SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
Public Health Statistics and Information Services
2600 Bull St
Columbia,
SC
USA
29201
Email:
zhaog@dhec.sc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Current responsibilites include oversight on statewide operations of vital records and cancer registries in South Carolina and to provide directions to two technical Divisions: Biostatistics and Public Health Informatics. Dr. Zhao is also the Chair for the Agency's Institutional Review Board (IRB) approving researches by the Agency involving human subjects.
His professional interests include public health surveillance, biostatistics, GIS and geospatial analysis, remote sensing, public health informatics, environmental assessment and ecological studies. He also teaches graduate courses of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics at the School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. He has published over 15 peer-reviewed scientific articles on various professional journals including the prestigious Science magazine.