Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section
Staff Contact Information
The Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section Staff provide
surveillance and epidemiological follow-up of more than 80 reportable
communicable diseases and conditions. These staff work closely
with other state and federal agencies, physicians and clinics, local
health departments, community-based agencies, infection control
professionals, hospitals and other health care facilities, laboratories,
schools, and the general public in preventing and controlling the spread
of communicable diseases.
The staff may be
contacted through e-mail,
phone 608-267-9003, or fax 608-261-4976
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Contact
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Primary
Responsibility
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Rick
Heffernan, MPH
Chief, Communicable Disease's Epidemiology Section |
Provides consultation, overall
coordination and supervision of section staff |
Susann
Ahrabi-Fard, MS
Epidemiologist
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Invasive bacterial illness including Streptococcus A, B and pneumoniae.
Blood infections, meningitis, meningococcal disease, community-acquired MRSA clusters |
Barb Anderson
Office Operations
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Communicable disease's epidemiology staff support |
Rachel
Klos, DVM
Epidemiologist |
Foodborne illness and outbreaks including E. coli, shigella, salmonella,
campylobacter, malaria, and blastomycosis |
Gwen
Borlaug, MPH, CIC
Infection Control Epidemiologist |
Infection control practices and guidelines, health care associated
outbreaks
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Thomas
Haupt, MS
Epidemiologist |
Influenza, SARS, Legionnaire’s disease, and histoplasmosis |
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Diep (Zip) Hoang-Johnson
Epidemiologist |
Arbovirus surveillance including West Nile virus, La Crosse
encephalitis, and St. Louis encephalitis
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Rachel
Klos, DVM, MPH
Epidemiologist |
Waterborne illness and outbreaks including giardia, cryptosporidium,
listeria, norovirus and shiga toxin producing E. coli |
Jim
Kazmierczak, DVM, MS
State Public Health Veterinarian |
Animal related diseases including rabies, brucellosis, and Lyme disease.
hepatitis A illness and
outbreaks
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Lorna
Will, RN, MA
TB & Refugee Health Program Director |
Supervision and coordination of respiratory diseases and
international health
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Last Revised: July 15, 2011 |
