North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
HIV/STD Prevention & Care Branch
1902 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,
NC
USA
27699
Email:
lynne.sampson@ncmail.net
Biographical Sketch:
2001-present
Epidemiologist, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services, HIV/STD Prevention & Care Branch, Raleigh, NC.
1998- present
PhD Graduate Student, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC.
1995-1999
Volunteer and Member of the Board of Directors, Atlanta Harm Reduction Center, Atlanta, GA.
1996-1998
Health Scientist, CDC, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
1995-1996
Graduate Research Assistant, CDC, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Epidemiology Program Office, Atlanta, GA.
1994-1995
MPH Graduate Student, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Epidemiologist with primary responsibility for analysis of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea surveillance data for State of North Carolina (2003-present).
Contributing author on several peer-reviewed publications and other surveillance reports related to HIV, syphilis, and other STDs (2003-present).
Author of numerous presentations at national and international conferences on various topics related to HIV, syphilis, and incarceration (2002-present).
Coordinator and data analyst for NC DHHS Syphilis Elimination Jail Screening Project (2001-present).
Experience in teaching numerous graduate-level epidemiology courses (2000-2002).
Relevant Publications & Presentations:
Sampson LA, Leone PA, Miller WC, Hedenquist RB. Risk Factors for Syphilis in North Carolina Jail Detainees, Poster Presentation, International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research 16th Biennial Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 10-13, 2005.
Sampson LA, HIV Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk among Native Americans in North Carolina, Oral Presentation, Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists National Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June 5-8, 2005.
Thomas JC, Sampson LA. High Rates of Incarceration as a Social Force Associated with Community Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infection, Journal of Infectious Diseases; 191(Suppl 1):S55-60. February 1, 2005.
Sampson LA, Leone PA. Continuing Cases of Congenital Syphilis in North Carolina Despite Dramatic Declines in Adult Early Syphilis Rates, Poster Presentation, National STD Prevention Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 8-11, 2004.
Sampson LA, Leone PA, Hedenquist RB. Syphilis Seroprevalence and Cases in North Carolina Jail Detainees, Poster Presentation, International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research 15th Biennial Congress, Ottawa, Canada, July 27-30, 2003.
Sampson LA, Leone PA, Hedenquist RB. Syphilis Elimination Enhanced Surveillance: Seroprevalence and Cases in North Carolina Jail Detainees, Poster Presentation, Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists National Meeting, Hartford, CT, June 22-26, 2003.
Sampson LA, Thomas JC. Incarceration and Community-level Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates in North Carolina Counties, Featured Poster Presentation, National STD Prevention Conference, San Diego, CA, March 4-7, 2002.