Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (EIS 2018)
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The mission of the Division of TB Elimination is to provide leadership in preventing, controlling, and eventually eliminating TB from the United States, in collaboration with partners at the community, state, and international levels.
Key activities:
- Monitoring progress toward TB elimination through national TB surveillance
- Strengthening the capacity of health departments and other partners to prevent, control, and eventually eliminate TB through improved communications, information dissemination, education, and training
- Using contact investigations to prevent TB among persons at highest risk, including those with HIV infection
- Building outbreak detection and response capability
- Investigating improved treatment regimens
- Providing technical assistance, including programmatic support, research, and the identification, treatment, and management of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB, extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB, and TB among the most vulnerable populations (e.g., children, correctional populations, people experiencing homelessness)
DTBE Leadership and EIS Officers
![Philip LoBue, MD](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Philip-LoBue_tb.jpg)
Philip LoBue, MD Director
![Kathryn Koski, MSEd, MPH](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Kathryn-Koski_tb.jpg)
Kathryn Koski, MSEd, MPH Deputy Director
![Carla Winston, PhD, MA](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Carla-Winston_tb.jpg)
Carla Winston, PhD, MA Associate Director for Science
![Lori Armstrong, PhD](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Lori-Armstrong_tb.jpg)
Lori Armstrong, PhD (EIS 1993)
![Sandy Althomsons, MA, MHS](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Sandy-Althomsons_tb.jpg)
Sandy Althomsons, MA, MHS
![Maryam Haddad, MSN, MPH, FNP](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Maryam-Haddad_tb.jpg)
Maryam Haddad, MSN, MPH, FNP (EIS 2001)
![J. Steve Kammerer, MBA](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/J-Steve-Kammerer_tb.jpg)
J. Steve Kammerer, MBA
![Adam Langer DVM, MPH](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Adam-Langer_tb.jpg)
Adam Langer DVM, MPH (EIS 2006)
![Roque Miramontes, PA-C, MPH](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Roque-Miramontes_tb.jpg)
Roque Miramontes, PA-C, MPH (EIS 2006)
![Sapna Bamrah Morris, MD, MBA](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Sapna-Bamrah-Morris_tb.jpg)
Sapna Bamrah Morris, MD, MBA (EIS 2006)
![Thomas Navin, MD](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Thomas-Navin_tb.jpg)
Thomas Navin, MD (EIS 1982)
![Sue Reynolds, PhD, MS, MPH](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Sue-Reynolds_tb.jpg)
Sue Reynolds, PhD, MS, MPH
![Kristine Schmit, MD, MPH](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Kristine-Schmit_tb.jpg)
Kristine Schmit, MD, MPH (EIS 2015)
![Julie Self, PhD, MPH](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Julie-Self_tb.jpg)
Julie Self, PhD, MPH (EIS 2015)
![Rebekah (Becky) J. Stewart, MSN, MPH, APRN](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Rebeka-Stewart_tb.jpg)
Rebekah (Becky) J. Stewart, MSN, MPH, APRN (EIS 2015)
![Ben Silk, PhD](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Ben-Silk_tb.jpg)
Ben Silk, PhD (EIS 2008)
![Zimy Wansaula, MD, MPH](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Zimy-Wansaula_tb.jpg)
Zimy Wansaula, MD, MPH (EIS 2016)
![Jonathan Wortham, MD](/congress115th/20190110191914im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/eis/images/Jonathan-Wortham_tb.jpg)
Jonathan Wortham, MD (EIS 2011)
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- Page last updated: April 13, 2018
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