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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

Education

MPH   University of Washington, 1998
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


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