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Applied Epidemiology Fellow Spotlights

Madeline LeVasseur, MPH, a Class 17 Infectious Disease fellow at Oregon Health Authority, was
honored with CSTE’s 2021 Hillary B.Foulkes award. She developed a series of communicable disease
data dashboards, enhancing data accessibility and streamlining the process to disseminate public
reports. Working on the COVID-19 response team, her projects included outbreak investigations,
data management, analysis, and visualization. After graduating from her fellowship, Madeline
stayed at Oregon Health Authority as the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Epidemiologist.

Tyler Moore, MPH, a Class 17 Maternal and Child Health fellow at Oregon Health Authority,
was activated to Oregon’s COVID-19 Incident Management Team to expand capacity of the state’s
response. During this time, he published data visualizations and reports on statewide COVID-19
metrics and trends, and also responded to outbreaks around Oregon. Other projects included an
evaluation of Oregon’s Birth Anomalies Surveillance System and an analysis of survey data on
Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Heather Martinez, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, a Class 18 Infectious Disease fellow at the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment, also worked on the COVID-19 response. She
helped develop veterinary SARS-CoV-2 policies, consulted on veterinary SARS-CoV-2 testing and
animal outbreaks, and assessed COVID-19 outbreak response at correctional facilities. She also
assisted in zoonotic and enteric disease investigations, including vector-borne diseases, raw milk
contamination, and foodborne botulism.

Hannah Collins, MPH, is a Class 18 Injury and Overdose fellow at Public Health – Seattle & King
County. She has worked on a variety of projects including monitoring the impacts of COVID-19
on family violence and mental health, leading a qualitative assessment on fentanyl and pill use,
and setting up a texting program to provide outreach to people who have experienced an overdose.
Hannah’s work was recently featured in a CSTE Member Spotlight story, as part of National Public
Health Week 2022.

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