Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Office of Preparedness and Response
4041 N Central Ave
Suite 600
Phoenix,
AZ
USA
85012
Email:
AlisaDiggs@mail.maricopa.gov
Biographical Sketch:
With 25 years of experience in the health care arena I bring to the table a broad range of experiences in Emergency Medical Services, Laboratory Science, Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Emergency Management. I have earned a BS from City College of New York/Sophie Davis School of Medicine as a Physician Assistant and an MPH from the University of Arizona in Community Health Practice.
After leaving full time clinical practice in 2002 to join Maricopa County Department of Public Health I became involved in communicable disease epidemiology focusing on new and emerging diseases such as West Nile Virus and Dengue Fever.
Presently, I am the director of the Public Health Emergency Management Program , responsible for All-Hazards Public Health emergency planning for a community of 3.8 million persons and administrator for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreements grants for Bioterrorism Prevention, Cities Readiness Initiative and Pandemic Influenza which total ~ $3 million annually.