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The Response Ready Epidemiologist in State, Territorial, and Local Health Departments: An Efficient Funding Strategy
Alex Coyle1, Jake Harmon1, Kelley Chester1
1Alex Coyle, Jake Harmon, Jamila Ealey, Sarah Auer, and Jessica Arrazola are with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), Atlanta, GA. Kelley Chester is with Thought Bridge LLC, Atlanta, GA.
Abstract:
We documented the value and utility associated with staffing a Response Ready Epidemiologist (RRE) in state, territorial, and local health departments (STLs). Recipients of the Centers for Disease Control's Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Cooperative Agreement provided feedback showing that RREs are an efficient way to provide STLs discretion to use staffing to meet acute or urgent needs that arise. Other funding mechanisms can adopt similar disease-agnostic flexible models in lieu of disease-specific, siloed, and prescriptive funding to increase efficiency. (Am J Public Health. 2026;116(9): 1301-1306. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308667).
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