InSTEDD
Global Public Health and Informatics
400 Hamilton Avenue
Suite # 120
Palo Alto,
CA
USA
94301
Email:
kasshout@gmail.com
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Taha Kass-Hout has over 12 years of experience in health, public health, and informatics, and has led research and development initiatives, critical assessment of new and emerging health IT technologies, and development of new capabilities and solutions in health and public health for federal, state, commercial, and international health organizations. In 2005, Taha served as a Senior Medical Advisor to the United States’ Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Prototype. During the response to the 2003 SARS outbreak, Taha led the US informatics and information task at the US National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Taha holds memberships in several professional (national, and international) societies, has published in several peer-reviewed journals, presented at numerous national and international forums, and was invited guest speaker at various health and policy events. Taha holds Doctor of Medicine and Master of Science (Biostatistics) degrees, with clinical training at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston.