Erica E. Smith, MPH

Pennsylvania Department of Health/Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bureau of Epidemiology
625 Forster Street
Room 933, Health & Welfare Building
Harrisburg, PA
USA 17120

Biographical Sketch:
2010--present: CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow, Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, PA 2010: Epidemiologist, Hospital Epidemiology Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD 2009--2010: H1N1 Public Health Intern, Division of Disease Prevention, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, VA 2009: Research Assistant, Pediatric Clinical Trials Office, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA Responsible for conducting a program evaluation of the Pennsylvania Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) in Pennsylvania (2010--present) Collect, confirm and manage database of reported Influenza outbreaks in Pennsylvania long-term care facilities (2010--present) Collected, confirmed and managed meta-data database of state and local health care infrastructure for H1N1 novel influenza control and response in Virginia. (2009-2010) Collaborated with research team to recruit, consent and maintain eligible patients in a 13-month trial of an H1N1 vaccine in children ages 3-8; Conducted patient visits, perform record upkeep and data management (2009)