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TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL BRANCH

​​Tuberculosis Control Branch – Program Contact Information

​Ser​​vice​​
​Contact
​Phone
​Email
Airline Exposures
​Amanda Le
​(510) 620-3006
Amanda.Le@cdph.ca.gov;
TBRegistry@cdph.ca.gov​
​CalCONNECT - TB

​​TB CalCONNECT Inbox
​Not available
​​TBCalCONNECT@cdph.ca.gov​
Civil Detention
​Program Liaison*
​See footnote below
​See footnote below
Epidemiological Technical Assistance
​​Epidemiologist*
​See footnote below
​See footnote below
​Fiscal Resources and Planning: Assistance with TB Local Assistance Funding
​Juanita Velasquez
​(510) 620-3121
Juanita.Velasquez@cdph.ca.gov​
Genotyping
​Martin Cilnis
​(510) 620-3015

Martin.Cilnis​@cdph.ca.gov​

​Laboratory (State Microbial Diseases Laboratory)
​Varvara Kozyreva
​(510) 412-3715
Varvara.Kozyreva@cdph.ca.gov​
​Laws and Legal Issues
​Program Liaison*
​See footnote below
​See footnote below
Medical Consultation
​TBCB Mainline
​(510) 620-3000
​​TBCB@cdph.ca.gov
Multidrug Resistant (MDR) TB Service
​Rebecca Wang
Reiko Okada
​(510) 620-3035
(510) 620-3033
​​Rebecca.Wang@cdph.ca.gov
Reiko.Okada@cdph.ca.gov
​Outbreak Response Team: Assistance with Outbreaks and Complex Contact Investigations
​​Outbreak Liaison*

Tambi Shaw
Martin Cilnis
​See footnote below
(510) 381-6849
(510) 620-3015
​See footnote below

Tambi.Shaw@cdph.ca.gov
​Martin.Cilnis@cdph.ca.gov​
Program Consultation; Capacity Building
​Program Liaison*
​See footnote below
​See footnote below
Program Improvement/Evaluation and TB Indicator Reports 
​Program Liaison*
Melissa Ehman
​See footnote below
(510) 620-3039
​See footnote below
Melissa.Ehman@cdph.ca.gov
Surveillance
​Pennan Barry
​(510) 620-3041
Pennan.Barry@cdph.ca.gov
Aggregate Reports for TB Program Evaluation (ARPE)
​Amanda Le
​(510) 620-3006
​​Amanda.Le@cdph.ca.gov
​B Notification
​Emily Han
​Not available
Emily.Han@cdph.ca.gov​
​CalREDIE - TB
​Varsha Hampole
​(510) 620-3994
​​Varsha.Hampole@cdph.ca.gov;
TBRegistry@cdph.ca.gov
​Civil Surgeon/Status Adjustor LTBI Reporting
​Melissa Ehman
​(510) 620-3039
​​Melissa.Ehman@cdph.ca.gov
Interjurisdictional Notification (IJN)
​Shelby Graff
​(510) 890-2780
Shelby.Graff@cdph.ca.gov
​Report of Verified Case of TB (RVCT)
​Shelby Graff
​(510) 890-2780
Shelby.Graff@cdph.ca.gov;
TBRegistry@cdph.ca.gov​
Training and Human Resource Development; Health Education
​Vacant**
​See footnote below
​See footnote below
TB Epidemiologic Studies Consortium
​Katya Salcedo
​(510) 620-3042
​​Katya.Salcedo@cdph.ca.gov
​TB Free California Prevention Project

​​Shereen Katrak (Director, Public Health Medical Officer)
Katya Salcedo (Program Manager, Epidemiologist)
Dana Melgares (TB Prevention Consultant)
Ramanjot Kaur (Health Educator)
Nozomi Fukui (Epidemiologist)
Kristen Wendorf (Public Health Medical Officer)

​(510) 412-5838



(510) 620-3042



(510) 620-3005


(510) 620-5870


(510) 620-3051

(510) 620-3735
​Shereen.Katrak@cdph.ca.gov



Katya.Salcedo@cdph.ca.gov



Dana.Melgares@cdph.ca.gov


Ramanjot.Kaur@cdph.ca.gov


Nozomi.Fukui@cdph.ca.gov

Kristen.Wendorf@cdph.ca.gov​
​Other Contacts
California TB Controllers Association (CTCA)
Not available

​(510) 479-6139
​​ctca.org
​Curry International TB Center Warmline​
​Not available
​​(877) 390-6682
currytbcenter.ucsf.edu

*For services not listed above, contact the TB Branch Program Liaison or Epidemiologist assigned to your jurisdiction – see Program, Fiscal, Epidemiology and Outbreak Response Liaison Assignments on the Resources for Local Health Departments webpage​ under Program Liaison for Local Health Departments.

**This position is currently vacant. Please contact TB​​CB Program Manager Vanessa Fong at Vanessa.Fong@cdph.ca.gov​ if you have any questions.

For further information, please visit the Tuberculosis Control Branch website​.​​​​​​​

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