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Published on: June 23, 2022
Michelle R Torok1, Anne E Massey1, Vi Peralta1
1Michelle 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 teams provided crucial public health surge capacity for enteric disease surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interstate collaboration proved feasible and valuable for supporting state health departments with essential outbreak investigations.
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