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Teams and Team Leaders
Admin. Team | Clinician Team | Educator Team | Environment Team | Epidemiology Team | Laboratory Team
| Administrator Team Members Team Leader: Deborah Klein Walker | ||
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| Name | Position | Employer |
Deborah Klein Walker, Ed.D Debbie.Walker@state.ma.us |
Associate Commissioner |
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health |
Robert A. Jones, MPH bjones@hhcorp.org |
Senior Policy Analyst Office of Policy Planning and Product Development |
Marion County Health and Hospital Assn. |
Kathy Peppe kpeppe@gw.odh.state.oh.us |
MCH Program |
Ohio Department of Health |
Jean Chabut chabutj@state.mi.us |
Director of Chronic Disease & Injury Control |
Michigan Department of Community Health/Community Public Health Division of Chronic Disease & Injury Control |
Joseph Kimbrell, MPH jkimbrell@lphi.org |
Louisiana Public Health Institute |
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Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, DrPh, EdD vaughn_upshaw@unc.edu |
Clinical Assistant Professor |
Health Policy and Administration School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Michele Lyoyd-Puryear, M.D., Ph.D. Mpuryear@HRSA.GOV |
Chief, Genetic Services Branch |
Health Resources Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
Amy Klein, M.P.H. aklein@astho.org |
Senior Analyst, Genetics |
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
Joyce D. K. Essien, MD, MBA jessien@sph.emory.edu |
Director |
Center for Public Health Practice Rollins School of Public Health Emory University |
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| Clinician Team Members Team Leaders: Mary Mortensen & Kristine Gebbie | ||
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| Name | Position | Employer |
Kristine Gebbie, Dr.P.H., R.N. kmg24@columbia.edu |
Associate Professor of Nursing |
Columbia University School of Nursing Center for Health Policy |
Mary Ellen Mortensen, M.D. mortenm@nationwide.com |
Medical Director |
Nationwide Health Plan |
Elizabeth Tilson, MD, MPH betsy_tilson@med.unc.edu |
Preventive Medicine Department of Social Medicine CB #7240 Wing D, Medical School University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240 |
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Senior Clinical Advisor |
Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Bldg 31/Room 4B09 Bethesda, MD 20892-6400 |
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Assistant Health Commissioner and Medical Director |
Columbus Health Department 181 Washington Blvd Columbus, OH 43215 |
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| Educator Team Members Team Leader: Karen Greendale | ||
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| Name | Position | Employer |
Karen Greendale, M.A., C.G.C. kxg03@health.state.ny.us |
Bureau of Chronic Disease Services |
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Karina Boehm kb77i@nih.gov |
Chief, Health Promotion Branch |
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
Andrew Faucett, MS, CSC aif3@cdc.gov |
ATPM Fellow |
PHPPO |
Elizabeth Gettig, MS, CGC bgettitg@pitt.edu |
Former ATPM Fellow Associate Professor Human Genetics |
University of Pittsburgh |
Kathleen Miner, PhD, MPH, CHES kminer@sph.emory.edu |
Associate Dean for |
Rollins School of Public Health |
Kathy Vincent kvincent@adph.state.al.us |
Staff Assistant to the State Health Officer |
Alabama Department of Public Health |
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| Environment Team Members Team Leader: Robert Marino | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Employer |
Robert (Bob) Marino, M.D.,M.P.H. |
South Carolina Dept of Health & Environmental Control |
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Susan Metcalf, MD |
Chief |
Exposure Investigations Section |
Luann White, Ph.D., DABT |
Director |
Center for Applied Environmentsl Public Health School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine |
Elaine Krueger |
Chief |
Environmental Toxicology |
Harold Bengsch |
Director of Health |
Springfield/Green County Health Department |
Luanne Williams, Pharm.D. |
Toxicologist |
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiologist Branch |
Jan M. Friedman, MD, PhD |
ATPM Career Development |
CDC, NCEH, Division of Birth Defects |
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| Epidemiologist Team Members Team Leader: Peter Rumm | ||
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| Name | Position | Employer |
Karen Greendale, M.A., C.G.C. kxg03@health.state.ny.us |
Bureau of Chronic Disease Services |
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Karina Boehm kb77i@nih.gov |
Chief, Health Promotion Branch |
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
Andrew Faucett, MS, CSC aif3@cdc.gov |
ATPM Fellow |
PHPPO |
Kathleen Miner, PhD, MPH, CHES kminer@sph.emory.edu |
Associate Dean for |
Rollins School of Public Health |
Kathy Vincent kvincent@adph.state.al.us |
Staff Assistant to the State Health Officer |
Alabama Department of Public Health |
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| Laboratory Team Members Team Leader: Lou Turner | ||
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| Name | Position | Employer |
Lou Turner, Ph.D. lou.turner@ncmail.net |
North Carolina State Lab of Public Health |
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Eric C. Blank, DrPH blanke@mail.health.state.mo.us |
State Public Health Laboratory Missouri Department of Health Jefferson City, MO 65102 |
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Frances P. Downes, DrPH downesf@state.mi.us |
Bureau Administrator |
Infectious Disease Division Michigan Department of Health Lansing, MI 48909 |
Katherine Kelley, DrPH kati.kelley@po.state.ct.us |
Laboratory Director |
Connecticut Department of Public Health & AS P.O. Box 1689 Hartford, CT 06144 |
Scott J. Zimmerman, DrPH, MPH ZIMMERMS@bflo.co.erie.ny.us |
Laboratory Director |
Erie County Public Health Laboratory |
Steven Hinrichs, M.D. shinrich@unmc.edu |
Department of Pathology and Public Health Laboratory University of Nebraska Medical Center 986495 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198 |
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Gary McKee, PhD, MPH gmckee@missc.state.wy.us |
State Health Officer |
Wyoming Department of Health 117 Hathaway Building Cheyenne, WY 82002 |
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