State Health Department Occupational Safety and Health Contacts
Within this site, you can find contact information for NIOSH state partners involved in workplace safety and health surveillance. You may find contacts for State Epidemiologists and Deputy State Epidemiologist by visiting the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) website.
Revised: September 2022
Please send updates via e-mail to: amobley@cdc.gov
Alaska
Deborah Hull-Jilly, MPH, CLS
Health Program Manager III/Injury Epidemiologist
Injury Surveillance Program
Section of Epidemiology, Div. of Public Health
Alaska Dept. of Health and Social Services
3601 C Street, Suite 540
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: (907) 269-8000
Fax: (907) 269-2041
Email: Deborah.Hull-Jilly@alaska.gov
Arkansas
Andrew Haner MS, CESCO, CHMM, RPG
Public Health Preparedness/Health & Safety Epidemiology Supervisor
Environmental Epidemiologist
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 W. Markham St., Slot #32
Little Rock, AR 72205
Office: (501) 661-2232
Cell: (501) 541-0517
Fax: (501) 280-4090
Email: andrew.haner@arkansas.gov
California
Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH
Chief, Occupational Health Branch
California Department of Public Health
Building P, 3rd Floor
850 Marina Bay Parkway
Richmond, CA 94804
Phone: (510) 620-5730
Fax: (510) 620-5743
E-mail: barbara.materna@cdph.ca.gov
Dennis Velasquez
Director of G&C – Performance and Systems Optimization
Public Health Institute
555 12th Street, Suite 600
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 285-5599
Fax: (510) 285-5501
Email: dennis.velasquez@phi.org
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
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Email: kristen.good@state.co.us
Connecticut
Thomas St. Louis, MSPH
Program Director, Occupational Health and Special Projects
State of Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, Mail Stop: 11 OSP
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT06134-0308
Phone: (860) 509-7759
Fax: (860) 509-7785
E-mail: thomas.st.louis@ct.gov
Amanda M. DeLoreto, MPH
Epidemiologist 3, Occupational Health Unit
Environmental and Occupational Health Assessment
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS #11 EOH
Hartford, CT 06134
Phone: (860) 509-7513
Fax: (860) 509-7785
Email: amanda.deloreto@ct.gov
Ivan Cherniack, MS
Epidemiologist 2, Occupational Health Unit
Environmental and Occupational Health Assessment
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS #11 EOH
Hartford, CT 06134
Phone: (860) 509-7818
Fax: (860) 509-7785
Email: ivan.cherniack@ct.gov
Chukwuma Amechi
Chief, Fiscal Services
410 Capitol Avenue, MS#13ACT
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Phone: (860) 509-7233
Email: chukwuma.amechi@ct.gov
Amantia Mansaku
Associate Accountant
Fiscal Services
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue MS#13ACT
Hartford, CT 06134
Phone: (860) 509-7242
Email: Amantia.Mansaku@ct.gov
Webpage: http://www.ct.gov/dph
Florida
Keshia Reid, PhD
Senior Environmental Epidemiologist
Division of Community Health Promotion
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN A-24
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1743
Phone: (850) 245-4917
E-mail: Keshia.Reid@flhealth.gov
Mark Gaura, MPH
Occupational Epidemiologist/Occupational Health and Safety Manager
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-24
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1743
Phone: (850) 245-4984
Email: Mark.Gaura@flhealth.gov
Georgia
Antionette Lavender, MPH
Occupational Health Epidemiologist
Georgia Department of Public Health
Chronic Disease, Healthy Behaviors, and Injury Epidemiology Section
2 Peachtree Street, NW Suite 14-283
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-657-1943
Fax: 404-463-0780
Email: Antionette.Lavender@dph.ga.gov
Rana Bayakly, MPH
Chief Epidemiologist
Georgia Department of Public Health
Chronic Diseases, Healthy Behaviors and Injury Epidemiology Section
Peachtree Street, NW Suite 14-440
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3142
Phone: (404) 657-2617
E-mail: rana.bayakly@dph.ga.gov
Kathleen Robinson
Grants Director
2 Peachtree Street, 15th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: 678-537-1133
Email: kathleen.robinson@dph.ga.gov
Illinois
Linda Forst, MD, MPH
Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
2121 W. Taylor, MC 922
