Michael Samuel, DrPH

California Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch
Surveillance and Epidemiology Section
850 Marina Bay Parkway
Building P, 2nd Floor
Richmond, CA
USA 94804
michael.samuel@cdph.ca.gov

Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Samuel is the Chief of the Epidemiology and Surveillance Section of the STD Control Branch in the California Department of Public Health. He is responsible for oversight of the systems for collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on STDs in California. Previously he worked as a Medical Epidemiologist for the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) component of the California Emerging Infections Program where he directed foodborne disease outbreak investigations. Prior to that, Dr. Samuel was in charge of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology for the State of New Mexico, and was part of the infectious disease epidemiology team, working on zoonotic diseases, including hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, plague, and rabies. He has assisted with multiple international HIV/AIDS, biostatics, and related computer application trainings.