Our Team

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

  • Daniel Lang, PG

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

  • Haley R. Kappus-Kron, MPH

    PROGRAM RESEARCH SPECIALIST III

  • Shaz Damani, MPH

    PROGRAM RESEARCH SPECIALIST III

  • Paul Dougall

    PROGRAM RESEARCH SPECIALIST II

  • Alex Espinoza, MPH

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST (CDC FOUNDATION)

  • Joe Moran, MSc

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST (CDC Foundation)

  • Dana Neigel, MPH

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST (CDC Foundation)

  • Kelechi Ohaeto, MPH, CPH

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST (CDC FOUNDATION)

  • Shailla Raymond, MPH

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST (CDC Foundation)

  • Chanel Swoope, MPH

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST (CDC FOUNDATION)

  • Pooja Abburi, MPH

    PUBLIC HEALTH FELLOW II

  • Cherina Cheng

    PUBLIC HEALTH FELLOW II

  • Ogechukwu Nwamaka, MPH

    PUBLIC HEALTH FELLOW II

  • Samantha Long

    PUBLIC HEALTH FELLOW II

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

  • David Larsen, PhD, MPH

    LEAD EPIDEMIOLOGIST & PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Mila Neyra, MPH

    PROJECT DIRECTOR

  • Christopher Dunham, MS

    DATA SCIENTIST

  • Dustin Hill, PhD

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST & POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER

  • Yifan Zhu, PhD

    POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTIST

  • Nicole Pulido

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

  • Matthew Mahaney

    GRADUATE STUDENT

  • Yasir Ahmed-Braimah, PhD

    BIOINFORMATICIAN

  • Brittany Kmush, PhD

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST

  • Teng Zeng, PhD

    ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

NYSDOH WADSWORTH CENTER

  • Kirsten St. George, PhD

    DIRECTOR, VIROLOGY LABORATORY

  • Sudha Chaturvedi, PhD

    DIRECTOR, MYCOLOGY LABORATORY

  • Daryl M. Lamson, MT (ASCP)

    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, VIROLOGY

  • Meghan Fuschino, MS

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, VIRAL DISEASES AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, VIROLOGY

  • Jennifer Laplante

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS LABORATORY OF VIRAL DISEASES

  • Patrick Bryant, PhD

    DIRECTOR, VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES

  • Lindsey Rickerman

    RESEARCH SCIENTIST

  • Victoria Schnurr

    RESEARCH SCIENTIST

  • Sarah A. Syed, MPH

    COVID-19 CORPS PROGRAM MANAGER

SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & FORESTRY (ESF)

  • Hyatt Green, PhD

    ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGIST

  • Max Wilder

    PhD CANDIDATE

  • Brandon Ferro

    GRADUATE STUDENT

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SUNY

  • Ian M. Bradley, PhD

    ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

  • Yinyin Ye, PhD

    ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

  • Sidney Gallo

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

  • Donald A. Yergeau, PhD

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES

  • Jennifer A. Surtees, PhD

    CO-DIRECTOR OF UB’S GENOME, ENVIRONMENTAL AND MICROBIOME COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE

  • Alyssa Pohlman

    RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

  • Christopher J. Gobler, PhD

    PROFESSOR

  • Mian Wang, PhD

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

  • Ruth Drinkwater

  • Max Fishlow

GENESEE & ORLEANS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

  • Brenden Bedard, MPH

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES & DEPUTY PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR

  • Jennifer Rowan, MPH

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST

  • Gabrielle Marcello

    EPIDEMIOLOGIST

  • Caroline Berkemeier

    LABORATORY COORDINATOR

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

  • Dwight J. Hardy, PhD

    DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

  • Andrew Cameron, PhD

    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

  • Timothy Stoklosa

NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE

  • Brahma Raju Mopidevi, PhD

    DIRECTOR, GENOMICS CORE LAB

  • Salomon Amar

SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

  • Frank Middleton, PhD

    SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF SUNY MOLECULAR ANALYSIS CORE

  • Karen Gentile, MS

    TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF SUNY MOLECULAR ANALYSIS CORE

  • Rafael Schulman

    MD/PhD CANDIDATE

QUADRANT VIRAL TESTING

  • Bryan Greene

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

  • Daniel Netti

    MANAGER OF WASTEWATER LABORATORY