National Association of County and City Health Officials
NACCHO
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USA
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gshah@naccho.org
Biographical Sketch:
Gulzar H. Shah, Ph. D., M. Stat, M. S. S. is an adjunct Professorial Lecturer at the Department of Health Policy, George Washington University and Lead Research Scientist at NACCHO. He designed, implemented and analyzed the survey that is the main source of evidence for this presentation. He has over 15 years experience in designing and conducting research in public health informatics. Selected publications and presentations include:
Li, John, Gulzar H. Shah, and Craig Hedberg.
2011. Complaint-Based Surveillance for Food-borne Illness in the United States: A Survey of Local Health Departments. Journal of Food Protection. Volume 74, Number 3, March 2011 , pp. 432-437(6)available online at : http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iafp/jfp/2011/00000074/00000003/art00012
Shah, Gulzar, Kevin Lertwachara, and Anteneh Ayanso.
2010. Record Linkage in Healthcare: applications, opportunities, and challenges for Public Health. International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives, 2(3): 28-46.
Love, Denise, and Gulzar H. Shah.
2006 “Reflections on Organizational Issues in Developing, Implementing, and Maintaining State Web-based Data Query Systems”. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice JPHMP 2(12): 184-188
Rudolph, Barbara, Gulzar H. Shah, and Denise Love.
2006. Small Numbers, Disclosure Risk, Security and Reliability Issues in Web-based Data Query Systems. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice JPHMP 2(12): 176-183
Shah, Gulzar H. Jack Herrmann, Anne Drabczyk, Scott Fisher, and Carolyn Leep
2011. Local Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Situation of Funding, Types of Hazard Events Responded to and Involvement of Volunteers. Poster presented at the 2011 public Health Preparedness Summit. Feb 22-25, Atlanta, Georgia.
Shah, Gulzar H. and Alastair Matheson.
2010. The State of Informatics in Local Health Departments. Presented at the 2010 Keeneland Conference on Public Health Systems and Services Research. April 21. Griffin Gate Marriot Resort, Lexington, KY.