Dept. of Health Services
Program Affiliations
Program Affiliations
Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett
Senior Lecturer
Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett became Director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice in March 2013. Before that he worked for 6 years as a medical epidemiologist in the communicable disease program at Public Health - Seattle & King County, where he helped oversee the day to day work of the disease investigation team. He also has several years experience working as a primary care pediatrician at Virginia Mason, during which he made annual volunteer trips to the Thai Burma border working with refugees and migrant workers from Burma.
Research Interests:
Public health practice; communicable disease epidemiology; health informatics
Contact Information
email: kwangett@uw.edu
address:
1107 NE 45th St., Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98105
campus box: 354809
voice: 206-685-1130
fax: 206-616-9415
address:
1107 NE 45th St., Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98105
campus box: 354809
voice: 206-685-1130
fax: 206-616-9415
Education
MPH
University of Washington, 1998
MD Harvard University, 1991
AB Harvard University, 1986 (Engineering)
MD Harvard University, 1991
AB Harvard University, 1986 (Engineering)
Recent Publications
Kay MK, Koelemay KG, Kwan-Gett TS, Cadwell BL, Duchin JS. 2009 pandemic influenza A vaccination of pregnant women: King County, Washington State, 2009-2010. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Jun;42(6 Suppl 2):S172-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.04.003. PMID: 22704434
Kay MK, Koelemay KG, Kwan-Gett TS, Cadwell BL, Duchin JS. 2009 pandemic influenza a vaccination of pregnant women--King County, Washington State, 2009-2010. Am J Public Health. 2012 Jun;102 Suppl 3:S368-74. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300676. PMID: 22690973
Hanson MP, Kwan-Gett TS, Baer A, Rietberg K, Ohrt M, Duchin JS. Infant pertussis epidemiology and implications for tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination: King County, Washington, 2002 through 2007. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jul;165(7):647-52. PMID: 21727277
Kay M, Zerr DM, Englund JA, Cadwell BL, Kuypers J, Swenson P, Kwan-Gett TS, Bell SL, Duchin JS. Shedding of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus among health care personnel, Seattle, Washington, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Apr;17(4):639-44. PMID: 21470453
Kwan-Gett TS, Baer A, Duchin JS. Spring 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak in King County, Washington. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Dec;3 Suppl 2:S109-16. doi: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181c6b818. PMID: 19952883
Kay MK, Koelemay KG, Kwan-Gett TS, Cadwell BL, Duchin JS. 2009 pandemic influenza a vaccination of pregnant women--King County, Washington State, 2009-2010. Am J Public Health. 2012 Jun;102 Suppl 3:S368-74. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300676. PMID: 22690973
Hanson MP, Kwan-Gett TS, Baer A, Rietberg K, Ohrt M, Duchin JS. Infant pertussis epidemiology and implications for tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination: King County, Washington, 2002 through 2007. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jul;165(7):647-52. PMID: 21727277
Kay M, Zerr DM, Englund JA, Cadwell BL, Kuypers J, Swenson P, Kwan-Gett TS, Bell SL, Duchin JS. Shedding of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus among health care personnel, Seattle, Washington, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Apr;17(4):639-44. PMID: 21470453
Kwan-Gett TS, Baer A, Duchin JS. Spring 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak in King County, Washington. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Dec;3 Suppl 2:S109-16. doi: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181c6b818. PMID: 19952883
External Funding (sampling of recent awards from UW SAGE data)
DOH Tribal Conference 2013
Washington State Department of Health (DOH)PI: Kwan-Gett Dates: 4/1/2013 - 8/31/2013
