Heartland Regional TB Focal Points

Last Updated: 8/28/2009

ARIZONA

Angelito Bravo
Office of Infectious Disease Services - TB Control
Arizona Department of Health Services
Division of Public Health Services
150 North 18th Avenue, Suite 140
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Phone: 602-364-3850   Fax: 602-364-3267
Email: bravoa@azdhs.gov

ILLINOIS — Chicago

Xiomara Hardison, RN, BSN, MSN, PHN III
Chicago Department of Public Health
TB Control Program
West Side Center for Disease Control
2160 West Ogden Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Phone: 312-746-6006   Fax: 312-746-5134
Email: hardison_xiomara@cdph.org

ILLINOIS — State

Debra Stephens, RN, BSN, MPH
Illinois Department of Public Health
#22 Kettle River Drive
Glen Carbon, Illinois 62034
Phone: 618-656-6680 x231   Fax: 618-656-5863
Email: debra.stephens@illinois.gov

IOWA

Gina Mallett, MPP
c/o Black Hawk County Health Department
Iowa Department of Public Health
1407 Independence Avenue
5th Floor
Waterloo, Iowa 50703
Phone: 319-292-2235
Email: gmallett@idph.state.ia.us

KANSAS

Phil Griffin, BA, CCM
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
HIV / STD / TB Section
1000 South West Jackson Street
Suite 210
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Phone: 785-296-8893   Fax: 785-291-3732
Email: pgriffin@kdheks.gov

MINNESOTA

Beth Kingdon, MPH
Minnesota Department of Health
TB Control Program
625 North Robert Street
P O Box 64975
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0975
Phone: 651-201-5529   Fax: 651-201-5500
Email: elisabeth.kingdon@state.mn.us

MISSOURI

David L. Oeser
Missouri Dept of Health and Senior Services
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
P. O. Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570
Phone: 573-751-6411   Fax: 573-526-0234
Email: david.oeser@dhss.mo.gov

NEBRASKA

Kristin Gall, RN, MSN
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Public Health
301 Centennial Mall South
P O Box 95026
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5026
Phone: 402-471-1372   Fax: 402-471-3601
Email: kristin.gall@nebraska.gov

NEW MEXICO

Diana Fortune, RN, BSN
New Mexico Department of Health
TB Control Program
1190 St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Phone: 505-827-2473   Fax: 505-827-0163
Email: diana.fortune@state.nm.us

NORTH DAKOTA

Eugene (Genie) Lang
North Dakota Department of Health
Division of Disease Control
P O Box 880
Jamestown, North Dakota 58402-0880
Phone: 701-252-1325   Fax: 701-328-0344
Email: elang@nd.gov

OKLAHOMA

Catherine Diffin, RN
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 North East 10th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117
Phone: 405-271-4060   Fax: 405-271-6680
Email: catherid@health.ok.gov

SOUTH DAKOTA

Char Lowman, BA
South Dakota Department of Health
c/o Dakota AIDS Education and Training Center
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105
Phone: 605-357-1354   Fax: 605-376-4348
Email: charlotte.lowman@usd.edu

TEXAS — Houston

Joan A. Taylor, PHN IV
Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of TB Control
8000 North Stadium Drive
Houston, Texas 77054
Phone: 713-794-9928   Fax: 713-798-0817
Email: joan.taylor@cityofhouston.net

TEXAS — State

Mary Long, MSPH
Heartland National TB Center
2303 South East Military Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78223
Phone: 210-531-4545 x4545   Fax: 210-531-4590
Email: mary.long@uthct.edu

WISCONSIN

Ann Scarpita, RN, BSN
Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program
Department of Health Services
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Division of Public Health
1 West Wilson Street
P. O. Box 2659
Madison, Wisconsin 53701-2659
Phone: 608-266-9452   Fax: 608-266-0049
Email: Ann.Scarpita@wi.gov