Marty LaVenture, PhD MPH FACMI

Dr. LaVenture received his Bachelor of Science degree from St. Johnís University in Minnesota, and Masters of Public Health from the University of Minnesota. He joined the workforce as an epidemiologist and surveillance coordinator for the Minnesota Dept of Health (MDH), and rose through the ranks to become manager of the Acute Disease Prevention Services section. He extended his education with a PhD in Public Health Informatics from the University of Minnesota. At the time of his election he was Director of the Office of Health Information Technology in MDH, Director of the Minnesota e-Health Initiative, Director of the Center for Health Informatics, and Co-Director of the Center for e-health Policy and Research at the University of Minnesota. While working in the state Dept. of Health, Dr. LaVenture has made many academic contributions, both at the technical and policy levels. He has directed the development of a statewide plan for implementing interoperable electronic health records (EHR) in response to a legislative mandate for EHR adoption, and directs an annual Minnesota e-Health Summit. As a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded principal investigator, he developed a novel statewide infrastructure for an immunization registry. His election to the College recognizes these sustained technical and public health contributions.