Surveillance Strategy Report — References and Credits
Key Resources
A full list of sources is available on the Publications and Resource page.
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An Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer collects ticks for tick-borne disease surveillance. Photo provided by Victoria Hull.
An EIS officer performs field work to support CDC epidemiology. Photo by James Gathany.
An EIS officer shares Zika materials at a District of Columbia Department of Health community event. Photo provided by Janet Kuramoto-Crawford.
A CDC Entrepreneur-in-Residence (center) and professors from Georgia Tech are examining death certificate data to determine what can be learned from these records. Photo by Rob Felt.
Select CDC staff took part in the first-of-its-kind HHS Opioid Code-a-Thon. Photo courtesy of CDC Connects.
This report was developed by the Office of Public Health Scientific Services,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chesley Richards, MD, MPH, FACP
CDC Deputy Director, Public Health Scientific Services
Director, Office of Public Health Scientific Services
Michael F. Iademarco, MD, MPH
Rear Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service
Director, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
Charles J. Rothwell, BS, MBA, MS
Director, National Center for Health Statistics
Project Co-Leads
Pam Lutz, Associate Director for Policy
Dana Pitts, Associate Director for Communication Science
Project Team
Lisa Bastin, Paula Braun, Laura Conn, Teresa Kinley, Mike Latham, William Mac Kenzie,
Katie Morrison, Robert Pinner, Oona Powell, Susan Queen, Christina Serna,
Charles Shepherd, Abbigail Tumpey
Copy and Graphic Design
Amanda Dobbs
Becky Erwin
Erin Loomis
Charlotte Munar
Special thanks to OPHSS staff who contributed to the strategy since its founding
John Anderton, Nancy Bailey, Lauren Boyle-Esthemier, Merita Craddock, Frank Dilley, Matthew Eblen, Aubrey Garner, Cindy Johnson, Brian Lee, Laura Mann, Maria Michaels, Linda Roesch, Robin Wagner
A special acknowledgement to the Epidemic Intelligence Service program for their devoted work on the front lines of public health and their outstanding photo contributions.
Suggested Citation
Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public Health Surveillance: Preparing for the Future. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2018.