NOTICE!!
A Survey has been developed to document and compare GIS utilization in the workplace. This survey assesses GIS availability and utilization in both academic and non-academic work settings. The purpose is to document the need for GIS experience as an occupational skill. GIS is currently being underutilized by most companies. Spatial Technician and Analyst activities and a few managerial activities requiring GIS are reviewed.
This survey, which takes about 20-25 mins to complete (’tis a bit long), can be accessed at
Survey Link
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JOB SEEKING STATUS:
SEARCHING
(Mid-Hudson Valley area preferred)
PRIMARY SKILLS: Innovative, Inventive, Creative. Work best with faithful teams and teamleaders in a think-tank, problem-solving atmosphere. Inventor of new methods and formulas involving previously untested measures; tend to perform 2+ SD ahead of the norm in terms of time and applications.
Most important inventions/creations:
- Developed formula for reconstructing, mimicking or modeling land surfaces using multidimensional equations that combine 2D, quadratic, and cuboidal equations into a single surface trend model; applicable to most land surfaces with constantly changing z-values relative to local water surfaces, versus elevation above sea level [GIS/RS, raster system, DEMs, 1997/8]
- Developed formulas for and revived hexagonal grid mapping techniques of 1840 [GIS, vector, 2002/3]
- Developed profiling formulas for evaluating two objects with constantly changing form or topography (facial recognition, land surface DEM evaluations, unique non-predictable, 2D curve plotting analyses) [2003-5]
- Invented formula set or series for statistically comparing age and gender attributes for 2 exceptionally large populations (1M-300M), with unmatched population size and unequal variances, for any age-gender dependent measure (cost, utilization, income, oil/gas utilization rates, advertisement response patterns, travel behaviors, etc.) [2004/5]
- Developed corrections formulas for more accurately evaluating heteroscedastic-troubled cost income behaviors involving large populations [2005/6]
- Developed new methods for evaluating high variance, high range cost relationships when costs seem otherwise incomparable.
- Developed age-gender population pyramid analytical technique.
- Developed a way to 3D modeling technique in SAS for displaying diseases across the US; applied this to exceptionally large area/large population health analyses methods previously developed.
[see primitive prototype at http://youtu.be/lGJVN6GLCm8 ].
Presentation example–end-product of sql and technology development:
‘Healthy People 2020 – Missed Opportunities in Current Childhood Immunization Programs.’ 2009/2010.
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MAJOR JOB TYPES: NPO Management, Professorships, Biostatistician, Population Health Statistician, Environmental Health and GIS, Institutional Administration and Grant Writing.
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EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Biostatistician. 2010 – Present. Undisclosed company/corporation name as per federal requirements. Advanced Clinical and Business Analytics specialist; Integrated Business Research Team. High level analyst specialized in population health monitoring of 135M people employed (this about to increase 50%) and covered by many of the nation’s health insurance companies (28% of the employed US population, including family coverage; programs serve mostly working class and family). Perform ad hoc SAS-SQL measurements for the largest prescription drug provider(s) in the United States. Responsible for utilizing teradata system to monitor population health and disease prevention practices and any health-related activities related to prescription drug use. Monitor and evaluate drug use behaviors and costs across all lines of products at the age-gender, company, SIC, insurance agents, regional and state levels. Responsible for developing measures of another 25 million people with detailed electronic health records information, such as population based age-gender distributions, population health status and health history comparisons, and standard HEDIS and NCQA measures as required for annual review. ICD/Rx work entails populations ranging in size from several hundred to 135M. Tendency is to research extremely rare ICDs due to data availability; to date, records that were evaluated for rare diseases extend back 10 years.
Manager, Biostatistics. 3 years. 2007 – 2010. Perform education outcomes measurements for national and international continuing medical education programs; survey tools writer and analyst; parametric/nonparametrics statistician. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, Englewood, CO.
Compliance Specialist/Quality Analyst/Research Assistant. 3 years. 2004 – 2007. Population health statistician and HEDIS/NCQA outcomes analyst/reviewer for Medicare, Medicaid, CHP, Indigent, and Employee Health insurance programs (75k population size). Denver Health Managed Care, Denver Health, Denver, CO. Invented large population analytic techniques utilizing non-conventional methodology based on GIS/RS large imagery analysis methodologies.
