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CCHI staff are involved in a variety of informatics-related projects and oversee the continuing development and maintenance of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncdetect.org\">North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT)<\/a> in collaboration with the <a href=\"http:\/\/publichealth.nc.gov\/\">NC Division of Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Areas of Expertise include:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secondary data collection, processing and analysis for population level surveillance and research;<\/li>\n<li>Syndromic surveillance;<\/li>\n<li>Iterative and user-centered software development;<\/li>\n<li>Epidemiologic analyses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CCHI works with many projects and data systems, including NC DETECT, North Carolina\u2019s statewide syndromic surveillance system; CDC and North Carolina\u2019s programs to expand opioid overdose surveillance and prevention; the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) and Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) efforts to link motor vehicle crash and injury outcome data; and the UNC Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) systems research endeavors.<\/p>\n<h2>CCHI Staff:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Clifton Barnett, MSIS: DBA &amp; ETL Manager \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:cbarnett@ad.unc.edu\">cbarnett@ad.unc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amy Ising, PhD: Associate Director, CCHI &amp; NC DETECT Program Director \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:amy_ising@med.unc.edu\">amy_ising@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Matthew Kerber, Data Quality Manager &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:mrkerber@email.unc.edu\">mrkerber@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meichun Li, MSIS: Software Engineer \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:mcli@email.unc.edu\">mcli@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shaun Mason, MLS: Systems and Network Administrator, Privacy and Security Officer \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:shaun_mason@med.unc.edu\">shaun_mason@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anna Waller, ScD: CCHI Executive Director \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:awaller@med.unc.edu\">awaller@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a list of CCHI collaborators and students, please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/cchi.web.unc.edu\/people\/\">http:\/\/cchi.web.unc.edu\/people\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Center for Health Informatics is a practice-based, multidisciplinary research unit within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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