NORC at the University of Chicago
Health IT Project Manager, Health Care Research
4350 East-West Highway
8th Floor
Bethesda,
MD
USA
20814
soper-paula@norc.org
Biographical Sketch:
Paula Soper is a Research Scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago, where she is focused on health policy, HIT and public health informatics evaluation. Paula is also the President and CEO of PHI Solutions, a consulting company specializing in public health informatics. She recently completed a NLM/ RWJF Public Health Informatics Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she received an MS in Health Sciences Informatics. She is also a doctoral candidate in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research interests include the use of health information technology to reduce health disparities and inequities, and the use of health information technology for evidenced-based decision -making in public health.
Ms. Soper received her MPH from the George Washington University in Maternal and Child Health and a BA in Biology and Human Relations from Trinity College. Paula joined the National Association of County and City Health Officials in January 2005, where she served as the Senior Analyst for Public Health Informatics. In that position, Paula focused primarily on ensuring public health involvement in national health information technology efforts. She served as a Senior Advisor to the American Health Information Community’s (AHIC) Population Health and Clinical Connections Workgroup.
Prior to joining NACCHO, Paula was the Senior Epidemiologist and Senior Manager of the Health Consulting Group at Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC), a technology firm specializing in public health informatics. While at STC, she managed projects ranging from local community health assessments to statewide planning for disease surveillance systems and immunization registries. Prior to joining STC, Paula also worked as an epidemiologist and Director of the statewide immunization registry for Maryland, and served as the founding President of the American Immunization Registry Association.