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Regional Epidemiology Program (REP)

The Regional Epidemiology Program (REP) provides technical assistance in communicable disease preparedness and epidemiologic response to local health departments and other public health partners throughout the state.

Key REP functions include:

  • Provide technical assistance and epidemiologic support to local health departments on the investigation of cases and outbreaks of communicable diseases and events of public health significance. 
  • Conduct routine and enhanced communicable disease surveillance at local, regional, and state levels to timely identify clusters and/or outbreak of communicable diseases.
  • Coordinate multijurisdictional investigations, scale up epidemiologic response and reallocate epidemiologic resources throughout the state as needed.
  • Maintain a network of communicable disease public health partners within each public health region.
  • Provide timely information and updates on communicable diseases and disease outbreaks through in-person meetings, webinars, training programs, and written communications.
  • Enhance communicable disease preparedness and response and build epidemiologic capacity at the local and regional levels through routine and “just in time” training and education to Local Health Departments and other public health partners.

Contact Information:

Regional Epidemiology Program
Phone: 609-826-5964

 

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