Field technician/GIS technician. West Nile Surveillance and mapping. Quality Analyst. Integrative Pesticide Management. 2003-2004/5. Clarke Environmental, under contract by Dutchess County Department of Health.
Research Assistant. Medical GIS analyst. School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, OR. 2001-2002. State Immunization database program; Socioeconomics/Breast Cancer Screening programs; Nutrition Education program. (Work sponsored by multiple and renewed grants).
Instructorship/Research Assistant. Principal Investigator and Lab Technician. Alkaloids Phytochemistry. OTC product chemistry (OTC botanical product changes due to limited shelflife), phytomedicine toxicity, herbal medicine substitution/adulteration, OTC product tampering/counterfeiting (analyst/researcher for local cases related to tryptophan contamination). Chemistry Department, Portland State University. 1989 – 2002.
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UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
MPH (Masters in Public Health). School of Community Health, Program for Urban Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR. 3 years. Graduated 2003.
MS. Geography Department/Environmental Studies Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR. 3 years. Graduated 2000.
BS. Earth and Space Sciences. Minor equivalent: meteorology/climatology. SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. 4 years. Graduated 1982.
BS. Biology. Minor equivalent: neuropsychology. SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. 4 years. Graduated 1982.
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POSTBACCALAUREATE TRAINING
Phytochemistry. 14 years.
MD Program. 3 years.
MD Distinction in Research program. History of Medicine group. 3 years.
HEDIS/HIPAA and NCQA trained.
Perot Sysystems, Caremark, Teradata trained.
OTHER EDUCATION
Medicaid/Medicare Quality Analyst training. Training by State Agencies responsible for overseeing Medicaid/Medicare HEDIS and non-HEDIS QA program outcomes. Training by NCQA-accredited QA assessments program reviewers and overseers. 3 years. 2004-2006.
School of Naturopathy (ND, accredited program), Portland, OR. Classes in botanical medicine, Oriental herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, hydrotherapy. 2 years. 1985-1986.
Master in Herbology. 1.25 years. 1982/3.
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INSTRUCTORSHIPS (1988 – present)
Phytochemistry and chemotaxonomy; the evolution of chemical products in plants; food and drug chemistry.
Ethnobotany/ethnopharmacology; native american medicine; inuit medicine; transformation of common belief.
History of Pharmacy/Medicine; the history and evolution of alternative /complementary medicines in North America, colonial times to present; 17 to 18th C New York colonial medicine; Trapper Medicine; Overland Trail medicine; 19th century antebellum medicine.
Bioengineered phytochemicals, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and industrial chemical products
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Spatial statistics.
Epidemiology/Biostatistics.
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RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
GIS Oregon Toxic Release Sites and State Cancer Incidence. 2002-2003.
GIS-Oregon Lyme Disease. 2001.
GIS-Remote Sensing of Michoacan region: changes in land use patterns, 1976 to 1993 based on Landsat Imagery. (Research Grant Sponsored.) 1997-1998.
Phytochemicals and the Science of Remote Sensing. (Small university grant.) 1997.
The evolution and synthesis of waxes and other leaf surface protectants on local Arceuthobium (mistletoe) leaves. (small grant) 1994.
Sesquiterpene lactone phytosynthesis and local sesquiterpene lactone-frullanoside toxicity (local occupational disease study for lumber industry). (State sponsored research/labwork.) 1991.
The synthesis of coumarins, neolignans and tannins in Berberidaceae. 1987-1992.
Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in Ranales and other Ranalean-BIQ-rich plant orders. 1987-1991.
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NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE
Plant Medicine Toxicology expert. Developed database on botanical toxidromes 1983, applied to nationally marketed herbal medicine database 1990/1; developed diagnostic tool and toxidrome database for IBIS/TM program, a national integrative medicine database/clinical practice and education tool. 1992 – present.
Northwest Endangered Plant Species and Wildflowers groups. 1988 to 2002.
Naturalist. Hoyt Arboretum and Sierra Club, Portland, Oregon region, 1987 – 2002.
Aurora (Utopian Settlement) Group, Aurora, Oregon. 1987.
Naturalist/Herbarium Director/Field and Lab Instructor. Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences. 1980-1986.
Training Officer/Instructorships. Emergency Medicine, NYS EMT programs, Automobile Extrication training programs, Disaster Management, ARC, AFA, CPR, Water Safety and Rescue programs, etc. 1975-1985. SUNY at Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 1976 – 1986; University Hospital Residency Program, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1985-1987
