Citizen Science Program and Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing Present
An Epidemiologist … What Is That?
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Olin Hall
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Andrew Sherman Evans Jr., MPH—
Coordinator of Communicable Disease
Control and Preparedness Division of the
Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health
This presentation chronicles the day in the life of a ‘shoe leather’ epidemiologist for a local health department. The talk describes the type of epidemiologists, local disease trends and some discussion of the types of investigations that are conducted. Coordinator of Communicable Disease
Control and Preparedness Division of the
Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health
Mr. Evans is the current Coordinator of Communicable Disease for the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health. He has been with the department for 28 years. He is the lead epidemiologist and has oversight over all the New York state reportable communicable diseases, outbreaks, emerging pathogens and bioterrorism agents. He received his Masters in Public Health from the State University at Albany in 2007. Mr. Evans is a life time resident of Dutchess County.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Olin Hall