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Anne M. Turner
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Medical Education & Biomedical Informatics

Research Interests:
Public health workforce information workflow; public health digital libraries; natural language processing to access to public health gray literature

Contact Information

email:   amturner@u.washington.edu

address:
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98105

campus box:   354809
voice:   206-221-3615

Education

MPH   University of Washington, 2005   (Health Services, Medical Informatics)
MLIS   University of Washington, 2001   (Information Sciences)
MD   Brown University, 1985   (Medicine)
BS   University of California (Irvine), 1981   (Biology)

Teaching   (Department of Health Services Courses)

Recent Publications



Reeder B, Turner AM. Scenario-based design: a method for connecting information system design with public health operations and emergency management. J Biomed Inform. 2011 Dec;44(6):978-88. Epub 2011 Jul 23.  PMID: 21807120    PMCID: PMC3226920
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Kirchhoff K, Turner AM, Axelrod A, Saavedra F. Application of statistical machine translation to public health information: a feasibility study. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Jul 1;18(4):473-8. Epub 2011 Apr 15.  PMID: 21498805    PMCID: PMC3128406
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Turner AM, Petrochilos D, Nelson DE, Allen E, Liddy ED. Access and use of the Internet for health information seeking: a survey of local public health professionals in the northwest. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009 Jan-Feb;15(1):67-9.  PMID: 19077597
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Hills RA, Turner AM. Informatics and communication in a state public health department: a case study. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:970.  PMID: 18999262
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Turner AM, Stavri Z, Revere D, Altamore R. From the ground up: information needs of nurses in a rural public health department in Oregon. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Oct;96(4):335-42.  PMID: 18974810    PMCID: PMC2568844
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External Funding (sampling of recent awards from UW SAGE data)

Extending Emergency Response Skills to Limited English Proficiency Communties
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
PI:   Meischke           Dates:    9/30/2011 - 9/29/2012

Northwest Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
PI:   Allan           Dates:    9/30/2011 - 9/29/2012

Improving capacity to effectively engage and communicate with LA communities before and during public health emergencies
Public Health Foundation Enterprises (PHFE)
PI:   Allan           Dates:    6/10/2011 - 7/31/2011

Northwest Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
PI:   Allan           Dates:    9/30/2010 - 9/29/2015

Improving access to multi-lingual health information through machine translation
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PI:   Turner           Dates:    7/1/2010 - 6/30/2015

Biomedical and Health Informatics Training Program
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
PI:   Tarczy-hornoch           Dates:    7/1/2010 - 6/30/2011

Supplement - Improving Public Health Grey Literature Access for the Public Health Workforce
Syracuse University
PI:   Turner           Dates:    3/15/2009 - 3/14/2010

Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics (CEPHI)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
PI:   Oberle           Dates:    9/30/2008 - 7/31/2009

Biomedical and Health Informatics Training Program
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
PI:   Tarczy-hornoch           Dates:    7/1/2007 - 6/30/2012

Kitsap County Health District: Our Business is Your Business
Kitsap County Health District
PI:   Oberle           Dates:    12/15/2006 - 11/30/2009