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Acknowledgements

The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is an organization of member states and territories representing
public health epidemiologists. CSTE supports effective public health surveillance and sound epidemiologic practice through
training, capacity development, and peer consultation.

This report was funded by the de Beaumont Foundation. The Foundation advances policy, builds partnerships, and strengthens
public health to create communities where people can achieve their best possible health. Opinions in this report do not necessarily
reflect the views of the Foundation.

CRD Associates is a Washington, DC-based strategic communications and government relations consulting firm that was
contracted by CSTE to develop this report in close consultation.

Report Authors
Celia N. Hagan, MPH Emily J. Holubowich, MPP Tamara Criss, JD, MPH
Vice President Senior Vice President Policy Fellow
CRD Associates CRD Associates CRD Associates

Peer Review Panel
John Auerbach, MBA Georges C. Benjamin, MD Judy Monroe, MD David Ross, ScD
President and CEO Executive Director President and CEO President and CEO
Trust for America’s Health American Public Health CDC Foundation Task Force for Global Health
Association

Testimonial Contributors
Christopher Alban, MD, MBA Anne Schuchat, MD Walter G. Suarez, MD, MPH, FHIMSS
Vice President, (RADM, USPHS, RET) Executive Director,
Clinical Informatics Principal Deputy Director Health IT Strategy and Policy
Epic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kaiser Permanente

James Doyle Christine Steward John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH
Research & Development Product Lead Health Protection Director Secretary of Health
Epic Sedgwick County, Kansas Health Dept. Washington Dept. of Health

Editorial Contributors
Jeff Engel, MD Janet Hamilton, MPH Scott Becker, MS
Executive Director Director, Policy & Science Executive Director
CSTE CSTE Association of Public Health Laboratories
Tom Leary, MALA, CAE, FHIMSS Shawna Webster
Vice President, Government Relations Executive Director
Healthcare Information and Management National Association for Public Health
Systems Society Statistics and Information Systems

Graphic Designer
Matthew Cone, MPH
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
CSTE

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