Purpose
Learn about collaborations, search for publications, and find contact information from NIOSH-state partners working on workplace safety and health surveillance.
Collaborations and programs
NIOSH researchers are always looking for ways to work with state partners. Learn about funding opportunities for states and currently funded programs.
Funding opportunities
Current NIOSH-funded state programs
Publications by state
Click on a state to view publications produced using NIOSH-funding.
How to add materials
To add materials from your state, such as reports, fact sheets, and similar documents, funded entirely or in part by NIOSH, please email nioshtic2@cdc.gov.
About NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSHTIC-2 is a repository and search engine for NIOSH-published and NIOSH-funded documents, including those partially or fully supported through grants or cooperative agreements.
NOTE: States are encouraged to use NIOSHTIC-2 to search and share materials. NIOSHTIC-2 is being used in place of the State-based Occupational Health Surveillance Clearinghouse application, which was retired in August 2026.
State OSH surveillance contacts
How to update information
If you want to add or update contact information for your state, please email changes to StateDocs.NIOSH@cdc.gov.
Alaska
Ashley Hannigan, MA, MPH
Epidemiology Specialist 2
Injury Prevention and Surveillance Unit
Alaska Division of Public Health
Phone: (907) 269-8050
Email: ashley.hannigan2@alaska.gov
Arkansas
Austin Porter, DrPH
Health Deputy Director | State Epidemiologist
Arkansas Department of Health
Phone: (501) 671-1423
Email: Austin.Porter@arkansas.gov
California
Robert Harrison
Chief
California Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP)
Phone: (510) 620-5769
Email: robert.harrison@ucsf.edu
Colorado
Kristen Good, MEM, PhD
Health Equity Branch Deputy Chief/Occupational Health Epidemiologist
Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Email: kristen.good@state.co.us
Jacqueline Denning, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist, Medical Epidemiology Unit,
Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response, CDPHE
Connecticut
Neo DeLoreto, MPH
Program Director, Epidemiologist 4
Environmental Health and Drinking Water Branch
Environmental Health Section/Occupational Health Program
Connecticut Public Health
Phone: (860) 509-8000
Email: neo.deloreto@ct.gov
Ivan Cherniack, MS
Epidemiologist 2
Occupational Health Unit
Environmental and Occupational Health Assessment
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Phone: (860) 509-7818
Email: ivan.cherniack@ct.gov
Webpage: http://www.ct.gov/dph
Florida
Jessi Joiner, MPH
Environmental Consultant
Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management
Florida Department of Health
Phone: (850) 558-9634
Email: Jessica.Joiner@FLhealth.gov
Georgia
Antionette Lavender, MPH
Occupational Health Epidemiologist
Georgia Department of Public Health
Chronic Disease, Healthy Behaviors, and Injury Epidemiology Section
Phone: (470) 763-8288
Email: Antionette.Lavender@dph.ga.gov
Rana Bayakly, MPH
Chief Epidemiologist
Georgia Department of Public Health
Chronic Diseases, Healthy Behaviors and Injury Epidemiology Section
Phone: (404) 567-0384
E-mail: rana.bayakly@dph.ga.gov
Illinois
Lee Friedman, PhD
Professor
Illinois Occupational Surveillance Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Phone: (312) 996-1649
Email: lfried1@uic.edu
Linda Forst, MD, MPH
Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Phone: (312) 996-9489
Email: lforst@uic.edu
Kentucky
Caitlin A. Northcutt (Pope), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky
Department of Health, Behavior & Society
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
Phone: (859) 323-6222
Email: Caitlin.Pope@uky.edu
Rebecca Honaker, MPH
Program Director
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
Email: Rebecca.Honaker@uky.edu
Kristen Van Buren, DrPH, MPH
Injury and Occupational Safety Surveillance and Epidemiology Lead
Kentucky Department for Public Health
Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning
Phone: (502) 564-1999
Email: kristen.vanburen@ky.gov
Louisiana
Anna Reilly, PhD, MPH
Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Program
Louisiana Department of Health
Office of Public Health
Phone: (504) 568-8160
Email: Anna.Reilly@LA.gov
Maryland
Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH
Director
Environmental Health Bureau
Maryland Department of Health
Phone: (410) 767-7438
Email: cliff.mitchell@maryland.gov
Website: health.maryland.gov
Massachusetts
Emily Sparer-Fine, ScD
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Occupational Health Surveillance Program
Phone: (617) 549-6169
Email: emily.sparer-fine@mass.gov
Michigan
Laurel Harduar Morano, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 353-8592
Email: harduarm@msu.edu
Website: https://oem.msu.edu/
Kenneth D. Rosenman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 353-1846
Email: Rosenman@msu.edu
Thomas W. Largo, MPH
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Epidemiology and Population Health
Division of Environmental Health
Phone: (517) 284-4806
Email: largot@michigan.gov
Website: www.michigan.gov/mdch-toxics
Minnesota
Erik Zabel, PhD, MPH
Center for Occupational Health and Safety
Minnesota Department of Health
Phone: (651) 201-3635
Email: erik.zabel@state.mn.us
Website: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/occhealth/index.html
Missouri
Cathy Wood, MPH
Epidemiologist
Environmental Surveillance Unit
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Phone: (573) 751-6102
Email: Cathy.Wood@health.mo.gov
Elizabeth Semkiw, Ph.D.
