Shelby Hassberger Comeaux is a senior consultant at the CDC with over 10 years of experience in public health surveillance. She has led projects involving disease surveillance systems, health data standards, and emergency response. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in biomedical science.

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SC
Shelby Hassberger Comeaux
Atlanta, Georgia
shelbyecomeaux@gmail.com
I am someone who can adapt to any situation. I thrive
in a fluctuating environment and gladly transform
obstacles into stepping stone for achievements.
Work Experience
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Contracting Companies: CSRA September 2016 – Current, CGI Federal February 2014 – September 2016
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Senior Consultant. January 2017 - Current
 Implementation of CDC’s EHR interface system to healthcare delivery
systems, ambulatory practices, external EHR and financial system vendors
Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS)
Consultant. February 2014 – January 2017
 Team lead for applications supporting Nationally Notifiable Disease Surveillance
(NNDSS) and Public Health Interoperability Lab Project – Influenza division (PHLIP
Flu)
 Data Messaging and Brokering (DMB) and Message Quality Framework (MQF)
applications
o Coordinated DMB emergency response deployment to Arboviral Zika Virus
outbreak 
 Developed deployment plan, projected timeline, test cases,
led UAT efforts, provided weekly reports to customer
 Constructed onboarding plan and successfully onboarded 7
jurisdictions to transmit Zika Virus data
o Led the successful deployment of PHLIP Flu 2.5.1 release, which aimed to
facilitate surveillance detection and response of national influenza cases. 
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 Utilized Agile approaches to create stories, weekly issue
reports, projected LOEs
o Providing jurisdictional support for over 12 disease conditions including
influenza, arboviral, tuberculosis, varicella, and sexually transmitted
diseases. 
 Messaging Transport Services 
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o Organized MTS Standards Working Group 
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 Aim of the group includes to facilitate discussion among leaders
in health and jurisdictions regarding developing health
standards (FHIR, OpenID, OAuth, SMART) and MTS standards

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 Public Health Information Network Directory (PHINDIR)
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 Provided use cases, design specifications, and systems analysis for
the technology refresh, as well as conceptualized the use of
PHINDIR for HPV vaccination alerting.
 Messaging and Vocabulary
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 Developed case notification and reporting standards for NNDSS
disease conditions
 Presented Health IT Standards and HL7 FHIR on global platform 
 Led Orion Rhapsody training session for 20 state laboratory and health systems
representatives
 Configuration Manager for the CDC Legacy Project Team. Created documentation
and processes for business unit to achieve CMMI level 3 services
Special Skills .................................. Education and Training .....................
 Public Health
Surveillance
 Masters of Biomedical Science Candidate.
Philadelphia College of Medicine. 2015 -
Current
 HL7 subject matter
expert – FHIR, 2.51
 Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering.
Georgia Institute of Technology. 2009 - 2013
 Orion Rhapsody and
Symphonia  Orion Rhapsody 5.4, CDC, 2014
 Proficient in Spanish  Section 508 Compliance, CDC, 2015
 MATLAB
 Basic Java
 LabView
 Microsoft SQL,
Powerpoint, Visio,
 Access, and Excel
 Data Analysis

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Research
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine / Graduate Thesis Student / August 2016 –
Current
 Current research project aims to investigate social media as a driver influencing
and directing epidemiological response. Goal is to determine whether there is a
correlation between tweets and funds allocated, public awareness, and time for
heightened action for a given epidemiological event.
Biomedical Informatics and Bioimaging Lab / Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory /
Undergraduate Research Assistant / June 2010 – August 2013
 Coded for the automatic segmentation of histological cancer images, resulting in
publication; Automatic batch-Invariant Color Segmentation of Histological
Cancer Images. DOI:10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872492
 Developed Mobile Health Device for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta through rapid
prototyping methods. Presented deliverable at international global health
conference (mHIMSS)
 Created algorithm for super resolution of histological images. Used Carl Zeiss
Microscope to image Quantum Dot stained cancer tissues and algorithm to
compile and resolve highest images in z-stack.
 Transformed antibodies and proteins to be used for antibiotics and Quantum
Dot staining
 Prepared web-based graphic animation videos to support patient education
(e.g., providing diabetes patients with videos on administering injections,
tutorials on graduating from one hospital to another).
Community and Campus Involvement
 Board member of CGI Federal Young Professional Forum
o Organization aimed to facilitate professional development and community
enrichment by and for CGI Federal’s young professionals 
 Founder of Teens for Tots
o 501c3 non-profit that raised funds to sponsor surgeries at the Children’s
Hospital of Atlanta
 Women in Bioinformatics Co-Founder
o Organization created to facilitate communication among women in
bioinformatics
 Zeta Tau Alpha Philanthropy
o Coordinated community wide effort to collect over 26,000 pink lids for
Breast Cancer Education, Awareness, and Research
 Fundraising Chair
o Organized fundraising event that raised over $8,000 for Breast Cancer
Education, Awareness, and Research
 GT Homecoming Executive Council:
o Public relations chair for the 2010 Georgia Tech Homecoming week.
Developed web-based standings system.