Council Of State And Territorial Epidemiologists

DEVELOPMENT OF STATE SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGIST TRAININGVISION STATEMENTTHE COUNCIL OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL EPIDEMIOLOGISTS IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH BY SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WORKING AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND POLICY BASED ON SCIENCE AND DATA.

SEE SCHEDULE OCDC/CSTE APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM:CREATED IN 2003, THE APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP (AEF) IS DESIGNED FOR RECENT MASTER'S OR DOCTORAL-LEVEL GRADUATES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY OR A RELATED FIELD WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE AT THE STATE OR LOCAL LEVEL. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES RIGOROUS TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP FOR ITS PARTICIPANTS WHILE ALSO BEING FLEXIBLE TO MEET THE SUBJECT AREA INTERESTS OF THE FELLOW. FELLOWS DEVELOP A SET OF CORE SKILLS THROUGH COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING.BASED ON THE EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (EIS) PROGRAM AND USING A MENTORSHIP MODEL, THE FELLOWSHIP OFFERS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADUATES TO DEVELOP EPIDEMIOLOGIC SKILLS WITH HIGH QUALITY, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. FELLOWS WORK CLOSELY WITH HIGHLY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS THOSE WORKING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH CDC. OVERALL, 84% OF FELLOWSHIP GRADUATES WORKED IN STATE, LOCAL, OR FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES FOR AT LEAST A YEAR FOLLOWING THE FELLOWSHIP. AEF HIGHLIGHTS1) MADELINE LEVASSEUR, MPH, A CLASS 17 INFECTIOUS DISEASE FELLOW AT OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, WAS HONORED WITH CSTE'S 2021 HILLARY B. FOULKES AWARD. SHE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DATA DASHBOARDS, ENHANCING DATA ACCESSIBILITY AND STREAMLINING THE PROCESS TO DISSEMINATE PUBLIC REPORTS. WORKING ON THE COVID-19 RESPONSE TEAM, HER PROJECTS INCLUDED OUTBREAK INVESTIGATIONS, DATA MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS, AND VISUALIZATION. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HER FELLOWSHIP, MADELINE STAYED AT OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY AS THE ACTIVE BACTERIAL CORE SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIST. 2) TYLER MOORE, MPH, A CLASS 17 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FELLOW AT OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, WAS ACTIVATED TO OREGON'S COVID-19 INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO EXPAND CAPACITY OF THE STATE'S RESPONSE. DURING THIS TIME, HE PUBLISHED DATA VISUALIZATIONS AND REPORTS ON STATEWIDE COVID-19 METRICS AND TRENDS, AND ALSO RESPONDED TO OUTBREAKS AROUND OREGON. OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDED AN EVALUATION OF OREGON'S BIRTH ANOMALIES SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND AN ANALYSIS OF SURVEY DATA ON ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. 3) HEATHER MARTINEZ, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, A CLASS 18 INFECTIOUS DISEASE FELLOW AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ALSO WORKED ON THE COVID-19 RESPONSE. SHE HELPED DEVELOP VETERINARY SARS-COV-2 POLICIES, CONSULTED ON VETERINARY SARS-COV-2 TESTING AND ANIMAL OUTBREAKS, AND ASSESSED COVID-19 OUTBREAK RESPONSE AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. SHE ALSO ASSISTED IN ZOONOTIC AND ENTERIC DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES, RAW MILK CONTAMINATION, AND FOODBORNE BOTULISM. 4) HANNAH COLLINS, MPH, IS A CLASS 18 INJURY AND OVERDOSE FELLOW AT PUBLIC HEALTH - SEATTLE & KING COUNTY. SHE HAS WORKED ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS INCLUDING MONITORING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON FAMILY VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH, LEADING A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT ON FENTANYL AND PILL USE, AND SETTING UP A TEXTING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED AN OVERDOSE. HANNAH'S WORK WAS RECENTLY FEATURED IN A CSTE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT STORY, AS PART OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK 2022.

