Tanner Turley is a Research Analyst II with the Bureau of Health Care Analysis and Data Dissemination within the Department of Health and Senior Services for the State of Missouri. He’s been in his current position since April 2017, but has been with the state of Missouri since January 2016, having worked as a Research Analyst I with the Department of Economic Development on the Occupational Employment Statistics program. In his current role, Turley abstracts various data elements from Coroner/Medical Examiner Narratives, toxicology reports and death certificates for deaths that are ruled as opioid overdoses. He enters that information into a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web-based application as part of the Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance program.