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Health Systems and Population Health

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Tao Kwan-Gett

Clinical Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

State Health Officer, Washington State Department of Health

taosheng.kwan-gett@doh.wa.gov

Research Interests

Public health practice; communicable disease epidemiology; health informatics

Bio

Dr. Kwan-Gett serves as the State Health Officer at the Washington Department of Health. Previously he practiced primary care pediatrics at Virginia Mason for over 12 years with an emphasis on behavioral health, and did volunteer work with refugee communities globally and locally.

As a medical epidemiologist at Public Health Seattle & King County, Tao led a team responsible for communicable disease prevention and control. Tao has also served as a faculty member at the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he directed the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) for two years, engaged in teaching and research, and trained health professionals in cross-sector collaboration and health equity at NWCPHP’s Northwest Public Health-Primary Care Leadership Institute.

Education

MD Harvard University, 1991
MPH University of Washington, 1998
AB Engineering, Harvard University, 1986

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