Dept. of Health Services
Program Affiliations
Program Affiliations
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 UniversityPI: 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 DistrictPI: Oberle Dates: 12/15/2006 - 11/30/2009



