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Final List of Potential EIS Assignments Final List of Potential EIS Assignments EIS Class of 2016 April 2016 Last updated April 28, 2016 Table of Contents EIS Assignments PAGE Division of Scientific Education and Professional development / EIS Workforce Branch • Arizona: Arizona Department of Health Services and Maricopa County Department of 8 Public Health • California: California Health and Human Services/Division of Environmental and 10 Occupational Disease Control • California: California Health and Human Services/Division of Communicable Disease Control 12 • California: Los Angeles County Public Health Department 15 • California: Kaiser Permanente Southern California 17 • Colorado: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 18 • Colorado: National Park Service 20 • Connecticut: Connecticut Department of Public Health 22 • Georgia: Georgia Department of Public Health 23 • Illinois: Chicago Department of Public Health 25 • Maryland: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 27 • Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Health 29 • New Jersey: New Jersey Department of Health 31 • New York: New York Department of Health 33 • New York: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 35 • Oregon: Oregon Health Authority 37 • Utah: Utah Department of Health 40 • Virginia: Virginia Department of Health 42 • Washington: Communicable Disease Epidemiology 44 • Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Health Services 46 Center for Global Health 48 • Division of Global Health Protection/Emergency Response and Recovery Branch 48 - CGH-DGHP-ERRB-GA-2016-01 (2 Positions) • Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis/Epidemiology Surveillance Branch/Key Population 50 Surveillance Team - CGH-DGHT-ESB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis/Global Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Branch 51 - CGH-DGHT-GTPCB-GA-2016-01 (2 Positions) • Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis/HIV Care and Treatment Branch/Adult HIV 54 Treatment Team - CGH-DGHT-HCTB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis/HIV Prevention Branch/Combination Prevention 55 Program Evaluation - CGH-DGHT-HPB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis/International Laboratory Branch 57 - CGH-DGHT-ILB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis/Maternal and Child Health Branch 59 - CGH-DGHT-MCHB-GA-2016-01 Table of Contents EIS Assignments PAGE • Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria/Malaria Branch 60 - CGH-DPDM-MB-GA-2016-01 (2 Positions) • Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria/Parasitic Diseases Branch 62 - CGH-DPDM-PDB-GA-2016-01 • Global Immunizations Division/Accelerated Disease Control and VPD Surveillance Branch and 64 Immunization System Branch - CGH-GID-ACDSB-GA-2016-01 • Global Immunizations Division/Strategic Information and Work Development Branch and 67 Polio Eradication Branch - CGH-GID-SIWDB-GA-2016-01 • Office of the Director/ CHAMPS Team 69 - CGH-OD-CHAMPS-GA-2016-01 National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 71 • Division of Cancer Prevention and Control/Epidemiology and Applied Research 71 Branch/Epidemiology Team - NCCDPHP-DCPC-EARB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Cancer Prevention and Control/Office of the Director 72 - NCCDPHP-DCPC-OD-GA-2016-01 • Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention/Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch 74 - NCCDPHP-DHDSP-ESB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity/Nutrition Branch/International Micronutrient 76 Malnutrition Prevention and Control Team (IMMPaCt) - NCCDPHP-DNPAO-MCNB-GA-2016-01 • Division Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity/Nutrition Branch/Infant Feeding Team 78 - NCCDPHP-DNPAO-NB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity/Obesity Prevention and Control Branch/ 80 Epidemiology Surveillance Team - NCCDPHP-DNPAO-OPCB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity/Obesity Prevention and Control Branch 81 - NCCDPHP-DNPAO-OPCB-GA-2016-02 83 • Division of Population Health/Arthritis, Epilepsy, and Well-Being Branch - NCCDPHP-DPH-AEWB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Population Health/Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch 85 - NCCDPHP-DPH-ESB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Reproductive Health/Applied Sciences Branch/Adolescent Reproductive Health 86 - NCCDPHP-DRH-ASB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Reproductive Health/Field Support Branch/Global Reproductive Health Evidence 88 for Action Team - NCCDPHP-DRH-FSB-GA-2016-01 Table of Contents EIS Assignments PAGE • Division of Reproductive Health/Maternal and Infant Health Branch/Maternal Health Team 90 - NCCDPHP-DRH-MIHB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Reproductive Health/Women’s Health and Fertility Branch/USHIR team 91 - NCCDPHP-DRH-WHFB-GA-2016-01 93 • Division of Reproductive Health/Women’s Health