Subject Matter Experts
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Curtis A. Carver Jr., PhD
Vice President for Information Technology / Chief Information Officer
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: GuideSafe™ Exposure Notification App, Informatics, GuideSafe™ Sentinel Testing and Technology Infrastructure
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Sue Feldman RN, MEd, PhD
Director of Graduate Programs in Health Informatics in the UAB School of Health Professions Professor, UAB School of Health Professions and UAB School of Medicine
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: Implementation of the GuideSafe™ Platform tools – GuideSafe™ Healthcheck, Event Passport and Exposure Notification App
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Scott Harris, MD, MPH
Acting State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)
GuideSafe™ Areas of Expertise: State Support for GuideSafe™, including CARES Act funding
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George J. Netto, MD
Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair, UAB Department of Pathology
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: GuideSafe™ Student Entry Testing (Dr. Netto and team are processing every test performed on Alabama college students prior to their entry to their respective campuses)
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Robert Allen Phillips
Executive Director, GuideSafe™ Testing
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: GuideSafe™ Partner/Vendor Collaborations
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Michael Saag, MD
Professor of Medicine, UAB Division of Infectious Diseases; Associate Dean, Global Health, UAB School of Medicine
GuideSafe Area(s) of Expertise: GuideSafe™ Entry Testing, GuideSafe™ Sentinel Testing
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Finis E. St. John IV
Chancellor of The University of Alabama System
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: UA System Role, Entry Task Force
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Mohanraj Thirumalai, MS, MEng, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions; Co-Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center; Director of Information and Communication Technology, UAB/Lakeshore Research Collaborative
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: Technical Development and Implementation of GuideSafe™ Platform tools: GuideSafe™ Healthcheck and Event Passport
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Selwyn M. Vickers, MD
Dean, UAB School of Medicine, Senior Vice President for Medicine
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: GuideSafe™ Entry (Dr. Vickers is testing chair of the University of Alabama System Entry Task Force)
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Ray L. Watts, MD
President, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
GuideSafe™ Area(s) of Expertise: UAB Overarching Role in GuideSafe™ Platform Development