Lead
Contacts for States Participating in the ABLES Program
Please note that these contacts can assist with work-related lead exposure questions only. If you have other public health-related questions, please contact the CDC Infoline at 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636).
Sherri L. Davidson, MPH
Interim State Epidemiologist
Infectious Disease & Outbreak Division
Alabama Department of Public Health
201 Monroe Street, Suite 1450
Montgomery, AL 36104
Telephone: (334) 206-2050
Fax: (334) 206-3734
Email: Sherri.Davidson@adph.state.al.us
Stacey Cooper
Health Assessor
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Environmental Public Health Program
3601 C Street, Suite 540
Anchorage, AK
Phone: (907) 269-8016
Fax: (907) 562-7802
E-mail: stacey.cooper@alaska.gov
Sarah Yoder, PhD
Environmental Public Health Program Manager
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Phone: (907) 269-8054
E-mail: sarah yoder@alaska.gov
Carmen Tirdea, MPH
Epidemiologist, Office of Environmental Health
Arizona Department of Health Services
150 N. 18th Avenue, Suite 140
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Telephone: 602-364-3847
Email: carmen.tirdea@azdhs.gov
Eric T. Thomas, MSA
Chief, Office of Environmental Health
Arizona Department of Health Services
150 N. 18th Avenue, Suite 140
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Telephone: 602-364-3142
Email: eric.thomas@azdhs.gov
Brandi Loper, MS, MPH
Surveillance Epidemiologist
Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP)
Occupational Health Branch
California Department of Public Health
850 Marina Bay Pkwy, P-3, Richmond, CA 94804
Telephone: (510) 620-5726
Fax: (510) 620-5743
E-mail: brandi.loper@cdph.ca.gov
Jacqueline Chan, CIH
Acting Chief, Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP)
California Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch
850 Marina Bay Pkwy, P-3, Richmond, CA 94804
Telephone: 279-667-0353
E-mail: Jacqueline.Chan@cdph.ca.gov
Kristen Fedak, MEM, PhD
Occupational Health Unit Supervisor
COVID-19 Industry Team
Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
Telephone: (413) 374-2641
Email: fedak@state.co.us
Thomas St. Louis, MSPH
State of Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Ave, MS # 11 0SP
O. Box 340308
Hartford, Connecticut 06134-0308
Telephone: (860) 509-7759
Fax: (860) 509-7785
E-mail:Thomas.St.Louis@ct.gov
Amanda M. DeLoreto, MPH
Telephone: (860) 509-7513
Fax: (860) 509-7785
E-mail:deloreto@ct.gov
Ashley Gent, MPH
Surveillance Methods Unit Manager
Surveillance Section – Bureau of Epidemiology
Division of Disease Control and Health Protection
Florida Department of Health
4025 Esplanade Way
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Office: (850) 901-6940
Work Cell: (850) 408-0037
Fax: (850) 414-6894
Email: Ashley.Gent@flhealth.gov
Jared Jashinsky, PhD
Surveillance Section Administrator
Bureau of Epidemiology
Division of Disease Control and Health Protection
Florida Department of Health
4025 Esplanade Way
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Office: (850) 850-245-0509
Work Cell: (850)-294-4605
Fax: (850) 414-6894
Email: Jared.Jashinsky@flhealth.gov
Sudha Rajagopalan
Lead Poisoning Prevention Coordinator
Bureau of Epidemiology, Division of Disease
Control and Health Protection
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A 12
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Telephone: (850) 245-4003
E-mail: Sudha.Rajagopalan2@flhealth.gov
Christy Kuriatnyk, MSPH, REHS
Georgia Healthy Homes Program Director
Georgia Department of Public Health
Environmental Health Section
2 Peachtree Street N.W., Suite 13-462
Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: (404) 656-2459
Fax: (404)463-4309
E-mail: clkuriatnyk@dhr.state.ga.us
Yu Sun, MD, MPH
Epidemiologist
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Georgia Department of Public health
2 Peachtree Street N.W., Suite 13th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: (404) 657-5234
Fax: (404) 463-4309
E-mail: Sun@dph.ga.gov
Diana Felton, MD
Hawaii Department of Health
Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response
2385 Waimano Home Rd #100
Pearl City, HI 96782
Telephone: (808) 586-4249
Matthew Swenny
Occupational Disease Registry Manager
Division of Epidemiologic Studies
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson St., 3rd Floor
Springfield, IL 62761
Telephone: (217) 557-5663
Fax:(217) 524-1770
E-mail: Swenny@illinois.gov
Jane Fornoff
Telephone: (217) 785-1873
E-mail: fornoff@illinois.gov
Paul Krievins (he/him)
Director
Lead and Healthy Homes Division
2 N. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Office: (317) 233-7197
Mobile: (317) 407-1203
Fax: 317-233-1630
E-mail: pkrievins@isdh.in.gov
Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) program
Division of ADPER & EH
Iowa Department of Public Health
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
E-mail: epht@idph.iowa.gov
Iowa Department of Public Health Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance
Iowa Department of Public Health Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance ABLES Program
Farah S. Ahmed, MPH, PhD
State Epidemiologist/Environmental Health Officer
