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 CDC's Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases and Director of CDC's Office of Infectious Diseases. 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 of CDC's Public Health Law Program, and Associate Director of CDC's Epidemiology Program Office.

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
Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support
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
Chief
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
LCDR, 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
Assigned to the Office of the General Counsel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
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
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington, District of Columbia

Richard Hopkins, MD, MSPH
Emeritus Professor
Department of Epidemiology
University of Florida
Tallahassee, 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
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 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
Field Studies Branch (Retired)
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 Communications 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
ENS, 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, MHS, PhD
Lead
Demand Policy Communication Team
Global Immunization Division
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

"A welcome update, particularly as 21st century tools and technologies are now integrated throughout the manual." -- International Journal of Epidemiology

"A useful addition to the library of any epidemiologist." -- Annals of Epidemiology

"This text will help the next generation conduct quality field investigations at the local, national, or multinational level." -- American Journal of Epidemiology

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