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: andrew.haner@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

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: amanda.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

Mark Gaura, MPH

Occupational Epidemiologist/Occupational Health and Safety Manager

Florida Department of Health

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

Phone: (404) 657-1943

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) 657-2617

E-mail: rana.bayakly@dph.ga.gov

Illinois

Linda Forst, MD, MPH

Professor

University of Illinois at Chicago

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

Phone: (312) 996-1649

Email: lfried1@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

Terry Bunn, PhD

Director

University of Kentucky

Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center

Phone: (859) 257-4955

E-mail: tbunn2@uky.edu

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

Kathleen Aubin

Env. Health Scientist Program Manager

Louisiana Department of Health

Phone: (504) 568-8144

Email: kathleen.aubin@la.gov

Maryland

Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH

Director

Environmental Health Bureau

Maryland Department of Health

Phone: (410) 767-7438

E-mail: cliff.mitchell@maryland.gov

Website: health.maryland.gov

Massachusetts

Emily Sparer-Fine, ScD

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Phone: (617) 624-5717

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

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

Phone: (517) 284-4806

E-mail: largot@michigan.gov

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: erik.zabel@state.mn.us

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: Cathy.Wood@health.mo.gov

Montana

Emily Healy, MS

Epidemiologist

Montana Occupational Health & Safety Surveillance Program

Montana Department of Labor & Industry

Phone: (406) 444-1722

Email: emily.healy@mt.gov

Aaron M. Bender, PhD

Principal Investigator/Epidemiologist

Montana Occupational Health & Safety Surveillance Program

Montana Department of Labor & Industry

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

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

Email: robin.m.williams@nebraska.gov

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

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: karla.armenti@unh.edu

New Jersey

Marija Borjan, PhD, MPH

Research Scientist II

New Jersey Department of Health

Occupational Health Surveillance Unit

Phone: (609) 913-5105

E-mail: Marija.Borjan@doh.nj.gov

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: 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

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: sarah.hatcher@dhhs.nc.gov

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: Steve.Drouin@dhhs.nc.gov

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: Karin.evanoff@dhhs.nc.gov

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: hurtadod@ohsu.edu

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: jennifer.seamans@oha.oregon.gov

Ryan Olson, PhD

Professor

Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences

Oregon Health & Science University

Phone: (503) 494-2501

E-mail: olsonry@ohsu.edu

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

Benjamin Crumpler

Epidemiologist

Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Programs

Office of Population Health Surveillance

Division of Population Health Assessment

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

Phone: (512) 776-3723

Email: Ketki.patel@dshs.texas.gov

Virginia

Michael Landen, MD, MPH

Medical Epidemiologist

Virginia Department of Health

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

Phone: (360) 902-5664

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

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

Phone: (608) 266-0923

E-mail: katherinee.mccoy@dhs.wisconsin.gov