University of Kansas Medical Center
Mission,
KS
USA
66202
Email:
vwangia@kumc.edu
Biographical Sketch:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
Center for healthcare informatics; Kansas City, KS; August 2005-Present.
Coordinator of Public Health Informatics/ Research Assistant Professor:
Provide health informatics technical assistance to the health departments, the Kansa Health Institute, the Public Health Informatics Stakeholders Team, Blue Cross BlueShield of Kansas and others.
Involved in health information technology (HIT) projects, namely, the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC) HIT definitions project and the ONC-funded health information security and privacy collaboration (HISPC) project. Kansas project director for the HISPC – Phase III, consumer education and engagement collaborative workgroup.
Serve on informatics-related advisory committees.
Member of the KC CareLink operations committee
Member of the K.A.L.H.D immunization registry advisory committee
Participate in informatics-related taskforces and workgroups.
Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) taskforces
Public health informatics stakeholders team (PHIST)
HISPC – Phase II, consumer education and engagement collaborative workgroup.
HISPC – Phase I, variations workgroup.
Engage in grant writing and reviewing.
Involved in survey administration and data analysis (SPSS).
Faculty for a graduate health informatics courses and preceptor for students as needed.
Assist with miscellaneous tasks for the center for healthcare informatics such as supporting the electronic health record (academic solution) project activities as needed.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention; Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Atlanta, GA; June 2003–June 2005.
Public Health Informatics Fellow:
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Center for Public Health and Education Outreach (CPHEO); Minneapolis, MN; October 2001-May 2003
Graduate Assistant: Database and web developer
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Medical School; Minneapolis, MN; September 2000-May 2001
Graduate Assistant: Web developer
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM)
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications; Bethesda, MD; June 2001-July 2001
Medical Informatics Trainee
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL)
Oak Ridge, TN; July 1997-July 1998
Professional Intern: Scientific research
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
PhD in Health Informatics, 2007.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Master of Science in Information Science, 2000.
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.
Bachelors of Art in Biology, 1997. Graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with College honors.
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Publication; 2007: Dissertation: “Explaining Variance in Effective Use of a Web-based Immunization Registry: The Influence of Cognitive, Social, Technical, Organizational, and Work-Related Factors.”
Spring Governor's Conference on Public Health Conference; 2006 – “Applied Public Health Informatics”.
Kansas State Nurses Association District 6 Meeting; 2006- “Nursing Informatics”.
Kansas Local Health Department Association Annual Meeting; 2006 –“Developing a Tool to Measure Effective Use of an Information System”.
Public Health Certificate Session; 2006 – “Public Health Informatics 101”.
Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Conference; 2005 – “Vocabulary Standards: Application of the CDC Vocabulary Distribution System”.
American Medical Informatics Conference; 2004 – “Information Security: HIV Program Evaluation and Monitoring System”.
CDC; 2004 – “Assessing the Development of a Program Evaluation and Monitoring System”.
CDC; 2003 – “Electronic Health Records”.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Public Health Association (APHA)
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Project Management Institute (PMI)