Terry Shen
hyshen@u.washington.edu
4348 9th Ave NE
Seattle, WA, 98105
EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) student
NLM Pre-doctoral Fellowship, expected completion date Jul 2009
Major: Biomedical Informatics
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH),May 2005
Major: Public Health Informatics
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Bachelor of Business Administration
(BBA), May 2001
Major: Information Technology,
Minor: Biology
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Emory Public Health Preparedness and Research Department
May, 2004 — Jan, 2005
Research Assistant
Primary research focus is use of speech
recognition technology to automate outbreak investigation.
Conducted the first part of the requirements
analysis, performed numerous literature searches, and analyzed data on recent
Hepatitis A outbreaks to support the need for automated epidemiologic
interviews.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
July, 2004 — Dec, 2004
Master’s Thesis Project
Devised database structure that combines the
epidemiologic as well as genetic data of caliciviruses.
Incorporated regional sequences of “Norwalk-like” viruses into a
MySQL database.
Created Java applications to query certain sequences and to run
nucleotide comparisons in Fasta.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Canada Life Assurance Company, Atlanta, GA
Aug, 2002 — Oct, 2003
Financial Analyst
- Worked as part of a five member team developing financial
reports for accounting and tax departments
- Assisted in monthly account reconciliation,
ledger consolidation, and journal entries
- Acted as liaison between the accounting and IT
departments
- Provided tech support and software training on a
daily basis
- Performed ad hoc reports for various users
Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, VA
May, 2001 — July, 2002
Senior Analyst / Security Administrator
- Lead in development of executive information system,
Dashboard, using Hyperion products
- Experienced in Hyperion Essbase dimensional cube build,
outline design, data loading, and scripting
- Worked with end-users to create written
specifications for reports
- Provided backup system support,
such as security and user support
- Worked with ASP and SQL to lead a web
development project for the Family Practice Center
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Dean’s List - spring 1998, fall 1999
Emory University RSPH Merit Scholarship - fall 2003
American Medical Informatics Association
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