HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS' MONTHLY TRAINING

Data and Databases: Useful Tools, Resources and Pathways to Wellbeing

Friday, January 20, 2017, 12 pm to 1:30 pm

Although many science professionals remember their statistics classes with dread, we also understand that data forms the backbone of grants, manuscripts, program evaluations, and more. Through two different websites, the Hawaii Health Data Warehouse (HHDW) presents data in a way that is easy for public health professionals and students to find and use. We aim to take the dread out of data and to help advance public health research in Hawaii by providing statistics that are digestible and relevant to our state’s unique demographic landscape.

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Guest Speaker: Julia Chosy, PhD

Speaker Bio:
Julia Chosy, PhD, is a public health epidemiologist with the Hawaii Health Data Warehouse, a partnership between the Hawaii State Department of Health and the University of Hawaii’s Office of Public Health Studies. She is a data lover with a wide range of public health interests, from alcoholism to zoonotic disease. As a previous contributor to Science Blogs, Julia is also passionate about communicating science in a way that is fun and interesting to a larger audience.

Learning Objectives:
1. Examine several major sources of public health data for Hawaii.
2. Explore two websites providing public health data and resources that are essential for grants, research, evaluations, and more.
3. Appraise the power of Hawaii’s newest data query tool, the Hawaii Indicator-Based Information System (Hawaii-IBIS).

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