Health Data
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Sharon Rose Donovan, MHSA, CTR
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EDUCATION
Summer 2002 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
Summer Session for Public Health Studies in Health Policy and Management
Distinction in Economics of Health Policy and Quality Improvement in Health Care
1998 2000 University of Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas
Masters in Health Services Administration
1996 1999 University of Central Arkansas Conway, Arkansas
Bachelor of Science in Biology/ Minor in Chemistry
1994 1996 Central Baptist College Conway, Arkansas
Associate of Arts
CERTIFICATION
Certified Tumor Registrar, 2008
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008 Present Contract CTR Work
• Facility in Cleveland, 5,000 cases, Part of team of 12
• Facility in Colorado, 30 40 cases weekly,
• Facility in Colorado, 30 40 cases weekly, Breast cases only to prepare facility for survey
• Central Registry in New Jersey, SEER registry, consolidation of cases, 250 cases
• Facility in Kansas, 30 40 cases weekly
• Facility in Washington, 32 40 cases weekly
• Facility in New York, 30 32 cases weekly
• Facility in Arkansas, 40 cases weekly
2001 Present Arkansas Department of Health Little Rock, Arkansas
Section Chief, Appointed Position (2005 Present), Registries, Center for Public Health Practice;
Center for Health Statistics
• Direct daily operations of the Cancer, HIV/STD, Hepatitis C and TB Registry.
• Manage financial activities of the Registry and oversee budget of 1.5 million.
• Provide supervision and direction to Cancer Registry and TB Registry Director
• Assess manpower needs and allocate resources
• Manage a staff of 25; including 2 Masters level analyst and 9 certified tumor registrars
• Oversee grant activities from submission to closeout.
• Prepare weekly report of Registry activities to Branch Chief and Center Director
• Define expected goals and expectations for Registry.
• Ensure that Registry is operating efficiently.
• Oversee evaluation of the registry system to ensure completeness and timeliness of reporting
• Abstract Cancer Cases for the Arkansas Cancer Central Registry when needed
• Participate in edit process for case submission to the National Program of Cancer Registries
(NPCR) and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
• Merge across databases such as Death, Birth, hospital Discharge, HIV/STD, Cancer, TB and
Hep C.
• Direct the development of Section plans with short and long range objectives
• Develop and implement policies and procedures
• Develop recommendations to streamline operations, improve data quality, incorporate technical
or methodological changes.
Program Director (2005 Present), HIV/STD Registry, Registries, Center for Public Health
Practice, Center for Health Statistics
• Develop budget and manages expenditures of federal and state funds for HIV/STD Registry.
• Endure compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC), National
Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention’s (NCHSTP) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention’s
(DHAP) HIV Incidence and Case Surveillance Branch’s (HICSB) requirements.
• Provide technical assistance to HIV/STD Registry Staff.
• Provide training and development opportunities.
• Develop long term goals for the Registry and Registry Staff.
• Participate in hiring registry staff, disciplinary actions, and grievance processes according to
departmental policies and procedures.
• Conduct performance evaluations for HIV/STD Registry Staff and provide feedback to Staff.
• Develop implementation procedures for new programs or functions.
• Write all continuation and competitive grants and develops goals and objectives for each annual
grant period.
• Create quarterly reports for the CDC to provide information concerning the progress of the
HIV/STD Registry.
Senior Epidemiologist for HIV/STD (2005 Present), HIV/STD Registry, Registries, Center for
Public Health Practice, Center for Health Statistics
• Provide written analysis of data related activities and progress toward goals and objectives in
progress reports to CDC.
• Assist in writing grants and other required reports to meet set deadlines.
• Provide program data, interprets trends and presents findings/information for the cooperative
agreement, project staff, general public and media.
• Generate reports and analyzes program data using SAS, SPSS, Epi Info and other Statistical
Analysis Software.
• Conduct research and statistical evaluation to properly respond to requests for information.
• Evaluate the progress toward program goals and objectives for the HIV/STD registry.
• Establish data sharing and instigates communication with various agencies, programs and
organizations to disseminate the information gathered by the registry.
• Analyze HIV/STD data and creates annual reports for publication and distribution.
• Represent the HIV/STD registry at local, state and national meetings.
Lead Programmer Analyst (2002 2005), Center for Public Health Practice; Health Statistics
• Serve as lead analyst and consultant for Arkansas Hometown Health Improvement and county
level health agencies.
• Conduct Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
(BRFSS) research studies following established survey research protocol for Arkansas counties,
review and analyze data to aid in planning and to improve heath status of Arkansans.
• Maintain database of county statistics including natality, mortality, behavioral risk factors,
population demographics, and socioeconomic indicators.
• Consult with colleagues regarding appropriate survey research sampling, protocols,
methodology, and analysis.
• Present Arkansas’ public health statistics and statistical measurement techniques to national,
state, and local public health leaders.
• Consult with county level health units and community groups to coordinate activities and plan
programs to promote health.
• Manage team responsible for creating turnkey presentation quality reports of statistical data
using SAS and Microsoft Office/Visual Basic programming.
• Develop instruction manuals and provide in service training for employees as well as
community members.
• Direct, coordinate and review health programs.
• Assist local agencies with budget planning and contractual agreements between state agencies
for these health programs.
Health Program Analyst (2001 2002), Center for Public Health Practice; Health Statistics
• Monitor statistical analysis of health data
• Assist in developing user friendly web based reporting of health statistics.
• Prepare and present reports concerning program activities
• Supervise Youth Risk Behavior Surveys in all 75 counties
• Assist in training sessions for hometown health coordinators and health educators
• Conduct qualitative research such as focus groups and collection of opinion data
• Present statistical information to colleagues and Hometown Health Coalition members.
• Work with Hometown Health Improvement Project to develop effective data sources for
counties in Arkansas participating in the project.
ACTIVITIES/ HONORS/TRAININGS
• Fellow : 2006 2007 Mid America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute
Excellent Employee Performance Evaluation for 5 years in a row at the Arkansas Health
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Department
• Dean’s and National Dean’s List
• The Attebery Endowed Scholarship Recipient
• Writer for Partners for Inclusive Communities, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Disability Wellness newsletter
• Working Group member for State Incentive and Planning Development Grant for the State of
Arkansas
• Working Group Member for Healthy Arkansas Statewide plan Evaluation Committee
• Participated in HIV/AIDS Surveillance Technical Guideline Workshop
• Attended the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologist Conference
• Attended CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System conference
• Attended CDC’s and NAPHSIS’s Community Health Assessment Workshop
SPECIAL SKILLS
• Statistical Analysis & Database Applications: Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS),
Epi Info, Statistical Analysis System (SAS), SAS Enterprise Guide, Sexually Transmitted
Disease Management Information System (STD*MIS) and Electronic HIV/AIDS Reporting
System (eHARS).
• Experience working with various cancer registry software such as abstract plus, web plus,
cancer core, rocky mountain, metriq, ers, oncolog and cnext.
• Experience working with electronic medical records systems such as NBS, Epic and DrConnect
• Experience working with SEER registries and COC approved facilities.
• Excel and Access
• Microsoft Office 95 2000, NT, Win XP, Word Perfect
• ArcGIS
• Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat, PageMaker
• Visual Basic
• Familiar with large databases such as HIV/STD, Cancer, Vital Statistics and Hospital Discharge
Data
REFERENCES
Reference # 1
Cynthia Gulley
QA Coordinator
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Reference # 2
Thaer Baroud
Supervisor
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