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Innovative Interstate Academic-Public Health Agency Collaborations for Case Investigations and Outbreak Surge Capacity.
Health Secur
February 2025
Michelle R. Torok, PhD, is an Epidemiologist, and Elaine Scallan Walter, PhD, MA, is a Professor, Department of Epidemiology, and Director, Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center; both at the Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO. Rachel H. Jervis, MPH, is Program Manager, Foodborne, Enteric, Waterborne and Wastewater Diseases, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Glendale, CO. Michelle R. Torok is also an Epidemiologist, and Elaine Scallan Walter and Rachel H. Jervis are Co-Directors; all at the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, Aurora, CO. Anne E. Massey, MPH, is a Doctoral Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA. Vi Peralta, MPH, is an Epidemiologist, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA. Brianna Loeck, MPH, is an Enteric Surveillance Epidemiologist, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. Matthew Peterson, MS, is a Surveillance Epidemiologist, Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY. Daniel Neises, MPH, is a Senior Epidemiologist, and Mary Ella Vajnar is a Medical Investigator; both at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS. Janet G. Baseman, PhD, MPH, is a Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Epidemiology; Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health; and Co-Director, Washington Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA. Nicole C. Marshall, MPH, is a Research Scientist/Engineer 3, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA. Beth Melius, RN, MN, MPH, is an Epidemiologist, Foodborne and Enteric Disease, and Co-Director, Washington Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, WA. Ann Shen, MPH, RN, BSN, is a Manager, Foodborne and Enterics Program, Public Health-Seattle & King County, Seattle, WA.
Student interview teams provided essential surge capacity for the conduct of routine enteric disease surveillance and outbreak activities during the COVID-19 pandemic response, for states with that resource available. This case study describes how student interview teams based in Colorado and Washington supported enteric disease interviewing for public health agencies in Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, and California, and demonstrates the feasibility and value of interstate student interview team work to provide enteric and other communicable disease surge capacity. In collaboration with their respective state health agencies, the Colorado School of Public Health Enteric Disease Interview Team (EDIT) and the University of Washington Student Epidemic Action Leaders (SEAL) team amended scopes of work and procedures for hiring and onboarding, training, work management and engagement, communication, and evaluation to offer enteric disease interviewing support to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the Wyoming Department of Health, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and the California Department of Public Health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the State Enteric Disease Public Health Workforce in the Western United States, March-April 2022.
J Public Health Manag Pract
July 2024
Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado (Mss Zarella and White, Mr Elson, and Dr Scallan Walter); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado (Ms Hewitson); Washington Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington (Ms Ramsey and Dr Basemen); and Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, Washington (Ms Melius).
Objective: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the state-level enteric disease workforce and routine enteric disease surveillance and outbreak investigation activities in the western United States.
Design And Setting: Key informant interviews conducted using bidirectional video from March to April 2022.
Participants: Enteric disease epidemiologists at state public health agencies in the western states served by the Colorado and Washington Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence.