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Press officers can be contacted between
9:00am and 6:00pm ET. If there is an after-hours emergency, please call (404) 639-2888 for instructions on getting in touch with the on-call press officer.

Name

Centers/Topics

Christina Spring
(202) 245-0633

Bernadette Burden
(404) 639-7288

  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)- Terrorism preparedness, pandemic, preparedness, bioterrorism and emergency response
  • Air pollution, asthma, mold, formaldehyde, vessel (cruise ship) sanitation, cancer clusters and phthalates
  • Public health laboratory networks
  • Emergency Operations Center (EOC)/ Disaster Response

Benjamin Haynes
(404) 639-0668

  • National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB prevention (NCHHSTP)
  • National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
  • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) – drowning, school violence, suicides, concussions, motor vehicle crashes, falls, violence/abuse, prescription drug overdose
  • Emergency Operations Center (EOC)/ Disaster Response

Arezoo Risman
404-639-1659

  • National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB prevention (NCHHSTP)
  • National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
  • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) – drowning, school violence, suicides, concussions, motor vehicle crashes, falls, violence/abuse, prescription drug overdose

Gail Hayes
(770) 488-4902

  • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
  • Injury prevention and control, drowning, school violence, suicides, concussions, auto accidents, falls, violence/abuse and prescription drug overdose (primary contact)

Tom Skinner
(404) 639-7851
Cell: (404) 625-7579

  • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
  • Influenza
  • Immunization and Vaccines
  • Immunization Safety
  • Center for Global Health (CGH), parasitic diseases, malaria
  • Office of the CDC Director
  • CDC Budget
  • CDC Buildings and Facilities

Jamila Jones
(404) 639- 5356

  • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
  • Influenza
  • Parasitic diseases including Chagas disease
  • Pertussis, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, HPV, Norwalk virus, rotavirus
  • Malaria

Karen Hunter
(404) 639-7277

  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
  • Physical activity, nutrition, obesity and breastfeeding
  • Heart disease and stroke
  • Diabetes
  • Office of Public Health Genomics
  • Office of Women’s Health
  • Reproductive Health
  • Community health: CPPW, CTGs, REACH, healthy communities

Brittany Raines
(404) 639-0667

  • Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC)
  • Division of Oral Health (DOH)
  • Division of Population Health (DPH)- arthritis, excessive alcohol use
  • Office of Smoking and Health (OSH)
  • Healthy Aging, YRBS, Worksite wellness, ACE study

NCHS Press Office
(301) 458-4800

  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Rhonda Smith
(404) 639-7292

  • Minority health and healthy equity
  • Office of State, Tribal, Local and Territorial support
  • Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services

Lola Russell
(404) 639-7916

  • National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
  • Foodborne diseases issues: Salmonella, E. Coli, FoodNet, PulseNet and Safe Water Systems
  • Clean Hands campaign
  • Morgellons
  • Quarantine issues; border health; animal importation; travelers' health; immigrant, refugee and migrant health; Arctic Investigations Program and pandemic flu community mitigation measures
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
  • Bacterial diseases, insect borne diseases, West Nile virus, Lyme Disease and plague
  • Viral and rickettsial diseases, Mad Cow Disease, Ebola, Hantavirus, rabies and special pathogens
  • C. difficile, healthcare associated infections, needle safety, antibiotic resistance, MRSA, blood and tissue safety, healthcare worker hand hygiene and laboratory practices and oversight

 

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Mailing address

Division of Media Relations
Office of Enterprise Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS D-14
Atlanta, GA 30333
U.S.A.

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