State Health Department Occupational Safety and Health Contacts

Purpose

Within this site, you can find contact information for NIOSH state partners involved in workplace safety and health surveillance. If your state has a workplace safety and health contact and is not listed, please email us and we will add it.

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In addition to the contact information below, you may also find contacts on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist (CSTE) website:

Arkansas

Andrew Haner MS, CESCO, CHMM, RPG

Public Health Preparedness/Health & Safety Epidemiology Supervisor

Environmental Epidemiologist

Arkansas Department of Health

Phone: (501) 661-2232

Email: [email protected]

California

Robert Harrison

Chief

California Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP)

Phone: (510) 620-5769

Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Connecticut

Amanda M. DeLoreto, MPH

Program Director, Epidemiologist 4

Environmental Health and Drinking Water Branch

Environmental Health Section/Occupational Health Program

Connecticut Public Health

Phone: (860) 509-7513; (413) 896-0182 (c)

Email: [email protected]

Ivan Cherniack, MS

Epidemiologist 2

Occupational Health Unit

Environmental and Occupational Health Assessment

Connecticut Department of Public Health

Phone: (860) 509-7818

Email: [email protected]

Webpage: http://www.ct.gov/dph

Florida

Mark Gaura, MPH

Occupational Epidemiologist/Occupational Health and Safety Manager

Florida Department of Health

Phone: (850) 245-4984

Email: [email protected]

Georgia

Antionette Lavender, MPH

Occupational Health Epidemiologist

Georgia Department of Public Health

Chronic Disease, Healthy Behaviors, and Injury Epidemiology Section

Phone: (404) 657-1943

Email: [email protected]

Rana Bayakly, MPH

Chief Epidemiologist

Georgia Department of Public Health

Chronic Diseases, Healthy Behaviors and Injury Epidemiology Section

Phone: (404) 657-2617

E-mail: [email protected]

Illinois

Linda Forst, MD, MPH

Professor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Phone: (312) 996-9489

Email: [email protected]

Lee Friedman, PhD

Associate Professor

University of Illinois at Chicago

School of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Phone: (312) 996-1649

Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Terry Bunn, PhD

Director

University of Kentucky

Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center

Phone: (859) 257-4955

E-mail: [email protected]

Louisiana

Anna Reilly, PhD, MPH

Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Program

Louisiana Department of Health

Office of Public Health

Phone: (504) 568-8160

Email: [email protected]

Kathleen Aubin

Env. Health Scientist Program Manager

Louisiana Department of Health

Phone: (504) 568-8144

Email: [email protected]

Maryland

Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH

Director

Environmental Health Bureau

Maryland Department of Health

Phone: (410) 767-7438

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: health.maryland.gov

Massachusetts

Emily Sparer-Fine, ScD

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Phone: (617) 624-5717

Email: [email protected]

Michigan

Laurel Harduar Morano, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Michigan State University

Phone: (517) 353-8592

Email: [email protected]

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

E-mail: [email protected]

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

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.michigan.gov/mdch-toxics

Minnesota

Erik Zabel, PhD, MPH

Epidemiologist and Program Director

Occupational Health | Injury & Violence Prevention Section

Minnesota Department of Health

Phone: (651) 201-3635

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.health.state.mn.us/occhealth

Missouri

Cathy Wood, MPH

Epidemiologist

Environmental Surveillance Unit

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services

Phone: (573) 751-6102

Email: [email protected]

Montana

Andrew Matheison, MPA

Epidemiologist

Montana Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program

Montana Department of Labor & Industry

Phone: (406) 444-4696

Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Robin Williams

Epidemiology Unit Administrator

Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program

Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services

Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Website: https://iod.unh.edu/nhohsp

Karla Armenti, MS, ScD

Research Assistant Professor

NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Institute on Disability / UCED

University of New Hampshire

Phone: (603) 862-2923

E-mail: [email protected]

New Jersey

Marija Borjan, PhD, MPH

Research Scientist II

New Jersey Department of Health

Occupational Health Surveillance Unit

Phone: (609) 913-5105

E-mail: [email protected]

New Mexico

Srikanth Paladugu, MBBS, MPH, MBA

Bureau Chief

Environmental Health Epidemiology

Bureau Epidemiology and Response Division

Phone: (505) 476-3549 (M,W,F); (505) 841-5893 (T,Th)

Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

North Carolina

Sarah Hatcher, PhD (she/her)

Epidemiology Supervisor

Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch

Division of Public Health, Epidemiology Section

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Phone: (919) 368-1288

Email: [email protected]

Steve Drouin, MPH

Occupational Epidemiologist

Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology

Division of Public Health

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Phone: (919) 707-5900

E-mail: [email protected]

Karin A. Evanoff, RN

Occupational Health Nurse Consultant II Manager

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: [email protected]

Oregon

David A. Hurtado, ScD, Msc (he/him/él)

Associate Professor

Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences

Oregon Health & Science University

Phone: (503) 494-3132

Email: [email protected]

Web: 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

Email: [email protected]

Ryan Olson, PhD

Professor

Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences

Oregon Health & Science University

Phone: (503) 494-2501

E-mail: [email protected]

Pennsylvania

Anil Nair, PhD, MPH

Director

Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology

Bureau of Epidemiology

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Phone: (717) 787-3350

Email: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Tennessee

Benjamin Crumpler

Epidemiologist

Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Programs

Office of Population Health Surveillance

Division of Population Health Assessment

Phone: (615) 253-2783

Email: [email protected]

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

Phone: (512) 776-3723

Email: [email protected]

Virginia

Michael Landen, MD, MPH

Medical Epidemiologist

Virginia Department of Health

Phone: (804) 461-0735

Email [email protected]

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

E-mail: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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

Phone: (608) 266-0923

E-mail: [email protected]