EIS Class of 2023
Meet the EIS officers in the class of 2023 and learn where they are assigned for their 2-year fellowship. Note: the assignments listed do not reflect outbreak or other emergency response efforts.
![Minal Ahson](/eis/images/minal-ahson.jpg?_=38648)
Minal Ahson, MD, MSPH, DTMH
Global Health Center,
Division of Global HIV and TB
![Rachel Alade](/eis/images/rachel-alade.jpg?_=38661)
Rachel Alade, MD, MS
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities,
Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders
![Mohsin Ali](/eis/images/mohsin-ali.jpg?_=38650)
Mohsin Ali, MD, MPhil
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
![Priyanka Anand](/eis/images/priyanka-anand.jpg?_=38659)
Priyanka Anand, MD, MSc (c)
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention,
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
![Melanie Askari](/eis/images/melanie-askari.jpg?_=38647)
Melanie Askari, PhD, MPhil, MPH
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureaus of Immunization and Tuberculosis Control
![Victoria Balta](/eis/images/victoria-balta.jpg?_=38701)
Victoria Balta, PhD, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation
![Alexandra Barger](/eis/images/alexandra-barger.jpg?_=36489)
Alexandra Barger, MD, MPH
Kentucky Department for Public Health
![Angelica Barrall](/eis/images/angelica-barrall.jpg?_=36482)
Angelica Barrall, PhD, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
![Cynthia Beard](/eis/images/cynthia-beard.jpg?_=37145)
Cindy Beard, PhD, MPH
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
![Jordan Braunfeld](/eis/images/jordan-braunfeld.jpg?_=37478)
Jordan Braunfeld, MD
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
![Andrea Brown](/eis/images/andrea-brown.jpg?_=36498)
Andrea Danielle Brown PhD, MPH
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Division of Reproductive Health
![Hannah Canepa](/eis/images/hannah-canepa.jpg?_=37463)
Hannah Canepa, DO, MPH, MS
Global Health Center,
Division of Global HIV and TB
![Timothy DeVita](/eis/images/timoty-devita.jpg?_=38695)
Timothy DeVita, MD
Global Health Center,
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
![Megan Dorris](/eis/images/megan-dorris.jpg?_=38645)
Megan Dorris, MMS, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
![Cara Drehoff](/eis/images/cara-drehoff.jpg?_=36807)
Cara Drehoff, DVM, MPH
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
![Samuel Emmerich](/eis/images/samuel-emmerich.jpg?_=38674)
Samuel Emmerich, DVM
National Center for Health Statistics,
Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
![DaJuandra Eugene](/eis/images/dajuandra-eugene.jpg?_=37147)
DaJuandra Eugene, PhD, MS, MEd
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Division of Population Health
![Aaron Frutos](/eis/images/aaron-frutos.jpg?_=36484)
Aaron Frutos, PhD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Influenza Division
![Karen Geiger](/eis/images/keri-geiger.jpg?_=37859)
Keri Geiger, PhD, RN, BSN, ACRN
Global Health Center Global,
Immunization Division
![Camden Gowler](/eis/images/camden-gowler.jpg?_=36803)
Camden Gowler, PhD
North Carolina Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch
![Adelaide Green](/eis/images/adelaide-green.jpg?_=36486)
Adelaide Green, DVM, MPH (c)
Global Health Center,
Division of Global Health Protection
![Kimberly Gressick](/eis/images/kimberly-gressick.jpg?_=37861)
Kimberly Gressick, MD, MPH
Chicago Department of Public Health, Behavioral Health Bureau
![Essi Havor](/eis/images/essi-havor.jpg?_=37159)
Essi Havor, PhD, MPH, RN, PHNA-BC
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
![Amelia Johnson](/eis/images/amelia-johnson.jpg?_=36493)
Amelia Johnson, DrPH, MPH
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
![Camille Jones](/eis/images/camille-jones.jpg?_=36805)
Camille Jones, PhD, MPH
Global Health Center, Global Immunization Division, Immunization Systems and Accelerated Disease Control
![Rini Jose](/eis/images/rini-jose.jpg?_=38666)
Rini Jose, PhD, MPH
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention,
Division of HIV Prevention
![Pallavi Kache](/eis/images/pallavi-kache.jpg?_=38654)
Pallavi Kache, PhD, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
![Audrey Kennar](/eis/images/audrey-kennar.jpg?_=36794)
Audrey Kennar, MSPH, BSN, RN
San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency and the U.S.-Mexico Unit of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
![Sana Khan](/eis/images/sana-khan.jpg?_=38675)
Sana Khan, PhD, MPH
Alameda County Public Health Department (California)
![Sandra Kiplagat](/eis/images/sandra-kiplagat.jpg?_=38677)
Sandra Kiplagat, PhD, MS
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious,
Diseases Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
![Matthew Lambert](/eis/images/matthew-lambert.jpg?_=38643)
Matthew Lambert, MD
Connecticut Department of Public Health
![Steven Langerman](/eis/images/steven-langerman.jpg?_=38690)
Steven Langerman, MD
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
![John Le](/eis/images/john-le.jpg?_=37476)
John Le, PharmD
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention,
Division of HIV Prevention
![Savanna Ledford](/eis/images/savanna-ledford.jpg?_=38681)
Savanna Ledford, DrPH, MS
Arkansas Department of Health
![Jerome Leonard](/eis/images/jerome-leonard.jpg?_=37472)
Jerome Leonard, MD, MPHTM
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Division of Reproductive Health
![Souci Louis](/eis/images/souci-louis.jpg?_=38688)
Souci Louis, VMD, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation
![Sarah Ludmer](/eis/images/sarah-ludmer.jpg?_=38679)
Sarah Ludmer, MSN/MPH, BSN, RN
Maryland Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Outbreak Response Bureau
![Eric Lundstrom](/eis/images/eric-lundstrom.jpg?_=37157)
Eric Lundstrom, PhD, MPH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Division of Field Studies & Engineering
![Chelsea Lutz](/eis/images/chelsea-lutz.jpg?_=36809)
Chelsea Lutz, PhD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Division of Viral Diseases
![Roisin McElroy](/eis/images/roisin-mcelroy.jpg?_=38668)
Roisin McElroy, MD, MPH
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Communicable Disease
![Kimberly McKinney](/eis/images/kimberly-mckinney.jpg?_=37862)
Kimberly McKinney, MD, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
![Alexander Molinari](/eis/images/alexander-molinari.jpg?_=36487)
Alexander Molinari, DO, MPH
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity
![Tori Moore](/eis/images/tori-moore.jpg?_=38697)
Tori Moore, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Acute Disease Epidemiology
![Mary Moran](/eis/images/mary-moran.jpg?_=38641)
Mary Moran, PhD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Division of Viral Diseases
![Farah Mouhanna](/eis/images/farah-mouhanna.jpg?_=37161)
Farah Mouhanna, PhD, MS
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity
![Ramya Naraharisetti](/eis/images/ramya-naraharisetti.jpg?_=38663)
Ramya Naraharisetti, PhD
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
![Amy Nham](/eis/images/amy-nham.jpg?_=36495)
Amy Nham, PharmD, MPH
Chicago Department of Public Health
![Ponesai Nyika](/eis/images/ponesai-nyika.jpg?_=38657)
Ponesai Nyika, MBChB, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Immunization Services Division
![Hannah Padda](/eis/images/hannah-padda.jpg?_=37465)
Hannah Padda, DVM, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
![Rudy Patrick](/eis/images/rudy-patrick.jpg?_=38670)
Rudy Patrick, PhD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Pasadena Public Health Department
![Elizabeth Polter](/eis/images/elizabeth-polter.jpg?_=37150)
Elizabeth Polter, PhD, MPH
Wisconsin Department of Health Service, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
![Veena Ramachandran](/eis/images/veena-ramachandran.jpg?_=11969)
Veena Ramachandran, MD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Division of Bacterial Diseases
![Courtney Rogers](/eis/images/courtney-rogers.jpg?_=36811)
Courtney Rogers, PhD, MPH
CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Office of the Director
![Julia Rogers](/eis/images/julia-rogers.jpg?_=37852)
Julia Rogers, PhD, MPH
Alaska Division of Public Health
![Jelonia Rumph](/eis/images/jelonia-rumph.jpg?_=37471)
Jelonia Rumph, PhD
National Center for Environmental Health,
Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice
![Nadia Saif](/eis/images/nadia-saif.jpg?_=38652)
Nadia Saif, MD, MPH, MS
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Division of Safety Research
![Elizabeth Sajewski](/eis/images/elizabeth-sajewski.jpg?_=37152)
Elizabeth Sajewski, PhD, MS
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