Senior Epidemiologist
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Phone: (573) 751-6272
Montana
Andrew Matheison, MPA
Epidemiologist
Montana Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program
Montana Department of Labor & Industry
Phone: (406) 444-4696
Email: andrew.matheison2@mt.gov
Nebraska
Derry Stover, MPH
Epidemiology Surveillance Coordinator
Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
Phone: (402) 471-2822
E-mail: derry.stover@nebraska.gov
Robin Williams
Epidemiology Unit Administrator
Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
New Hampshire
Liu Yang, MS, MPH, PhD
Project Director
NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program
Institute on Disability / UCED
University of New Hampshire
Phone: (603) 862-2186
Email: Liu.Yang@unh.edu
Website: https://iod.unh.edu/nhohsp
New Jersey
Daniel Lefkowitz, MS, PhD
Research Scientist II
Environmental and Occupational Health Surveillance Program
New Jersey Department of Health
Phone: (609) 913-5133
Email: daniel.lefkowitz@doh.nj.gov
New Mexico
Chelsea Eastman Langer, PhD, MPH
Bureau Chief
Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau
Center for Health Protection
New Mexico Department of Health
Phone: (505) 819-9066
Email: chelsea.langer@doh.nm.gov
New York
Alicia Fletcher, MPH
Principal Investigator/Epidemiologist
Occupational Health Surveillance
Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
New York State Department of Health
Phone: (518) 402-7900
E-mail: Alicia.Fletcher@health.ny.gov
North Carolina
Erin Shore, PhD, MPH
Occupational Epidemiologist
Division of Public Health, Epidemiology Section
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: (919) 215-4580
Email: erin.shore@dhhs.nc.gov
Sarah Hatcher, PhD
Epidemiology Supervisor
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
Division of Public Health, Epidemiology Section
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: (919) 634-2675
Email: sarah.hatcher@dhhs.nc.gov
Karin Evanoff
Occupational Health Nurse Consultant II
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program
Division of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: (919) 707-5940
E-mail: Karin.evanoff@dhhs.nc.gov
Oregon
David A. Hurtado, ScD, Msc
Associate Professor
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
Oregon Health & Science University
Phone: (503) 494-3132
Email: hurtadod@ohsu.edu
Website: tinyurl.com/davidhurtado
Jennifer (Jen) Seamans, MPH, MST
Manager, Environmental Public Health Data and Epidemiology Unit
Oregon Health Authority
Public Health Division
Phone: (971) 388-7385
Pennsylvania
Anil Nair, PhD, MPH
Director
Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology
Bureau of Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Phone: (717) 787-3350
Email: annair@pa.gov
Website: www.health.pa.gov/topics/envirohealth
Remy Babich, PhD
PennOSHS Program Manager and Contract Epidemiologist
Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology
Bureau of Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Phone: (717) 982-5832
Email: c-rbabich@pa.gov
Tennessee
Nickie Deomasi, PhD
Epidemiologist
Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program
Office of Population Health Surveillance
Division of Population Health Assessment
Phone: (615) 253-2787
Email: nickie.detomasi@tn.gov
Website: https://www.tn.gov/health/pha.html
Texas
Ketki Patel, MD, PhD, MPH
Director
Environmental Surveillance and Toxicology Branch
Texas Department of State Health Services
Phone: (512) 776-3723
Email: Ketki.patel@dshs.texas.gov
Virginia
Dwight Flammia, PhD
State Public Health Toxicologist
Email: Dwight.Flammia@vdh.virginia.gov
Dane De Silva, PhD, MPH
Director
Division of Population Health Data
Washington
David Bonauto, MD, MPH
Associate Medical Director
Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention Program
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Phone: (360) 902-5664
Email: Bone235@LNI.wa.gov
Sara Wuellner, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist
Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention Program
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Phone: (360) 902-6727
Email: wues235@LNI.WA.GOV
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