CDC-Zambia
Health Informatics Branch, CDC-Zambia
c/o American Embassy
PO Box 31617
Lusaka
Zambia
10101
mark@healthyafrica.net
Biographical Sketch:
2009- present - Branch Chief, Health Informatics and SmartCare Project Director, CDC GAP, Lusaka, Zambia
2005- 2009 - Branch Chief, Epidemiology and Strategic Information, CDC GAP, Lusaka, Zambia
2001-2005 - Medical Epidemiologist Consultant, CDC GAP (ORISE), Lusaka, Zambia
2000-2001 - Assistant Professor, Tulane University - SPHTM, New Orleans, LA
1996- 2000 - Director of Health Information Division, Louisiana Office of Public Health, New Orleans, LA
1994-1996 - Board Chairman, Metro Atlanta Team for Child Health - MATCH, Atlanta, GA
1994-1996 - Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
1989-1994 - Medical Officer, CDC, Atlanta, GA
1988-1989 - Visiting Scientist, CDC, Atlanta, GA
1987-1988 – Harvard Graduate Research Assistant, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
1982-1985 - NHCS Physician III, II, I, State of Michigan, Jackson, MI
Work closely with Zambian counterparts directing development and implementation of a national Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, named ‘SmartCare’ by the MOH, that uses a smart card for just-in-time health record transport, and a touchscreen representation of existing forms and known clinical protocols for data entry by computer naïve staff. (2001-2011).
Facilitated porting the Zambia EHR software to Ethiopia and South Africa, 2007-2010.
Managed the communications and Information Systems infrastructure for rapidly growing CDC-Zambia staff, nationally distributed offices, and new USG security certification requirements, 2001-2011.
Responsible for Surveillance activities including continued monitoring of the HIV epidemic in Zambia through HIV & Syphilis Antenatal Clinic Sentinel Surveillance (ANC SS) for 2006 and 2008, and systems for HIV drug resistance monitoring, 2001-2009.
Responsible for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of PEPFAR program activities under a rapidly expanding CDC budget (from $3M to $100M in five years), 2004-2009.
Directed the Division for Health Information, one of six divisions of the Louisiana Office of Public Health, comprising state Vital Records, State Center for Health Statistics, and Management Information Systems, 1996-2000.
Drafted articles for non-profit incorporation of MATCH record linkage system and served as first chair, 1994-1996. By 2000 MATCH contained about 425,000 client records and 3 million immunization records.
Collaborated with ACoS, NCI-SEER on Cancer Registry standardization software, EDITS, 1991-1994.
Developed the CDC HIRS (Health Information Retrieval System) OLAP tool, with Joe Rogers, 1989-1993.
Co-designed the information storage and retrieval methods for the CDC WONDER system with Mike Perry, 1988-1989.
Author or coauthor of 19 publications, and state or national public health software systems.
Numerous presentations at scientific meetings.