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics
Curtis State Office Building
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 130
Topeka, KS 66612-1365
Telephone: (785) 296-6426
E-mail: Ahmed@ks.gov
Jessica Willard, Program Manager
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 130
Topeka, KS 66612
Telephone: (785) 296-3849
E-mail: Jessica.Willard@ks.gov
Bethlyn Shepherd, MPH
Epidemiologist
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP)
Kentucky Department for Public Health
275 East Main Street, HS2W-A
Frankfort, KY 40621
Telephone: (502) 564-2154, ext. 4416
Fax: (502) 564-5766
E-mail: bethlynm.shepherd@ky.gov
Anna Reilly, Ph.D., 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
Telephone: (504) 568-8160
Fax: (504) 568-8149
E-mail: Anna.Reilly@LA.gov
Andrew E. Smith, SM, ScD
State Toxicologist Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Programs
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Telephone: (207) 287-5189
Fax: (207) 287-3981
E-mail: e.smith@maine.gov
Ezatollah Keyvan-Larijani, MD, Dr.PH
Maryland Department of the Environment
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 630
Baltimore, MD 21230
Telephone: (410) 537-3987
Fax: (410) 537-4112
E-mail: keyvan@maryland.gov
Maryland Department of the Environment Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Michael Flanagan
Director
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Labor Standards
100 Cambridge St, Suite 500;
Boston, MA 02114
Telephone: (617) 626-6958
FAX: (617) 626-6945
E-mail:Flanagan@Mass.gov
Michael Kissel
Occupational Lead Poisoning Registry Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Labor Standards
37 Shattuck Street
Lawrence, MA 01843
Telephone: (617) 626-6502
FAX: (978) 687-0013
E-mail:Kissel@Mass.gov
Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development – Lead Program
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
Telephone: (517) 353-1846
Fax: (517) 432-3606
E-mail: Rosenman@msu.edu
Grace Hotchkiss, MPH
Research Assistant I/S
ABLES and Heavy Metal Coordinator
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
909 Wilson Road, West Fee Hall Room 118
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-353-1955
Office Fax: 517-432-3606
Email: hotchk46@msu.edu
Michigan State University, Occupational & Environmental Medicine website
Stephanie Yendell, DVM, MPH
Sr Epidemiologist Supervisor
Lead/Healthy Homes Program
Environmental Health
Minnesota Department of Health
625 North Robert Street
Paul, MN 55155-2538
Telephone: (651) 201-4894
Fax: (651) 201-4727
E-mail: stephanie.yendell@state.mn.us
Minnesota Department of Health website on Lead Poisoning Prevention
Lei Zhang, PhD, MBA
Occupational Health Surveillance Program
Office of Health Data and Research
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Avenue
Jackson, MS 39216-4538
Phone:601-576-8165
Fax: 601-576-8168
E-mail: Lei.Zhang@msdh.ms.gov
Cathy Wood, MPH
Epidemiologist
Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology
Division of Community and Public Health
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570
Telephone: 573-751-6102
Fax: 573-526-6946
Email: Cathy.Wood@health.mo.gov
Emily Healy
Epidemiologist
Montana Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program
1805 Prospect Ave
Helena, MT 59601
Telephone: 406-444-1722
E-mail: emily.healy@mt.gov
Derry Stover
Epidemiologist
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
Telephone: (402) 471-2822
Fax: (402) 471-3601
E-mail: dhhs.epi@nebraska.gov
Beverly Baer Drouin
Section Administrator
Healthy Homes & Environment Section
Division of Public Health Services
NH Department of Health & Human Services
29 Hazen Drive
Concord NH 03301 – 6504
Phone: 603-271-8128
Fax: 603-271-3991
Email:J.Drouin@Dhhs.NH.gov
Karla R. 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 Relay: 177
Fax: (603) 228-3270
E-mail: armenti@unh.edu
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
General Information Telephone: (609) 826-4984
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
Emily Talley, MHS
Occupational Health Educator
Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau
Epidemiology and Response Division
1190 S St. Francis Dr, Suite 1300
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 231-1414
Email: Emily.Talley@doh.nm.gov
Alicia M. Fletcher, MPH
Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
New York State Department of Health
Corning Tower Room 1325
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12237
Telephone: (518) 402-7900
Fax: (518) 402-7909
E-mail: fletcher@health.ny.gov
New York State, Department of Health: Adult Lead Poisoning Prevention
Karin A. Evanoff, RN
Occupational Health Nurse Consultant II
Manager, Occupational Surveillance Unit
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
Telephone: (919) 707-5940
Fax: (919) 870-4807
E-mail: evanoff@dhhs.nc.gov
Steve H. Drouin, MPH
Occupational Epidemiologist
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
Telephone: (919) 215-4580
Fax: (919) 870-4807
E-mail: Steve.Drouin@dhhs.nc.gov
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Occupational Illnesses & Injuries
Chris Alexander
Data Manager, Ohio ABLES
