Johns Hopkins Univ. APL
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel,
MD
USA
20723
Email:
Joe.Lombardo@jhuapl.edu
Biographical Sketch:
1970 – Present – The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, JHU/APL
1970-1990 – Various postions from individual investigator to section supervisor of the scientific investigations section
1990-Present – Program Manager and Principal investigator Homeland Protection
Information Services
1997-1998 - William S. Parsons Sabbatical Fellow The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1998-Present – Program Manager, Bio Information Systems, Special Applications Program Office
2006–Present – Director of the JHU/APL Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics
As Director of the JHU/APL Center of Excellence, responsible for overseering the development and improvement of automated tools to enhance disease surveillance.
Led the development of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), which is currently being used widely by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Health Affairs, and several state and local health departments.
Co-author of book and numerous journal articles regarding public health informatics and disease surveillance.
Numerous presentations at scientific meetings.