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 996-9489
Email: lforst@uic.edu
Lee Friedman, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
1603 W Taylor St (Room 1078B)
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 996-1649
Email: lfried1@uic.edu
Iowa
Kathy Leinenkugel, MPA, REHS, MT
Manager, Occupational Health & Safety Surveillance Program
Division of ADPER & EH | Iowa Department of Public Health
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 281-4930/800-972-2026
Fax: (515) 281-4529
E-mail: kathy.leinenkugel@idph.iowa.gov
Website: https://idph.iowa.gov/
Kentucky
Terry Bunn, PhD
Director, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
University of Kentucky
333 Walter Ave., Suite 202
Lexington, KY 40504
Phone: (859) 257-4955
E-mail: tbunn2@uky.edu
Kim C. Carter
Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
109 Kinkead Hall
172 Funkhouser Drive
Lexington, KY 40506-0057
Phone: (859) 257-9420
Email: Kccarter.1@uky.edu
Louisiana
Anna Reilly, PhD, MPH
Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Program
Louisiana Department of Health
Office of Public Health
Section of Environmental Epidemiology & Toxicology
1450 Poydras St., Ste 1631
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-8160
Fax: (504) 568-8149
Email: Anna.Reilly@LA.gov
Kathleen Aubin
Env. Health Scientist Program Manager
LDH/SEET
Benson Tower/Suite 1631
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-8144
kathleen.aubin@la.gov
Maryland
Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH
Director, Environmental Health Bureau
Maryland Department of Health
201 West Preston Street, Rm 327
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone:(410) 767-7438/Fax 410-333-5995
E-mail: cliff.mitchell@maryland.gov
Website: health.maryland.gov
Massachusetts
Emily Sparer-Fine, ScD
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Occupational Health Surveillance Program
250 Washington Street, 4th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Phone: 617-624-5717
Confidential Fax: 617-624-5696
Email: emily.sparer-fine@mass.gov
Michigan
Kenneth D. Rosenman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine Department of Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
909 Wilson Road, Room 118 West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-1846
Fax: (517) 432-3606
E-mail: Rosenman@msu.edu
Thomas W. Largo, MPH
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Epidemiology and Population Health
Division of Environmental Health
333 S. Grand Ave.
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 284-4806
Fax: (517) 335-8800
E-mail: largot@michigan.gov
Website: www.michigan.gov/mdch-toxics
Jeff Banghart
Contract and Grant Administrator
NIH Signing Official
Michigan State University
Contract and Grant Administration
Hannah Administration Room 2
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 884-4240
E-Mail: Banghar8@cga.msu.edu
Minnesota
Erik Zabel, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist and Program Director, Occupational Health | Injury & Violence Prevention Section
Minnesota Department of Health
PO Box 64882
Saint Paul, MN 55164-0882
Phone: 651-201-3635
Email: erik.zabel@state.mn.us
Website: www.health.state.mn.us/occhealth
Mississippi
Lei Zhang, PhD, MBA
Director, Office of Health Data and Research
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson
Jackson, MS 39216-4538
Phone: (601)-576-8165
Fax: (601) 576-8168
E-mail: lei.zhang@msdh.ms.gov
Missouri
Cathy Wood, MPH
Epidemiologist
Environmental Surveillance Unit
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-6102
Fax: (573) 526-6946
Email: Cathy.Wood@health.mo.gov
Montana
Emily Healy, MS
Epidemiologist
Montana Occupational Health & Safety Surveillance Program
Montana Department of Labor & Industry
1805 Prospect Ave
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406) 444-1722
Email: emily.healy@mt.gov
Aaron M. Bender, PhD
Principal Investigator/Epidemiologist
Montana Occupational Health & Safety Surveillance Program
Montana Dept. of Labor & Industry, Employment Relations Division
301 South Park Avenue
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: (406) 444 1722
E-mail: Aaron.Bender@MT.gov
Nebraska
Derry Stover, MPH
Epidemiology Surveillance Coordinator
Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2822
Fax: (402) 471-8833
E-mail: derry.stover@nebraska.gov
Tom Safranek, M.D.
