Data Release Review Committee

The Data Release Review Committee (DRRC) is responsible for reviewing data request applications, ensuring that data requests align with the intent and objectives of the GA APCD, and making recommendations to the APCD administrator for the release of data.  The DRRC is comprised of experts on the topics of health data and informatics, health services research, analytic methods, data privacy and security, research ethics, Institutional Review Board (IRB) and regulatory processes, and antitrust regulations.  Current DRRC members are as follows:

  • Neal Dickert, MD, PhD: Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Becca Hallum, JD: Associate General Counsel and Vice President of Healthcare Improvement Programs, Georgia Hospital Association
  • Ian Juliano: CEO, Trella Health
  • Anelia Moore: Assistant Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Georgia Office of Health Strategy and Coordination
  • Elizabeth Overton, MPH: Corporate Director, Clinical & Performance Analytics, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Robert Palmer, PhD, MSN, RN: Director, Informatics, Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, PhD, MPH: Associate Professor, Director of Inclusive Excellence, Director of Economic Evaluation Research Group, Director of Obesity and Weight Management Certificate, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
  • Rebecca Rousselle, CIP: Assistant Vice President for the Human Research Protection Program, Emory University Institutional Review Board
  • Nicoleta Serban, PhD: Professor of Pediatric Research, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech
  • Angela Bauer Snyder, PhD, MPH: Director of Health Policy and Financing, Research Professor, Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University
  • Richard Starr: Director of Research Operations for Health Data Management, Protected Health Data Infrastructure, Georgia Tech
  • Sara Turbow, MD, MPH: Associate Professor of Medicine; Program Director, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency & Fellowship Program; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine; Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine; Emory University School of Medicine
  • Leslie Vaughns, MPA: Lead Data Manager, Georgia Department of Community Health