Martin LaVenture, PhD, MPH

MDH Office of Health Information Technology
Minnesota Department of Health
PO Box 64882
85 E 7th Place
St. Paul, MN
USA 55164
martin.laventure@state.mn.us

Biographical Sketch:
2005-Present -- Director, Center for Public Health Informatics, & Office of Health Information Technology, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN Invited speaker at many national conferences and meetings on e-health and public health informatics topics Member of public health informatics committees at national and state level 1997-2004 – Advisor, Public Health Informatics & Manager, Data and Information Systems, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN 1995-1997 – Manager, Acute Disease Prevention Services Section, Division of Disease Prevention and Control, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN 1990 - 1995 – Supervisor, Immunization Assessment and Registries Unit, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN 1987 -1990 – Director, Cohort Public Health Division, Epic Systems Corporation, Minneapolis/Madison, WI 1978-87 – Assistant State Epidemiologist and Communicable Disease Coordinator, Communicable Disease Control Bureau, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, WI 1976-78 – Epidemiologist and Surveillance Coordinator, Immunization Program Section, Acute Disease, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN