Contributors, Editors, and Acknowledgements

Contributors

Erica Adams, MS, MPH, Contract Spatial Epidemiologist, Booz Allen Hamilton: Assigned to the Geospatial Research Analysis and Services Program, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Diana M. Bensyl, PhD, MA, FACE, CAPT, US Public Health Service, Lead, Global Emergency Alert and Response Service, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Jennifer R. Black, JD, Contract Public Health Analyst, Cherokee Nation Assurance: Assigned to the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (Proposed), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Jeffrey L. Bryant, MS, MSS, Director, Division of Emergency Operations, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

James W. Buehler, MD, Clinical Professor, Health Management and Policy Dornsife, School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bryan E. Christensen, PhD, MEPC, CDR, US Public Health Service, Environmental Health Officer, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Melissa Corkum, MA, Chief of Polio, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, Kabul, Afghanistan

Kristin J. Cummings, MD, MPH, Visiting Scientist, Chief (Former), Field Studies Branch Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia

David Daigle, MA, Lead, Strategic Partnerships and Media Relations, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Andrew Dent, MBA, MA, Director, Geospatial Research Analysis and Services Program National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Richard C. Dicker, MD, MS, Lead, Curriculum Development Unit, Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Ian Dunn, MPH, GISP, Contract Geographic Information System Analyst, DRT Strategies, Assigned to the Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Danice K. Eaton, PhD, MPH, CAPT, US Public Health Service, Lead, Epidemiology Workforce Branch, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Ryan P. Fagan, MD, MPH&TM, CAPT, US Public Health Service, Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Jerry Fagliano, PhD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert E. Fontaine, MD, MSc, Senior Advisor, Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Stephanie Foster, MPH, MA, Lead, Geospatial Epidemiology and Applied Research Unit, Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Joanna Gaines, PhD, MPH, CHES, CDR, US Public Health Service, Senior Epidemiologist, Travelers' Health Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Sudevi Navalkar Ghosh, JD, MPH, Senior Attorney, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel, Public Health Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Branch, Atlanta, Georgia

Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

Patricia M. Griffin, MD, Chief, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

James L. Hadler, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Emerging Infections Program, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut; and Public Health Consultant, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York

Janet J. Hamilton, MPH, Senior Manager, Surveillance and Surveillance Systems, Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida

Craig Hedberg, PhD, Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Katrina Hedberg, MD, MPH, Health Officer and State Epidemiologist, Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Portland, Oregon

James D. Holt, JD, LLM, Senior Attorney, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel, Public Health Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Branch, Washington, District of Columbia

Richard S. Hopkins, MD, MSPH, Courtesy Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Brendan R. Jackson, MD, MPH, CDR, US Public Health Service, Lead, Epidemiology Team, Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Timothy Jones, MD, State Epidemiologist, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee

M. Shannon Keckler, PhD, MS, MPH, Laboratory Leadership Service Fellow, Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Michael E. King, PhD, MSW, CAPT, US Public Health Service, Senior Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Workforce Branch, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Kathleen Kreiss, MD, Chief (Retired), Field Studies Branch, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sitka, Alaska

James W. Le Duc, PhD, Director, Galveston National Laboratory, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, John Sealy Distinguished University Chair in Tropical and Emerging Virology, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas

Joseph E. Logan, PhD, Behavioral Scientist and Epidemiologist, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Anna Leena Lohiniva, MSc, MA, Cultural Anthropologist, World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Office, Cairo, Egypt

Julie Maher, PhD, MS, Director, Program Design and Evaluation Services, Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, Oregon

Frank Mahoney, MD, Senior Immunization Officer, International Federation of Red Cross, Red Crescent National Societies, Geneva, Switzerland

James A. Mercy, PhD, Director, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Joshua A. Mott, PhD, CAPT, US Public Health Service, Chief, Epidemiology Workforce Branch and Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Glen Nowak, PhD, Director, Center for Health and Risk Communication; and Professor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Stephen Papagiotas, MPH, Public Health Advisor, Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS, Director, Division of Public Health Information Dissemination; and Editor-in-Chief, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Series, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Stephen C. Redd, MD, RADM and Assistant Surgeon General, US Public Health Service, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Reynolds M. Salerno, PhD, Director, Division of Laboratory Systems Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Kelly Shannon, MPH, Unit Chief, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, District of Columbia

Michael W. Shaw, PhD, Senior Advisor for Laboratory Science, Office of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Daniel M. Sosin, MD, MPH, FACP, Deputy Director and Chief Medical Officer, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Abbigail J. Tumpey, MPH, CHES, Associate Director for Communication Science, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Amra Uzicanin, MD, MPH, Lead, Community Interventions for Infection Control Unit, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Jay K. Varma, MD, Senior Advisor, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Duc J. Vugia, MD, MPH, Chief, Infectious Diseases Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California; and Clinical Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Ronald Waldman, MD, MPH, Professor of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia

Sharon M. Watkins, PhD, State Epidemiologist and Director, Bureau of Epidemiology Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Laura Whitlock, MPH, Communication Lead, Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Tim W. Wiedrich, MS, Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Response Section, North Dakota Department of Health, Bismarck, North Dakota

Ian T. Williams, PhD, MS, Chief, Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Matthew E. Wise, PhD, MPH, CDR, US Public Health Service, Deputy Branch Chief for Response, Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Brent Wolff, PhD, MHS, Team Lead, Demand Policy & Communication, Immunization Systems Branch, Global Immunization Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Editors

Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS
Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD, MPH

About the Editors

Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS, was the Director of CDC's Division of Public Health Information Dissemination in the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS) and Editor-in-Chief of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series while serving as the editor of this book. She is currently Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Health Professions. She has held leadership positions in several CDC emergency responses, including 2009 H1N1 influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, and Ebola and Zika viruses.

Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine at Emory University's School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Goodman held leadership and senior staff positions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1978 to 2015, serving as Editor-in-Chief of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series for a decade, Co-Director CDC's Public Health Law Program, and Associate Director of CDC's Epidemiology Program Office.

About the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services.

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the CDC Field Epidemiology Manual Steering Committee members who provided crucial guidance early in the planning of the book, including input regarding potential chapter topics and authors and on ways to make the book more useful across the array of field settings. Members of the steering committee were Guthrie Birkhead, Megan Davies, Kate Glynn, Patricia M. Griffin, Marci Layton, Frank Mahoney, Josephine Malilay, Joshua Mott, and Robert V. Tauxe.

We also acknowledge the experts who provided their guidance through their review of individual chapters: Katherine Lyon Daniel, Chad Heilig, and Michael Iademarco. We are also grateful to CDC experts who reviewed all chapters as part of the CDC clearance process. In particular, we would like to highlight the outstanding work of Paul Z. Siegel who reviewed nearly all book chapters as a reviewer for CDC's Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services.

We also acknowledge Todd Goldfarb, Charmika Placide, Samantha Riemer, and John Vagas who helped with organizational and logistical aspects of the book, including arranging steering committee conference calls, monitoring the status of all book chapters, and assisting with completion of the contents and list of contributors.

We are especially grateful for the dedicated efforts of the managing editors of the book, Karen L. Foster and C. Kay Smith, who edited all chapters for style and clarity and prepared chapters for final submission to the publisher. We believe their hard work has substantially improved the readability and usefulness of the book for future field investigators.