Public Health Consultant

• Nov 2021 - Present

25 year career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Jul 1996 - Apr 2021

Joined CDC as an Officer of the Epidemic Intelligence Service for the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Continued with 25 years of increasing responsibility and leadership.

Deputy Director, CDC Immunization Services Division

• Jun 2016 - Mar 2021

Deputy Director of CDC's Immunization Services Division, providing leadership to a Division with 5 Branches, over 250 FTEs, and a $4 billion budget to ensure a strong national immunization program with a focus on U.S. vaccine supply, immunization registries, immunization program operations support, education and outreach, and vaccine coverage assessment.

Associate Director for Vaccine Programs, NCEZID Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

• May 2011 - May 2016

Provided oversight and strategic direction for CDC's work in immunization safety and healthcare worker influenza vaccination, collaborating with National Vaccine Program Office and FDA/CBER leadership.

Acting Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

Led the Committee responsible for making recommendations for vaccine policy in the United States.

Associate Director for Influenza Immunization, Immunization Services Division

• Mar 2010 - May 2011

Developed and implemented plan to transition pandemic influenza vaccination activities from emergency operations to ongoing activity; developed strategy for influenza vaccination coverage monitoring for 2010-2011; planned influenza immunization budgets for Immunization Services Division; and reviewed the division's public-facing information products related to influenza immunization.

Epidemiologist and Team Lead, Prevention Research and Evaluation, Division of Viral Hepatitis

• Aug 2000 - Mar 2010

(Medical Epidemiologist August 2000 - May 2001; Acting Team Lead May 2001 - December 2003)Determined research agendas and initiated research programs to examine hepatitis incidence and success of intervention programs, and promote viral hepatitis prevention among at-risk adolescents and adults. Worked to evaluate and improve national perinatal hepatitis B prevention programs. Led the Division of Viral Hepatitis adult immunization initiative. Supervised a diverse team of doctoral level specialists and training program fellows. Designed and implemented studies, including: Evaluations of interventions in prison, juvenile detention, and sexually transmitted disease clinics; determination of barriers to prevention services; Economic analyses; Seroprevalence studies in jails, sexually active men, injection drug users, and homeless populations; Quantification of unsafe injection use in Hispanic migrant populations; Evaluation of incarceration as a locus for hepatitis prevention among injection drug users; Assessment of adult hepatitis B immunization in primary care settings; Cost-benefit analyses of hepatitis B, HBV testing, and HBV treatment; Modeling and clinical studies determining best practices for HCV screening. Show less

H1N1 Vaccine Safety Liaison, H1N1 Vaccine Task Force, CDC Emergency OperationsCenter

• Sep 2009 - Nov 2009

Provided linkage and communications between Emergency Operations Center and Immunization Safety activities at CDC, other HHS agencies, and the DoD; Developed charter for, and implemented, an independent group of experts to advise the Federal Government on safety of the 2009 H1N1 vaccines.

Acting Deputy Director, Immunization Safety Office, NCEZID Division of Health Care Quality Promotion

• Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

Supported Acting Director in strategic planning for the Office to respond to organizational changes and relocation within a new Division during a time of intense preparation for response to pandemic influenza and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Planned use of Federal ARRA funds to enhance infrastructure for vaccine safety reporting; Participated in Federal working groups on vaccine safety.

Co-Chair, Cross-Center Corrections Working Group

• Nov 2001 - Apr 2002

Set agenda and invited speakers and for multidisciplinary crosscutting CDC group focusing on issues of public health as it relates to criminal justice populations; led CDC’s effort to create avenues of communication among Centers working on aspects of correctional health.

Emergency Physician, Sells Indian Hospital, Sells AZ

• Dec 2004 - Dec 2004

Provided emergency medical care in a 32-bed hospital on an Indian Reservation Provided emergency medical care in a 32-bed hospital on an Indian Reservation

Visiting Epidemiologist, Health Services Division

• Jun 2002 - Dec 2002

Assessed hepatitis C treatment process and outcome among prisoners; prepared updated Clinical Treatment Guidelines for viral hepatitis; evaluated burden of HIV/HCV/HBV coinfection among Federal prisoners Assessed hepatitis C treatment process and outcome among prisoners; prepared updated Clinical Treatment Guidelines for viral hepatitis; evaluated burden of HIV/HCV/HBV coinfection among Federal prisoners