Ohio Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Ohio Department of Health
246 N High St, 3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Telephone: (614) 728-0880
E-mail: chris.alexander@odh.ohio.gov
Susan J. Quigley
Program Manager
Oklahoma Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program &
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Screening and Special Services
123 Robert S Kerr Ave, Ste. 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406
Telephone: (405) 426-8212
Fax: (405) 900-7551
E-mail: SusanQ@health.ok.gov
Spencer Kusi, MPH
Epidemiologist
Oklahoma Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program &
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Screening and Special Services
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave, Ste. 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406
Telephone: (405) 426-8465
Fax: (405) 900-7551
E-mail: Spencer.Kusi@health.ok.gov
David M. Dreher
Environmental Public Health – Center for Health Protection
Public Health Division
Oregon Health Authority
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 640
Portland, OR 97232-2162
Telephone: (971) 673-0443
Fax: (971) 673-0457
E-mail:m.dreher@state.or.us
Curtis G. Cude
Surveillance Program Manager
Environmental Public Health – Center for Health Protection
Public Health Division – Oregon Health Authority
Telephone: (971) 673-0975
E-mail: curtis.g.cude@state.or.us
Remy Babich, PhD
PennOSHS Program Manager and Epidemiologist
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology
Bureau of Epidemiology
Room 933 Health and Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
Telephone: 717-787-3350
Fax: 717-346-3286
Email:c-rbabich@pa.gov
Anil Nair, PhD MPH
Division Director
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology
Bureau of Epidemiology
Room 933 Health and Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
Telephone: 717-787-3350
Fax: 717-346-3286
Email:annair@pa.gov
James Bruckshaw
Rhode Island Department of Health
Cannon Building, Room 206
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
Telephone: (401) 222-7745
Fax: (401)222-2456
E-mail:Bruckshaw@health.ri.gov
Harley T. Davis, MSPH, PhD
Director, Division of Population Health Surveillance
Bureau of Population Health Data Analytics & Informatics
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 898-3629
Email: davisph@dhec.sc.gov
Brian K. Humphries
Data Manager, Division of Population Health Surveillance
Bureau of Population Health Data Analytics & Informatics
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 898-3641
Email: humphrbk@dhec.sc.gov
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controlexternal icon
Martha W. Keel, PhD
The University of Tennessee Extension Service
Family & Consumer Sciences
119 Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle
Knoxville, TN 37996-4501
Telephone: (865) 974-8197
Fax: (865) 974-5370
E-mail:mkeel@utk.edu
Phillip Woodard
Telephone: (865) 974-9744
Venessa Cantu, MPH
Blood Lead Surveillance Branch
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Telephone: (512) 776 – 6317
Fax: (512) 776 – 7699
E-mail:cantu1@dshs.texas.gov
Sam LeFevre
Utah Department of Health
Office of Epidemiology
288 North 1460 West
O. Box 142104
Salt Lake City,
UT 84114-2104
Telephone: (801) 538-6191
Fax: (801) 538-6504
E-mail: slefevre@utah.gov
Mark E. Jones
Telephone: (801) 538-619
Fax: (801) 538-6540
E-mail: markejones@utah.gov
Christine Leonard
Public Health Data Analyst II
Vermont Department of Health
Healthy Homes Program
108 Cherry Street, Suite 201
Burlington, VT 05402
Telephone: (802) 652-2061
Fax: (802) 863-7483
Email: christine.leonard@vermont.gov
Todd M. Schoonover, PhD, CIH, CSP
Industrial Hygienist
SHARP Program
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
PO Box 44330
Olympia, WA 98504-4330
Telephone: (360) 902-5663
Fax: (360) 902-5672
E-mail:scto235@lni.wa.gov
David Bonauto
Telephone: (360) 902-5664
Katherine McCoy, PhD
Supervisor, Occupational Health Surveillance Unit
Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
Wisconsin Division of Public Health
1 West Wilson Street, Room 150
Madison, WI 53703
Telephone: (608) 266-0923
E-mail:mccoy@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Joseph Grandpre, PhD, MPH
Chronic Disease/Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit
Public Health Division
Wyoming Department of Health
Environmental and Occupational Health Program
122 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor West
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Telephone: (307) 777-8654
Fax: (307) 777-8604
E-mail:grandpre@wyo.gov
Emily Curren
State Public Health Veterinarian
Public Health Division
122 West 25th Street, Third Floor West
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Tel: 307) 777-5825
Fax: 307) 777-5402
E-mail: curren@wyo.gov
Forrest Sharp
Childhood Blood Lead Prevention Program Manager & Epidemiologist
Wyoming Department of Health
Public Health Division | Public Health Sciences Section
122 West 25th Street, Third Floor West
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Telephone: 307-777-5606
Fax: 307-777-5402
Email: forrest.sharp@wyo.gov
Wyoming Department of Health Lead Poisoning Prevention Program