Experience
Trajectory & national leadership
A focused path through public health surveillance — from frontline epidemiology and automation engineering to leading statewide data modernization and shaping national surveillance policy.
Download full résumé (PDF)Director, Data Modernization Office
North Dakota Department of Health & Human Services · Public Health Division
- Direct data modernization strategy, informatics, and data governance for the Public Health Division; lead a team of informatics and analytics staff against budgets funded through ELC, PHIG, and Data Modernization Initiative grants.
- Led North Dakota’s surveillance modernization through procurement, requirements development, vendor evaluation, and platform selection for the state’s next-generation electronic disease surveillance system.
- Championed adoption of a next-generation architecture, positioning North Dakota as the inaugural implementation partner, then drove strategy to expand the platform into newborn screening, medicolegal death investigation, and other public health programs.
- Chair the state’s Data Modernization Advisory Committee and Data Stewardship & Governance Workgroup.
Electronic Surveillance Systems Manager
North Dakota Department of Health & Human Services
- Ran statewide operations of North Dakota’s disease surveillance system (Maven) through the COVID-19 response.
- Built a Python automation pipeline that eliminated roughly 3,000 analyst hours per year.
- Led migration of case investigation and contact tracing into the core surveillance platform.
West Nile Surveillance Coordinator / COVID-19 Epidemiologist
North Dakota Department of Health
- Coordinated arboviral surveillance and contributed to the state’s early COVID-19 epidemiology response.
Epidemiology Research Associate
Pfizer
- Supported epidemiology research within a global pharmaceutical setting.
Adjunct Graduate Instructor & Research Assistant
NYU College of Global Public Health
- Taught at the graduate level and supported public health research.
National leadership & recognition
- Co-Chair, Surveillance Policy Subcommittee
- Panelist, Resources for Core Surveillance Functionalities (RCSF) Panel
- Member, STLT Minimum Data Necessary (MDN) Workgroup
- Session moderator, abstract reviewer & workshop planner
- Member, MPH Program Advisory Board
- Telegraph Award for Excellence in Technology
Education
MPH, Epidemiology
New York University
B.S., Neuroscience & Psychology
University of Minnesota
Selected publications
Widespread SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Attendees at a Large Motorcycle Rally and their Contacts, 30 US Jurisdictions
Co-author · Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021
Facility-Wide Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes — Seven U.S. Jurisdictions
Co-author · CDC MMWR, 2020