Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division Last Revised: 4/21/2021

Administration, Director’s Office COVID-19 Response: Long-Term Khatidja Dawood Amanda Ubongen Chronic Disease & Disability Director Communications Coordinator Karli Thorstenson Jay Desai Operations Unit Chuck Stroebel Jim Bluhm, Assistant Manager Assistant Director Rachel Mahon Bosman, Supervisor MNIT Health Administrative Unit Brenda Gabriel Claudia Fercello, Supervisor Jan Nelson

Center for Health Promotion Injury and Violence Prevention Section Cancer Control and Prevention/ Chronic Disease & Environmental

Sage Programs Section Epidemiology Section Khatidja Dawood, Section Manager Mark Kinde, Section Manager Jim Bluhm, Assistant Manager Jim Bluhm, Assistant Manager Melanie Peterson-Hickey, Section Manager Jay Desai, Section Manager

Oral Health Safe Harbor & Sexual Violence Prevention Finance and Support Prasida Khanal, Supervisor Environmental Epidemiology Beatriz Menanteau, Supervisor Sarah Diaz, Supervisor Jessie Shmool, Supervisor Cardiovascular Health Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Analysis

Stanton Shanedling, Supervisor Jon Roesler, Supervisor Recruitment and Program Evaluation Minnesota Cancer Reporting System (MCRS) Drug Overdose Prevention Christina Nelson, Supervisor Field Service— Mona Highsmith, Supervisor Stroke Dana Farley, Supervisor Data Analysis — Judy Punyko, Supervisor Al Tsai, Supervisor Drug Overdose Epidemiology Comprehensive Cancer Control Data Management — Ashley Knealing, Supervisor Nate Wright, Supervisor Donna McDuffie, Supervisor

Heart Disease Suicide Prevention

Jim Peacock, Supervisor Tanya Carter, Supervisor Navigation Call Center Sickle Cell Data Collection Drug Abstraction Manjusha Pillai, Supervisor Jay Desai Diabetes and Health Behavior Vacant, Supervisor Teresa Ambroz, Supervisor Economics and Evaluation Catherine Diamond, Supervisor Asthma Anne Kukowski, Supervisor

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division Organizational Chart This is the organizational chart for the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division leadership of the Minnesota Department of Health.

Director’s Office Khatidja Dawood is the Division Director and Chuck Stroebel is the Assistant Division Director with four Section Managers reporting directly to them. The Administrative Support Unit Supervisor Claudia Fercello, the Communications Coordinator Karli Thorstenson, and the Operations and Projects Coordinator Amanda Ubongen, all report directly to the Assistant Division Director. Rachel Mahon‐Bosman does not have a direct reporting relationship with the Director’s Office, but she supervises the Operations Unit which supports the Division as a whole. In addition, the MNIT@MDH staff do not report directly to the Director’s Office, but they support the Division as a whole.

Long‐term Disease Surveillance Annex Jay Desai is the Manager for chronic disease and injury surveillance related to COVID‐19. This annex is building capacity to better understand long‐term impacts of COVID‐19 at‐risk populations.

Center for Health Promotion Section Vacant, Section Manager, supervises the Center for Health Promotion Section. The Assistant Manager Jim Bluhm reports directly to her. Additionally, six unit supervisors report directly to vacant: 1. Prasida Khanal, Supervisor of the Oral Health Unit 2. Stanton Shanedling, Supervisor of the Cardiovascular Health Unit 3. Al Tsai, Supervisor of the Stroke Unit 4. Jim Peacock, Supervisor of the Heart Disease Unit 5. Teresa Ambroz, Supervisor of the Diabetes and Health Behavior Unit 6. Anne Kukowski, Supervisor of the Asthma Unit

Injury and Violence Prevention Section Mark Kinde, Section Manager, supervises the Injury and Violence Prevention Section. Jim Bluhm, Assistant Manager, reports directly to him. In addition, seven unit supervisors report directly to Mark Kinde: 1. Beatriz Menanteau, Supervisor of the Safe Harbor & Sexual Violence Prevention Unit

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2. Jon Roesler, Supervisor of the Surveillance Epidemiology and Analysis Unit 3. Dana Farley, Supervisor of the Drug Overdose Prevention Unit 4. Nate Wright, Supervisor of the Drug Overdose Epidemiology Unit 5. Tanya Carter, Supervisor of the Suicide Prevention Unit 6. Catherine Diamond, Supervisor of the Economics and Evaluation Unit

Cancer Control and Prevention/Sage Programs Section Melanie Peterson‐Hickey, Section Manager, supervises the Cancer Control and Prevention/Sage Programs Section. Four supervisors report directly to her: 1. Sarah Diaz, Supervisor of the Finance and Support Unit 2. Christina Nelson, Supervisor of the Recruitment and Program Evaluation Unit 3. Donna McDuffie, Supervisor of the Comprehensive Cancer Control Unit 4. Manjusha Pillai, Supervisor of the Navigation Call Center Unit

Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology Section Jay Desai, Section Manager, supervises the Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology Section. Four supervisors report directly to him: 1. Jessie Shmool, Supervisor of the Environmental Epidemiology Unit which includes the Minnesota Biomonitoring Program and Environmental Public Health Tracking. The Minnesota Cancer Reporting System staff are divided in three units: 2. Mona Highsmith, Supervisor of the Field Service Unit 3. Judy Punyko, Supervisor of the Data Analysis Unit 4. Ashley Knealing, Supervisor of the Data Management Unit This section also supports Sickle Cell Data Collection.

Minnesota Department of Health Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division Street address PO Box 64975 St. Paul, MN 55164‐0975 651‐201‐3600

www.health.state.mn.us 04/21/2021 To obtain this information in a different format, call: 651‐201‐3600.

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