Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of STD Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, E-02
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30333
Email:
ezu2@cdc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Jul 2008–present — Medical Epidemiologist, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
6/06–6/08 — Field Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer (EISO), Austin, TX
•CDC syphilis surveillance epidemiologist, July 2008- present
Project officer, surveillance for azithromycin-resistant syphilis in the U.S. (2008–2009)
•Chair of the Syphilis Data Sharing Group, tasked with monitoring surveillance for syphilis and identifying and investigating trends, outbreaks or unusual clusters of syphilis
•Supervise Epidemic Intelligence Service officers on outbreak investigations
Relevant presentations
•Su, John R, Hook, E, Kenney, K, Erbelding, E, Wong, W, Jackson, D, Valway, S, Pierce, E, Klausner, J, Lee, J, Golden, M, Workowski, K, Chen, C, Weinstock, S. Prevalence of the 23S rRNA Point Mutation in Treponema pallidum in the United States and Associated Factors, 2006–2008. 18th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research, London, UK, 29 June–1 July 2009. 29 Jun 2009.
•Weinstock, H, Su, JR, Hoover, K, Green, L, Carey, D. High Rates of Primary and Secondary Syphilis among African American Men Who have Sex with Men in the United States, 2005–2007. 18th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research, London, UK, 29 June–1 July 2009. 29 Jun 2009.
•Pillay, A, Chen, C, Nachamkin, E, Su, JR, Ballard, R. Detecting a Point Mutation Associated with Azithromycin Treatment Failure in Treponema pallidum Using Real-Time Duplex PCR and Molecular Typing Assays. 18th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research, London, UK, 29 June–1 July 2009. 29 Jun 2009.