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Ms. Debra Revere

University of Washington
Dept of Health Services, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
 

Brief Biography:


Debra Revere, MLIS, MA, is a Research Scientist and Clinical Faculty in the Dept of Health Services, School of Public Health at the University of Washington (UW). She is the Associate Director of the UW Clinical Informatics Research Group, and a faculty member of the UW Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and the UW Center for Public Health Informatics. Ms. Revere’s research employs qualitative and mixed-methods to focus on understanding the information needs of public health, including how health information exchange, associated data sources and access to information can enhance and support the work of public health practitioners; evaluation of health information systems (HIS) and knowledge management processes to support evidence-based decision making; and developing approaches through stakeholder engagement to improve HIS and information design technologies in public health and clinical environments, particularly in under-resourced settings.

 

Academic positions:


Co-Investigator. Improving Population Health Through Enhanced Targeted Regional Decision Support. University of WA (UW).

Associate Director. Clinical Informatics Research Group (CIRG), UW.

Principal Investigator. Effective SMS Emergency Messaging in Public Health Project, NW Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP), UW.

Project Coordinator. RWJ Public Health Systems Research Project, NWCPHP, UW.

Research Scientist. Distribute Syndromic Surveillance Project, CIRG, UW.

Research Coordinator. REACH Messaging RCT, NWCPHP, UW.

Consultant. Writer & Editor. Gates Foundation & Rockefeller Foundation Projects. Seattle, WA

Clinical Faculty. Dept of Health Services, School of Public Health, UW.

 

Research interests:


Using qualitative and mixed-methods to focus on: understanding the information needs of public health, including how health information exchange, associated data sources and access to information can enhance and support the work of public health practitioners; evaluation of health information systems (HIS) and knowledge management processes to support evidence-based decision making; and developing approaches through stakeholder engagement to improve HIS and information design technologies in public health and clinical environments, particularly in under-resourced settings.

 

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