveillance since 2000, primarily adapting analytic methods from epidemiology, biostatistics, statistical process control, and other fields of applied science, for advanced disease monitoring systems. Recent work in biosurveillance on disease modeling, data fusion using Bayesian networks, background noise estimation, and early outbreak detection adapting methods from epidemiology, statistical process control, and signal processing.
Since 2003 has reviewed technical articles on biosurveillance for numerous publications, authored or coauthored several articles per year along with two book chapters and has given presentations and short courses at conferences on bioterrorism and health monitoring.