Faculty

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William Lober
Adjunct Associate Professor
MD  
University of California (San Francisco), 1994
Medicine
MS  
University of California (Berkeley), 1992
Health Sciences
BSEE  
Tufts University, 1980
Electrical Engineering
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems (primary appt.)

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Center for Public Health Informatics
Contact Information
(office)  T-615C Health Sciences Building
1959 NE Pacific St
Box:  357266
Seattle, WA 98195-7266
(voice)  206-616-6685
lober@u.washington.edu
External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
International AIDS Education and Training Center
Health Resources Services Administration
PI:   Holmes           Dates:    04/2006 - 03/2011
IAETC will participate in a collaboration with UCSF to improve the care of people living with HIV/AIDS in heavily affected, low-resource areas outside the US by increasing the capacity for training of HIV/AIDS health care providers.

Robert Wood Johnson -National Library of Medicine Collaborative Training Initiative in Public Health Informatics
National Library of Medicine
PI:   Tarczy-Hornoch           Dates:    09/2004 - 06/2009
We propose the development of a training track for leaders and innovators in public health informatics.

Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics
Centers for Disease Control
PI:   Oberle           Dates:    09/2005 - 09/2008
The goal of this project is to establish a Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics at the University of Washington.

Computerized Assessment for Patients with Cancer
National Institutes of Health
PI:   Berry           Dates:    08/2004 - 06/2007
The purpose of this study is to design and evaluate the clinical integration of the web-based computerized assessment in a major, multi-disciplinary academic medical and cancer center.

King County Care Information System
Seattle Dept of Human Services
PI:   Lober           Dates:    12/2006 - 02/2007
This project explores applying concepts of clinical informatics and personal health records to a specialized information system which supports the creation of a medical home and delivery of integrated services to an at-risk population.

Puget Sound Infectious Disease Tracking System
Foundation for Healthcare Quality
PI:   Lober           Dates:    07/2004 - 02/2006
The Foundation for Healthcare Quality, local health jurisdictions, the State of Washington Paladin Data Systems, and the University of Washington are collaborating to develop a regional information system to improve the capability to detect and respond to bioterrorism events and infectious diseases outbreaks.

Data Integration Research: WA DOH PHRED-1
WA State Department of Health
PI:   Lober           Dates:    08/2005 - 09/2005
The Clinical Informatics Research Group will develop and apply methods for automated electronic data collection and data integration to the continued development of the WA State Department of Health Public Health reporting of Electronic Data.

Washington Poison Center - Electronic Data Interchange
WA State Department of Health
PI:   Lober           Dates:    12/2003 - 08/2004
This contract specifies that the University of Washington Clinical Informatics research Group will advise and assist with the establishment of a secure electronic data interchange capacity at the WA Poison Control Center.

Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection
WA State Department of Health
PI:   Karras           Dates:    08/2001 - 08/2004
The major goal of this project is to assist the Washington State Department of Health in development of a secure system of electronic communication between hospital emergency departments and DOH.

Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - King County (SSIC-KC)
WA State Department of Health
PI:   Lober           Dates:    11/2002 - 08/2003
The goal of this project is to expand data collection for the Public Health Seattle King County bioterrorism surveillance system.


Links
Clinical Informatics Research Group
The Clinical Informatics Research Group (CIRG) works to improve the acquisition, integration, and display of information, with the goal of improving both individual and population health.
https://secure.cirg.washington.edu/cirg/public/