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Administrator Team Members Team Leader: Deborah Klein Walker
Name	Position	Employer
Deborah Klein Walker, Ed.D Debbie.Walker@state.ma.us	Associate Commissioner	Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health
Robert A. Jones, MPH bjones@hhcorp.org	Senior Policy Analyst Office of Policy Planning and Product Development	Marion County Health and Hospital Assn.
Kathy Peppe kpeppe@gw.odh.state.oh.us	MCH Program	Ohio Department of Health
Jean Chabut chabutj@state.mi.us	Director of Chronic Disease & Injury Control	Michigan Department of Community Health/Community Public Health Division of Chronic Disease & Injury Control
Joseph Kimbrell, MPH jkimbrell@lphi.org		Louisiana Public Health Institute
Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, DrPh, EdD vaughn_upshaw@unc.edu	Clinical Assistant Professor	Health Policy and Administration School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michele Lyoyd-Puryear, M.D., Ph.D. Mpuryear@HRSA.GOV	Chief, Genetic Services Branch	Health Resources Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Amy Klein, M.P.H. aklein@astho.org	Senior Analyst, Genetics	Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Joyce D. K. Essien, MD, MBA jessien@sph.emory.edu	Director	Center for Public Health Practice Rollins School of Public Health Emory University

Clinician Team Members Team Leaders: Mary Mortensen & Kristine Gebbie
Name	Position	Employer
Kristine Gebbie, Dr.P.H., R.N. kmg24@columbia.edu	Associate Professor of Nursing	Columbia University School of Nursing Center for Health Policy
Mary Ellen Mortensen, M.D. mortenm@nationwide.com	Medical Director	Nationwide Health Plan
Elizabeth Tilson, MD, MPH betsy_tilson@med.unc.edu		Preventive Medicine Department of Social Medicine CB #7240 Wing D, Medical School University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240
Alan Guttmacher, MD ag185x@NIH.GOV	Senior Clinical Advisor to the Director	Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Bldg 31/Room 4B09 Bethesda, MD 20892-6400
Theresa Long, MD teresal@cmhhealth.org	Assistant Health Commissioner and Medical Director	Columbus Health Department 181 Washington Blvd Columbus, OH 43215

Educator Team Members Team Leader: Karen Greendale
Name	Position	Employer
Karen Greendale, M.A., C.G.C. kxg03@health.state.ny.us		Bureau of Chronic Disease Services
Karina Boehm kb77i@nih.gov	Chief, Health Promotion Branch Office of Communications and Health Education	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institutes of Health Bldg 45/Room 4As19 Bethesda, MD 20892-6400
Andrew Faucett, MS, CSC aif3@cdc.gov	ATPM Fellow	PHPPO Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Elizabeth Gettig, MS, CGC bgettitg@pitt.edu	Former ATPM Fellow Associate Professor Human Genetics	University of Pittsburgh
Kathleen Miner, PhD, MPH, CHES kminer@sph.emory.edu	Associate Dean for Applied Public Health	Rollins School of Public Health Emory University 1518 Clifton Road Atlanta, Ga 30322
Kathy Vincent kvincent@adph.state.al.us	Staff Assistant to the State Health Officer	Alabama Department of Public Health The RSA Tower, Suite 1552 P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

Environment Team Members Team Leader: Robert Marino
Name	Position	Employer
Robert (Bob) Marino, M.D.,M.P.H. marinorf@columb30.dhec.state.sc.us		South Carolina Dept of Health & Environmental Control Division of Health Hazard Evaluation
Susan Metcalf, MD SMetcalf@cdc.gov	Chief	Exposure Investigations Section Division of Heath Assessment and Consultation (ATSDR)
Luann White, Ph.D., DABT lawhite@tulane.edu	Director	Center for Applied Environmentsl Public Health School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine MS TW-43 1430 Tulane Avenue Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70112-2699
Elaine Krueger elaine.krueger@state.ma.us	Chief	Environmental Toxicology Environmental Health Mass. Department of Public Health 250 Washington, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02108
Harold Bengsch harold_bengsch@ci.springfield.mo.us (secretary Diane Carr)	Director of Health	Springfield/Green County Health Department 227 East Chestnut Expressway Springfield, MO 65802
Luanne Williams, Pharm.D. luanne.williams@ncmail.net	Toxicologist	Occupational and Environmental Epidemiologist Branch North Carolina Dept. of Health & Human Services 1912 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1912
Jan M. Friedman, MD, PhD JUF5@cdc.gov	ATPM Career Development Awardee in Genetics	CDC, NCEH, Division of Birth Defects and Disabilities, F-34

Epidemiologist Team Members Team Leader: Peter Rumm
Name	Position	Employer
Karen Greendale, M.A., C.G.C. kxg03@health.state.ny.us		Bureau of Chronic Disease Services
Karina Boehm kb77i@nih.gov	Chief, Health Promotion Branch Office of Communications and Health Education	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institutes of Health Bldg 45/Room 4As19 Bethesda, MD 20892-6400
Andrew Faucett, MS, CSC aif3@cdc.gov	ATPM Fellow	PHPPO Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathleen Miner, PhD, MPH, CHES kminer@sph.emory.edu	Associate Dean for Applied Public Health	Rollins School of Public Health Emory University 1518 Clifton Road Atlanta, Ga 30322
Kathy Vincent kvincent@adph.state.al.us	Staff Assistant to the State Health Officer	Alabama Department of Public Health The RSA Tower, Suite 1552 P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

Laboratory Team Members Team Leader: Lou Turner
Name	Position	Employer
Lou Turner, Ph.D. lou.turner@ncmail.net		North Carolina State Lab of Public Health
Eric C. Blank, DrPH blanke@mail.health.state.mo.us		State Public Health Laboratory Missouri Department of Health Jefferson City, MO 65102
Frances P. Downes, DrPH downesf@state.mi.us	Bureau Administrator	Infectious Disease Division Michigan Department of Health Lansing, MI 48909
Katherine Kelley, DrPH kati.kelley@po.state.ct.us	Laboratory Director	Connecticut Department of Public Health & AS P.O. Box 1689 Hartford, CT 06144
Scott J. Zimmerman, DrPH, MPH ZIMMERMS@bflo.co.erie.ny.us	Laboratory Director	Erie County Public Health Laboratory Clinical Center, Building AA 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215
Steven Hinrichs, M.D. shinrich@unmc.edu		Department of Pathology and Public Health Laboratory University of Nebraska Medical Center 986495 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198
Gary McKee, PhD, MPH gmckee@missc.state.wy.us	State Health Officer	Wyoming Department of Health 117 Hathaway Building Cheyenne, WY 82002