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About the Immunization (IZ) Gateway Team
Senior Management AIRA’s IZ Gateway Team partners with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Audacious Inquiry, immunization information system (IIS) programs, and others to support immunization awardees with onboarding, connecting, and sharing vaccination information through the IZ Gateway. The team provides capacity-building and technical assistance to strengthen and improve the workforce and electronic infrastructure necessary to help support and improve IZ Gateway interoperability, immunization data quality, and technical capabilities of IIS, and facilitate reporting and sharing of COVID-19 and other vaccine related data.
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Immunization (IZ) Gateway Team

Rachael Miles, HL7 Onboarding Specialist

Rachael Miles joined AIRA in August 2020 as a consultant on the IZ Gateway Team. Rachael began her work in the immunization information system (IIS) community in 2017 with the Wyoming Immunization Unit. During her time in Wyoming, she was the IIS Support Specialist and IIS Interoperability Specialist. Rachael’s work focused on facilitating onboarding projects that resulted in efficacious connections and the exchange of high-quality immunization data.

Chris Sorenson, Senior Technical Project Manager 

Chris Sorenson joined AIRA in June 2022. He has 15 years of experience working in software development and technical leadership roles. He has worked in the IIS space as an implementer and as an AIRA consultant for seven years of that time.

Deepali Rastogi, HL7 Onboarding Specialist

Deepali Rastogi joined AIRA in September 2020, where she contributes her expertise to support the IZ Gateway/Onboarding Shared Services Team. Before becoming a part of AIRA, Deepali accrued more than 14 years of experience as a senior software developer within Alabama’s immunization information system (IIS). During her tenure there, she played a pivotal role in providing programming and analysis support, focusing on the development and maintenance of web-based applications and HL7 interfaces. With a career spanning over two decades, Deepali boasts extensive experience in the field of information technology.