Faculty

Janet G. Baseman

Professor, Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health


Education

MPH Epidemiology, University of Texas (Houston), 1999
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2005

Contact


Mailing Address:
UW School of Public Health, Office of the Dean
Box 351616
Seattle, WA 98195
Physical Address:
Hans Rosling Center for Population Health
3980 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98195

Bio

Dr. Baseman’s research centers around applied epidemiology in public health practice, strategies for improving disease surveillance systems, and public health informatics. She is also adjunct faculty in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health and is a member of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) Research Team.

Research Areas

Research Interests

Applied epidemiology in public health practice; informatics; infectious disease epidemiology; surveillance; coronavirus; Covid-19; emerging diseases; epidemics; pandemics; disease outbreaks

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Innovative Interstate Academic-Public Health Agency Collaborations for Case Investigations and Outbreak Surge Capacity.
(2025 Mar-Apr)
Health Secur 23(2): 136-144
Torok MR, Massey AE, Peralta V, Loeck B, Peterson M, Neises D, Vajnar ME, Baseman JG, Marshall NC, Jervis RH, Melius B, Shen A, Scallan Walter E
Developing a one health data integration framework focused on real-time pathogen surveillance and applied genomic epidemiology.
(2025 Feb 20)
One Health Outlook 7(1): 9
Oltean HN, Lipton B, Black A, Snekvik K, Haman K, Buswell M, Baines AE, Rabinowitz PM, Russell SL, Shadomy S, Ghai RR, Rekant S, Lindquist S, Baseman JG
Protective Behaviors Following Digital COVID-19 Exposure Notifications, Washington State, September 1, 2021, to March 1, 2022.
(2025 Mar-Apr 01)
J Public Health Manag Pract 31(2): 217-226
Briggs NL, Guthrie BL, Elder AS, Revere D, Molino AR, West LM, Higgins A, Karras BT, Baseman JG
Integration of Jail Booking and HIV Surveillance Data to Facilitate Care Coordination.
(2024 Dec)
J Correct Health Care 30(6): 406-413
Avoundjian T, Golden MR, Guthrie BL, Hughes JP, Baseman J, Jones-Vanderleest JG, Dombrowski JC
Evaluation of the effectiveness of Washington State's digital COVID-19 exposure notification system over one pandemic year.
(2024)
Front Public Health 12(): 1408178
Elder AS, Arrouzet CJ, Miljacic L, Karras BT, Higgins A, West LM, Lorigan D, Revere D, Polissar N, Segal CD, Lober WB, Baseman JG
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