Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Mailstop 8-224
Laurel,
MD
USA
20723
Email:
howard.burkom@jhuapl.edu
Biographical Sketch:
1999-present – Developer and Manager of Disease Surveillance Methodology, Johns Hopkins APL, ESSENCE Biosurveillance Programs, Laurel, MD
1979-1999 – Mathematician applying methods of signal processing and ocean modeling for submarine technology systems, Johns Hopkins APL, Laurel, MD
- Member of Board of Directors of the International Society for Disease Surveillance
- Charter member of the Section on Defense and National Security of the American Statistical Association.
- Responsible for development and trouble-shooting of alerting algorithms for ESSENCE biosurveillance systems (2000-present).
- Consultant and developer for CDC grant on BioSense Improvement (2006-present).
- Technical lead on modified agent-based disease modeling project (2007-present).
- Author of 2 book chapters and numerous published articles on algorithms for disease surveillance.
- Numerous presentations at scientific meetings