![Alexa Schappert](/eis/images/alexa-schappert.jpg?_=36491)
Alexa Schappert, DVM, MPH
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
![Jessica Sherman](/eis/images/jessica-sherman.jpg?_=37474)
Jessica Sherman PhD, RN, MSN, FNP-BC
Office of Readiness and Response, Special Populations Team
![Bhavna Singichetti](/eis/images/bhava-singichetti.jpg?_=36798)
Bhavna Singichetti, PhD, MPH
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Division of Injury Prevention
![Jordan Singleton](/eis/images/jordan-singleton.jpg?_=37850)
Jordan Singleton, MD
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division
![Kami Smith](/eis/images/kami-smith.jpg?_=37855)
Kami Smith, MD, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of High Consequence Pathogens & Pathology
![Brooke Staley](/eis/images/brooke-staley.jpg?_=36802)
Brooke Staley, PhD, MPH
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Human Development and Disability
![Sydney Stein](/eis/images/sydney-stein.jpg?_=38692)
Sydney Stein, DVM, MPH
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
![Katherine Strelau](/eis/images/katherine-strelau.jpg?_=37857)
Katherine Strelau, PhD
Vermont Department of Health
![Rebekah Sutter](/eis/images/rebekah-sutter.jpg?_=38664)
Rebekah Sutter, MPH, BSN, RN
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
![Bethan Swift](/eis/images/bethan-swift.jpg?_=36796)
Bethan Swift, DPhil, MSc
Riverside County Department of Public Health (California)
![Samantha Swisher](/eis/images/samantha-swisher.jpg?_=38672)
Samantha Swisher, DVM, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
![Sylvia Tangney](/eis/images/sylvia-tangney.jpg?_=38693)
Sylvia Tangney, PhD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Division of Bacterial Diseases
![Shawn Thomas](/eis/images/shawn-thomas.jpg?_=38683)
Shawn Thomas, PhD, MPH
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities,
Division Of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders
![Julie Thompson](/eis/images/julie-thompson.jpg?_=37854)
Julie Thompson, PhD, DVM, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of High Consequence Pathogens & Pathology
![Madhura Vachon](/eis/images/madhura-vachon.jpg?_=37848)
Madhura Vachon, PhD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Division of Bacterial Diseases
![Marisol Valenzuela Lara](/eis/images/marisol-valenzuela.jpg?_=38639)
Marisol Valenzuela Lara, PhD, MD, MPH
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences
![Heather Walker](/eis/images/heather-walker.jpg?_=37467)
Heather Walker, DVM, MPH
Maricopa County Department of Public Health and Arizona Department of Health Services
![Madison Walton](/eis/images/madison-walton.jpg?_=38637)
Madison Walton, PhD
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division and Multnomah County Health Department
![Dennis Wang](/eis/images/dennis-wang.jpg?_=37148)
Dennis Wang, MD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division
![Brittney Waranius](/eis/images/brittney-waranius.jpg?_=36800)
Brittney Waranius, DVM, MPH, MA
Wyoming Department of Health
![Fhallon Ware-Gilmore](/eis/images/fhallon-ware.jpg?_=37462)
Fhallon Ware-Gilmore, PhD
Puerto Rico Department of Health, Office of Epidemiology and Investigation
![Elizabeth Wendt](/eis/images/elizabeth-wendt.jpg?_=37154)
Elizabeth Wendt, MD, MPH
Global Health Center,
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
![Paula Williams](/eis/images/paula-williams.jpg?_=38655)
Paula Williams, DrPH, MPH
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention,
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
![Amy Xie](/eis/images/amy-xie.jpg?_=36496)
Amy Xie, MD
Public Health — Seattle & King County
![Kyle Yomogida](/eis/images/kyle-yomogida.jpg?_=37864)
Kyle Yomogida, PhD
Washington State Department of Health
![Italo Zecca](/eis/images/italo-zecca.jpg?_=37469)
Italo Zecca, PhD, MPH
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,
Division of High Consequence Pathogens & Pathology
![Erica Zeno](/eis/images/erica-zeno.jpg?_=37155)
Erica Zeno, PhD, MPH
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Influenza Division
![Sifang Zhao](/eis/images/sifang-zhao.jpg?_=38684)
Sifang Kathy Zhao, PhD, MPH
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Division of Reproductive Health
![Sophie Zhu](/eis/images/sophie-zhu.jpg?_=38686)
Sophie Zhu, PhD
California Department of Public Health