CDPH
Immunization Branch
850 Marina Bay Parkway
Richmond,
CA
USA
94807
Biographical Sketch:
2006-present Public Health Medical Officer
Technical Assistance Section, Immunization Branch
California Department of Public Health; Richmond, CA
• Provides technical consultation and guidance to the Vaccines for Children Program, local health departments, health care providers, and other state programs on immunization issues across the lifespan
•Collaborates with other state and local organizations on the promotion of recommended child, adolescent and adult immunizations
• Conducts bill analyses, develop policy analyses, assist programs in implementing immunization law and regulations, write correspondence on immunization-related issues
•Address interested groups, write technical correspondence on immunization issues
2004-2010 Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Volunteer Clinical Faculty
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
2001-2006Pediatric Consultant
Coordinator, Childhood Injury Prevention Program
State Adolescent Health Coordinator
Coordinator, Black Infant Health-Fetal Infant Mortality Review (BIH-FIMR) and FIMR
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Lead
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health/Office of Family Planning Branch
California Department of Health Services; Sacramento, CA
2000-2001 Chief, Asthma Program
Chronic Disease Control Branch, Medicine and Public Health Section
California Department of Health Services; Sacramento, CA
1997-2000 Public Health Medical Officer
Chronic Disease Control Branch, Medicine and Public Health Section
California Department of Health Services; Sacramento, CA
Many presentations to local health departments, health care providers, school nurses, and other public health programs regarding immunizations and current immunization issues.