and Fertility Branch/Fertility Epidemiology Studies Team - NCCDPHP-DRH-WHFB-GA-2016-02 • Office on Smoking and Health/EPI/Research Team 95 - NCCDPHP-OSH-EPB-GA-2016-01 • Office on Smoking and Health/Global Tobacco Control Branch 96 - NCCDPHP-OSH-GTCB-GA-2016-01 National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases 98 • Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases/Enteric Diseases 98 Epidemiology Branch - NCEZID-DFWED-EDEB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases/Mycotic Diseases 101 Branch/Epi - NCEZID-DFWED-MDB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases/Outbreak Response 103 and Prevention Branch - NCEZID-DFWED-ORPB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases/Waterborne Disease 105 Prevention Branch - NCEZID-DFWED-WDPB-GA-2016-03 • Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases/Waterborne Disease 108 Prevention Branch/Global Team - NCEZID-DFWED-WDPB-GA-2016-01 108 - NCEZID-DFWED-WDPB-GA-2016-02 110 • Division of Global Migration Quarantine/Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch 112 - NCEZID-DGMQ-QBHSB-GA-2016-01 • Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology/Poxvirus and Rabies Branch 114 - NCEZID-DHCPP-PRB-GA-2016-01 • Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology/Poxvirus and Rabies Branch/Poxvirus 116 - NCEZID-DHCPP-PRB-GA-2016-02 • Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion/Epidemiology Research and Innovations Branch 118 - NCEZID-DHQP-ISO-GA-2016-01 • Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion/Immunization Safety Office 120 - NCCDPHP-DRH-FSB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion / Prevention and Response Branch 121 - NCEZID-DHQP-PRB-GA-2016-01 (2 Positions) Table of Contents EIS Assignments PAGE • Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections/Arctic Investigations Program/Epidemilogy Team 124 - NCEZID-DPEI-AIP-AK-2016-01 • Division of Vector-borne Diseases/Arboviral Diseases Branch 125 - NCEZID-DVBD-ADB-CO-2016-01 • Division of Vector-borne Diseases/Dengue Branch/Epidemiology Team 127 - NCEZID-DVBD-DB-PR-2016-01 National Center for Environmental Health 129 • Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services/Office of the Director 129 - NCEH-ATSDR-DEEHS-OD-GA-2016-01 • Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects/Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch 131 - NCEH-ATSDR-DEHHE-APRHB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects/ Health Studies Branch 133 - NCEH-ATSDR-DEHHE-HSB-GA-2016-01 National Center for Health Statistics 135 • Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys/Analysis Branch 135 - NCHS-DHNES-AB-MD-2016-01 • Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys/Office of the Director 136 - NCHS-DHNES-OD-MD-2016-01 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 138 • Division of Adolescent and School Health/School-Based Surveillance Branch 138 - NCHHSTP-DASH-SBSB-GA-2016-01 • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch/Behavioral 139 Surveillance Team - NCHHSTP-DHAPSE-BCSB-GA-2016-01 • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/Epidemiology Branch/Epidemiology Research Team 141 - NCHHSTP-DHAPSE-EB-GA-2016-01 • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/ Epidemiology Branch/ Prevention with Negatives Team 143 - NCHHSTP-DHAPSE-EB-GA-2016-02 • Division of STD Prevention/Epidemiology and Statistics Branch/Epidemiology Team 2 146 - NCHHSTP-DSTDP-ESB-GA-2016-01 • Division of STD Prevention/Surveillance and Data Management Branch/Surveillance and Special 147 Studies Team - NCHHSTP-DSTDP-SDMB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Tuberculosis Elimination/Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Outbreak Investigations Branch 150 - NCHHSTP-DTE-SEOIB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Viral Hepatitis/Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch 152 - NCHHSTP-DVH-ESB-GA-2016-01 Table of Contents EIS Assignments PAGE • Division of Viral Hepatitis/Prevention Branch-OADGH 153 - NCHHSTP-DVH-PB-GA-2016-02 National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases 155 • Division of Bacterial Diseases/Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch/Epi Team 155 - NCIRD-DBD-MVPDB-GA-2016-01 (2 Positions) • Division of Bacterial Diseases/Respiratory Diseases Branch 157 - NCIRD-DBMD-RDB-GA-2016-01 (2 Positions) • Division of Viral Disease/Epidemiology Branch/Viral Gastroenteritis Team 159 - NCIRD-DVD-EB-GA-2016-01 • Division of Viral Diseases/Epidemiology Branch/HPV Team 161 - NCIRD-DVD-EB-GA-2016-02 • Division of Viral Diseases/Epi/Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Herpesviruses, Polio 163 - NCIRD-DVD-EB-GA-2016-03 • Division of Viral Diseases/Epidemiology Branch/RVP 164 - NCIRD-DVD-EB-GA-2016-04 • Influenza Division/Epidemiology and Prevention Branch 166 - NCIRD-ID-EPB-GA-2016-01 (2 Positions) • Immunization Services Division/Office of the Director 168 - NCIRD-ISD-OD-GA-2016-01 National
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