SEE SCHEDULE OTRAININGS AND RESOURCES: 1) LAUNCHED A CONTACT BOARD TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS WITH STLT STAFF AND CDC PARTNERS INVOLVED IN STD SURVEILLANCE. 2) AS CO-CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR OUTBREAK RESPONSE: HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT PATHOGENS (CORHA), PRODUCED FIVE CHAPTERS OF CORHA PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR OUTBREAK RESPONSE, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE ON HAI/AR OUTBREAK DETECTION, REPORTING, INVESTIGATION, AND CONTROL. 3) DEVELOPED THE CORHA PRODUCT CANDIDA AURIS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE OUTBREAK RESPONSE. 4) PROVIDED SAS E-LEARNING COURSES TO 23 HIV SURVEILLANCE STAFF ACROSS VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS TO BUILD EPIDEMIOLOGIC CAPACITY. 5) HOSTED A FOUR-PART INTERACTIVE LEARNING SERIES WITH HEALTHHIV, FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING AND SHARING BEST PRACTICES FROM STLT JURISDICTIONS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED THEIR SURVEILLANCE AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 6) DEVELOPED THE CORE COMPONENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE STATE AND LOCAL VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING WITH CDC, STATE AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND SGNL SOLUTIONS. 7) REVIEWED THE 2013 CDC/CSTE CANCER CLUSTER INVESTIGATION GUIDELINES AND DEVELOPED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE REVISIONS. 8) LAUNCHED THE RCKMS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR PEER-TO-PEER DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION SHARING ABOUT THE USE OF RCKMS FOR ELECTRONIC CASE REPORTING (ECR). 9)COMPLETED A SERIES OF QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS TEAM TRAININGS FOR MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW INFORMATION APPLICATION (MMRIA) WITH USERS IN 20 JURISDICTIONS. 10) RELEASED THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM (PMP) HOW-TO GUIDE TO HELP PRACTITIONERS MANAGE PMP DATA AND ANALYSIS. 11) THROUGH THE CSTE SPATIAL ANALYSIS WORKGROUP, CONVENED WEBINARS ON TOPICS SUCH AS SATSCAN DETECTION OF COVID-19 CLUSTERS. 12) THROUGH THE CSTE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW COMMITTEE, CONVENED WEBINARS ON TOPICS SUCH AS COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES. 13) CONDUCTED THE 2021 EPIDEMIOLOGY CAPACITY ASSESSMENT WITH A 100% RESPONSE RATE. 14) LAUNCHED AN ONLINE LEARNING COURSE ABOUT THE USE OF SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV). 15) RELEASED THE JURISDICTION LEVEL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES FOR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS SEEKING TO ASSESS THEIR JURISDICTION'S VULNERABILITY LEVEL FOR OPIOID OVERDOSES AND BLOODBORNE INFECTIONS. 16) DEVELOPED THE CSTE WILDFIRE SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING WILDFIRE-RELATED CONDITIONS. 17) LAUNCHED SEVERAL PROGRAM COHORTS, INCLUDING: > THE FIRST COHORT OF THE DATA SCIENCE TEAM TRAINING (DSTT) PROGRAM, AN ON-THE-JOB DATA SCIENCE UPSKILLING PROGRAM. > THE PILOT COHORT OF THE LEADING EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, ADVANCING DATA (LEAD) PROGRAM, A LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MID-LEVEL EPIDEMIOLOGISTS. > THE FIFTH COHORT OF THE EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. 18) LAUNCHED CSTE LEARN AS AN ONLINE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO OFFER ON-DEMAND APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING, CSTE PUBLISHED RESOURCES, AND A CALENDAR OF CSTE EVENTS. 19) RELEASED THE NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE (NCD) INFORMATICS CAPACITY ASSESSMENT REPORT SUMMARIZING THE STATE OF NCD INFORMATICS CAPACITY AT STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS IN 2019 AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRENGTHENING THAT CAPACITY. 20) PROVIDED PUBLIC HEALTH DRUG OVERDOSE SURVEILLANCE TRAINING TO 50 LOCAL AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF VIA A FOUR-PART VIRTUAL LEARNING SERIES. 21) HOSTED TWO VIRTUAL SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAIN THE TRAINER SESSIONS FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS. 22) RELEASED THE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CAPACITY ASSESSMENT REPORT.

SEE SCHEDULE OBUILDING STLT CAPACITY:1) SUPPORTED MEMBERSHIP CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH REGULAR CSTE STEERING COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS. 2) HOSTED THE THREE-PART SYPHILIS SURVEILLANCE WEBINAR SERIES, WHICH INCLUDED TOPICS SUCH AS CONGENITAL SYPHILIS SURVEILLANCE CASE CLASSIFICATION, CONGENITAL SYPHILIS MEDICAL CHART ABSTRACTION, AND ADULT SYPHILIS STAGING. 3) CONDUCTED THE 2020 HIV SUBCOMMITTEE PRIORITIES AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO INDICATE PRIORITIES AND IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS. 4) PROVIDED SUPPORT TO SIX JURISDICTIONS TO STRENGTHEN INTERSTATE PARTNERSHIPS IN ZOONOTIC DISEASE SURVEILLANCE BETWEEN HUMAN HEALTH, ANIMAL HEALTH, AND YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. 5) CONTINUED FUNDING FOR FOUR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN LABORATORY-CONFIRMED, POPULATION-BASED, ALL AGES, INFLUENZA HOSPITALIZATION SURVEILLANCE FOR THE 2020-2021 INFLUENZA SEASONS. 6) SUPPORTED THE NSSP COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO BUILD NATIONAL SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE CAPACITY AND STRENGTHEN EPIDEMIOLOGIC ADOPTION OF SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE AS A TOOL FOR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS. 7) HELPED 25 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IMPLEMENT A PREGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT MONITORING SYSTEM QUESTIONNAIRE SUPPLEMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PREGNANT AND RECENTLY POSTPARTUM PEOPLE. 8) CREATED AN OVERDOSE DATA TO ACTION INNOVATIVE SURVEILLANCE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF WORKING ON RELATED ACTIVITIES ACROSS THREE WORKGROUP TOPICS: LINKAGE TO CARE SURVEILLANCE, LOCAL OUTBREAK DETECTION, AND MONITORING ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY. 9) THROUGH THE CSTE ALCOHOL MORBIDITY WORKGROUP, DEVELOPED THE INDICATOR "HOSPITALIZATIONS RELATED TO ALCOHOL" TO BETTER ESTIMATE ALCOHOL RELATED MORBIDITY. THE WORKGROUP ALSO DEVELOPED A HOW-TO GUIDE, SAS CODE, AND AGE ADJUSTMENT CALCULATION TOOL. 10)FORMED THE EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS SUBCOMMITTEE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND THOSE NEW TO THE FIELD OF APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY.