Minnesota Department of Health
Public Health Laboratory Division
June 2017
Joanne Bartkus
Division Director
CLIA Laboratory Director
Maran Bush
Clinical Quality
Assurance Officer
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Infectious Disease Laboratory Section
Sara Vetter
Public Health Laboratory Manager
Infectious Disease Laboratory Page
Dan Hammersley
Lab Safety Officer
Shane Olund
Myra Kunas
Assistant Division Director
Carol Sitko
MA1
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Kim Sandrock
MA3
Environmental Quality
Assurance Officer
I-
Environmental Laboratory Section
Paul Moyer
Public Health Laboratory Manager
Environmental Laboratory Page
Vacant
MA1
Newborn Screening Section
Mark McCann
Public Health Laboratory Manager
Newborn Screening Page
June 2017
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
LABORATORY SECTION
Sara Vetter
Infectious Disease Laboratory Manager
Bonita Bryant
State Prog. Admin Sr.
Emergency Preparedness
& Response Unit
Maureen Sullivan
Bacti Supervisor 2
Microbiology Unit
Paula (Snippes) Vagnone
Bacti Supervisor 2
Enterics Unit
David Boxrud
Bacti Supervisor 2
Elizabeth Cebelinski
Courtney Demontigny
Research Scientist 2
Stephanie Eng
Bacti Lab Specialist
Eric Lundquist
Bacti Lab Specialist
Vacant
Research Scientist 3
Nicolle Leska
Bacti Lab Specialist
Jackilyn Mahon
Bacti Lab Specialist
Rosemary Collins
Bacti Lab Specialist
Marissa Bloemke
Bacti Lab Specialist
Amanda Foss
Bacteriologist 2
Vacant
State Program
Admin Principal
Vacant
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Anita Glennen
Bacti Lab Specialist
Jill Fischer
Bacti Lab Specialist
Kristy Connors
Bacti Lab Specialist
Kerry MacInnes
Bacteriologist 2
Scott Fisher
Bacti Lab Specialist
G. Kupferschmidt
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Annastasia Gross
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Victoria Lappi
Bacti Lab Specialist
Melanie Orth
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Jisun Haan
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Laurie Hovde
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Jacob Garfin
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Melissa Hargreaves
Res. Scientist 2
Nicole Podemski
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Selina Jahawir
Bacteriologist 2
Melanie Sisler
Bacti Lab Specialist
Vacant
Bacteriologist 1
Vacant
Student Worker
Liz Horn
Bacteriologist 2
Gerry Salo
Bacteriologist 1
Paul Webb
Bacteriologist 2
Aaron Beczkiewcz
Student Worker
Jennifer Adams
Bacteriologist 2
Angela Jacobsen
Research Scientist 2Health Informatics
Sequencing/Bioinformatics Unit
Vacant
Bacti Supervisor 2
Virology Unit
Anna Strain
Bacti Supervisor 2
ID Operations Unit
Sharon Pendergrass
Supervisor
Larry Carroll
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Brian Nefzger
Bacti Lab Specialist
Diana Wegener
MA 1
Gongping Liu
Research
Scientist 3
Jaime Christensen
Bacti Lab Specialist
Ruth Rutledge
MA 1
Jason Wotton
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Jennifer Palm
Bacti Lab Specialist
Health Prog. Rep
Kelly Pung
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Angie Taylor
Bacti Lab
Specialist
Sean Wang
Fellow
Megan Nichols
Fellow
Vacant
Bacteriologist 2
Barb Miller
Sarah Bistodeau
Bacteriologist 2
Vacant
Bacteriologist 1
Kathryn Harry
Bacteriologist 2
Vacant
Lab Attendant 2
Netsanet Bekele
Bacterologist 2
Lisa Levoir
Student Worker
Sam Melchior
Student Worker
Katharine Young
Student Worker
Jacquelyn Rogers
Student Worker
Vacant
Lab Attendant 1
Annette LeDuc
Med Lab Tech 1
-tBrooke Winberg
Bacteriologist 1
-I
Judy Berdahl
OAS
Stacy Kohout
OAS
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June 2017
Laura Toohey
ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY SECTION
Paul Moyer
Environmental Laboratory Manager
Quality Assurance Asst.Data Review
Colleen Detloff
Quality Assurance Asst.Data Review
Env. Sample Receiving Unit
Ron Brown
Supervisor
Vacant
EA 1
Christopher Brezina
EA 1
William Moss
EA 1
Michael Juaire
Customer Serv.
Spec. Sr.
Brice Degrand
EA 1
Gary Truax
Chemist Aide
Vacant
Student Worker
Para Prof.
Tina Martinez
Student Worker
Para Prof.
Env. Lab Operations Unit
Cori Dahle
Supervisor
Colin Schuft
EA 2
Vacant
EA 2
Angela Annen
EA 2
Elizabeth Smyser
EA 2
Carin Navratil
EA 2
Biomonitoring & Emerging
Contaminants Unit
Stefan Saravia
Supervisor
Organic Chemistry Unit
Katie Rinker
Supervisor
Inorganic Chemistry Unit
Jeffrey Brenner
Supervisor
Vacant
EA 3
Barbara Ojala
EA 3
Mike Krause
EA 3
Vacant
EA 3
Martin Bevan
Res. Scient. 3
Robert Class
EA 2
Jesse Fillmore
Res. Scientist 2
Vacant
EA 3
Vacant
EA 3
Carin Huset
Res. Scient. 3
Elisabeth Dankert
EA 3
Amanda Ellefson
EA 2
Cody Tennant
Erin Sloan
EA 2
EA 2
Jason Peterson
Res. Scient. 2
Daniel VanHorn
EA 1
Nicole Trifilette
EA 3
Josiah Hakala
Kathryn Bradley
EA 2
Stephanie Peterson
EA 3
Katerina Cronin
EA 3
Muna Omer
EA 1
Irina Barry
EA 1
Vacant
Student Worker
EA 1
Andrew Mittendorff
EA 2
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Vacant
EA 2
(also works in B & EC
Unit)
Hien Vo
Chemist Aide
Eric Brown
Chemist Aide
Student Worker
Worker
Will Backe
Res. Scientist 2
Betsy Edhlund
Res. Scientist 2
Kitrina Barry
Res. Scientist 1
Matthew Wogen
Res. Scientist 2
Vacant
Res. Scientist 1
Lisa Strong
Res. Scientist 2
Mark Lunda
Res. Scientist 1
June 2017
NEWBORN SCREENING SECTION
Mark McCann
Newborn Screening Manager
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I
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I
Newborn Screening Lab 2 MSMS
Supervisor
Amy Hietala
Newborn Screening Lab 1
Molecular/Core Supervisor
Carrie Wolf
I
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Dan Johnson
Bacti Lab Spec.
Berta Warman
Research Scientist 3
I
I
Vacancy
Research Scientist 2
Garen Frogner
EA 2
I
I
Holly Winslow
Research Scientist 2
Trenna Lapacinski
EA 2
I
I
Alisha Wruck
Research Scientist 2
Emily Morrison
EA 2
Vacant
Health Program Rep. Sr.
Vacant
Health Prog. Rep. Int.
I
I
I
NBS Communications/Education
Supervisor
Patricia Constant
NBS Operations
Supervisor
Jill Simonetti
I
I
Beth-Ann Bloom
Geneticist
I
Margaret Dreon
Geneticist
Kaitlin Waibel Houlihan
Planner Principal State
Amy Dahle
Health Prog. Rep. Sr.
I
Kirsten Coverstone
Audiologist
Nicole Fraser
Health Prog. Rep.
Mai Vang
Health Prog. Rep.
Zaynab Rezania
Epidemiologist Int.
Nancy Silva
Health Prog. Rep. Int.
I
Melanie Wege
Audiologist
I
Sondra Rosendahl
Geneticist
I
I
Vacancy
Research Scientist 2
Suzanne Skoog
EA 2
I
I
Vacant
Geneticist
Vacant
Research Scientist 3
Gretchen Radloff
EA 2
I
I
I
Newborn Screening Follow-Up
Supervisor
Amy Gaviglio
Matthew Zerby
Health Program Rep. Sr.
Amy Dull
Contractor
Nga Ngo
Contractor
Colin Lord
Contractor
I
Kristen Bye
EA 2
Heather Brand
MA2
I
Vacant
MA3
I
Wendy Mielke
OAS
I
Sherita Thomas
OAS
I
Karen Krummel
Health Program Rep.
I
Vacant
Health Educator II
I
Jessica Cavazos
Health Educator II
I
Mom “Nini” Tatah Mentan
Health Program Rep
I
Christina Eliasson
Health Program Rep.
I
Vacant
Med Lab Tech 1