The Epidemiology Program provides:
- monitoring and investigation of reportable and emerging communicable diseases such as Hepatitis, STIs, Tuberculosis, vaccine preventable disease, zoonotics, and more.
- guidance and recommendations to stop the spread of communicable diseases.
For more information on communicable disease surveillance and prevention, please visit the VDH Office of Epidemiology website.
Julia Banks, District Epidemiologist
Phone: (276) 733-2475
Julia.Banks@vdh.virginia.gov
Linda Gambrel, Nurse Epidemiologist
Phone: (276) 782-0723
Linda.Gambrel@vdh.virginia.gov
Jake Worrell, Epidemiologist
Phone: (804) 807-1981
Jake.Worrell@vdh.virginia.gov