State Epidemiologist
Phone:(402) 471-0550
Fax: (402) 471-3601
E-mail: tom.safranek@nebraska.gov
New Hampshire
Karla Armenti, MS, ScD
Research Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator, NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program
Institute on Disability / UCED
University of New Hampshire
10 West Edge Drive
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: (603) 862-2923
E-mail: karla.armenti@unh.edu
Website: www.iod.unh.edu/nhohsp
New Jersey
Marija Borjan, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist II
New Jersey Department of Health
Occupational Health Surveillance Unit
135 East State St.
P.O. Box 369, Trenton, NJ 08625-0369
Phone: 609-913-5105
Fax: 609-826-4983
E-mail: Marija.Borjan@doh.nj.gov
New Mexico
Srikanth Paladugu, MBBS, MPH, MBA
Bureau Chief
Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau
Epidemiology and Response Division
1190 S St. Francis Dr, Suite 1300
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 476-3549 (M,W,F); (505) 841-5893 (T,Th)
Fax:(505) 827-2110
Email: Srikanth.Paladugu@state.nm.us
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
Julia Zhu
Research Scientist
Industrial Hygienist
Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
New York State Department of Health
E-mail: Julia.Zhu@health.ny.gov
North Carolina
Kim Gaetz, MSPH, PhD (Acting PI)
Epidemiology Supervisor
NC Division of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
5505 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: (919) 707-5902
Fax: (919) 870-4807
E-mail: Kim.gaetz@dhhs.nc.gov
Karin A. Evanoff, RN
Occupational Health Nurse Consultant II
Manager, Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program
NC Division of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
5505 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: (919) 707-5940
Fax: (919) 870-4807
E-mail: Karin.evanoff@dhhs.nc.gov
Steve Drouin, MPH
Occupational Epidemiologist
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Division of Public Health
NC Department of Health and Human Services
5505 Six Forks Road, NC 27609
1912 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1912
Branch Main Line: (919) 707-5900
Cell: (919) 215-4580
E-mail: Steve.Drouin@dhhs.nc.gov
Oregon
Curtis Cude
Occupational Public Health Principal Investigator/Program Manager
Oregon Health Authority
Public Health Division
Environmental Public Health
Phone: 971-673-0975
Email: curtis.g.cude@dhsoha.state.or.us
Website: http://www.oregon.gov/OHA
Ryan Olson, PhD
Professor
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, L606
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: (503) 494-2501
E-mail: olsonry@ohsu.edu
Tennessee
Benjamin Crumpler
Epidemiologist
Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Programs
Office of Population Health Surveillance
Division of Population Health Assessment
Andrew Johnson Building, 2nd Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37423
Phone: 615-253-2783
Email: Benjamin.crumpler@tn.gov
Website: https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/statistics/health-data/occ-health.html
Texas
Ketki Patel, MD, PhD, MPH
Senior Epidemiologist
Environmental Surveillance and Toxicology Branch
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 W 49th Street, MC 1964
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: 512-776-3723
Email: Ketki.patel@dshs.texas.gov
Virginia
Michael Landen, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist Consultant
Virginia Department of Health
109 Governor Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone (804) 461-0735
Email michael.landen@vdh.virginia.gov
Washington
David Bonauto, MD, MPH
Associate Medical Director
Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention Program
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
P.O. Box 44330
Olympia, WA 98504-4330
Phone: (360) 902-5664
Fax: (360) 902-5672
E-mail: 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
P.O. Box 44330
Olympia, WA 98504-4330
Phone: (360)902-6727
Email: wues235@LNI.WA.GOV
Wisconsin
Kate McCoy, PhD
Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program Manager/Unit Supervisor
Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health | Division of Public Health
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
1 W. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53703
phone: 608.266.0923
E-mail: katherinee.mccoy@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Sheryl A. Bedno, MD, DrPH, FACP
Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist
Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
Division of Public Health
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
1 W. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53703
Tel: 608-471-9950|Email: sheryl.bedno@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Wyoming
Meredith Towle, MPH
State Occupational Epidemiologist
Office of the Director
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
1510 E. Pershing Blvd, 2nd Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7671
Email: meredith.towle@wyo.gov