Erin Whitney, MPH

California Dept of Public Health
Richmond, CA
USA 94804
Email: Erin.whitney@cdph.ca.gov

Biographical Sketch:
Erin Libby Whitney is currently the Project Coordinator for the HPV Disease Surveillance project at the California Department of Public Health. In 2007, she received her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to this position, Erin spent 7 years managing and conducting health outcomes and clinical trial research and spent 3 years on a community hospital IRB committee. Koestler M, Libby E, Schofferman J, Redmond T. Web-based Touch-Screen Computer Assessment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing. Volume 23, Number 5, 2005, pp 275-84. Schofferman J, Koestler M, Libby E, Katz V. Prospective, randomized, double-blind trial of Botulinum Toxin Type A versus placebo for the treatment of post-operative spasm and low back pain after lumbar spine surgery. Poster Presentation at The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, November 10, 2004. Garges K, Schofferman J, Goldthwaite N, Koestler M, Libby E. Upper cervical anterior discectomy and fusion improves discogenic cervical headaches. Spine. Volume 27, Number 20, 2002, pp 2240-2244. Reynolds J, Verst D, Slosar P, Goldthwaite N, Koestler M, Libby E, Nagle M. Preemptive Analgesia Reduces Immediate Postoperative Pain. Poster Presentation at The North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada October 30, 2002.