Public Health Informatics is a new field that is concerned with the systematic application of information and computer sciences to public health practice, research and learning. Modern public health practice requires the increased development and use of sophisticated electronic systems to facilitate disease surveillance, event management, communication, and data exchange among public health personnel at the local, provincial/territorial, and federal levels.

Presenter: Dr. Kieran Moore

Dr. Moore directs the multidisciplinary Queen’s Public Health Informatics Group (www.qphi.ca), which has epidemiologists, geographers, physicians, and data management experts employed in various research projects. This team is based at KFLA Public Health. The main area of interest for QHI is in the evaluation of health data for public health and health system purposes in real time.