News and Announcements

MDH Information Officers

Andrea Ahneman
Office: 651-201-5195
Cell/After hours: 651-226-9832

Amy Barrett
Office: 651-201-4993
Cell: 612-250-2236

Emergency Preparedness and Response Division
Environmental Health
- Drinking Water Protection
- Environmental Surveillance and Assessment
- Food, Pools and Lodging
- Indoor Environments and Radiation
- Well Management
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control
- Foodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne and Zoonotic Diseases
- Health Care Associated Infections/Antimicrobial Resistance
- STD/HIV and TB
Public Health Laboratory
- Environmental Lab
- Infectious Disease Lab
- Newborn Screening

Scott Smith
Office: 651-201-5806
Cell: 651-503-1440

Child and Family Health
- Children and Youth with Special Health Needs
- Family Home Visiting
- Maternal and Child Health
- Supplemental Nutrition Programs (WIC and CSFP)
Community Health
- Health Statistics
- Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives
  - Community Initiatives
  - Physical Activity
  - SHIP
  - Tobacco Prevention and Control
- Public Health Practice
Health Equity Bureau
- Health Equity Strategy & Innovation
- Office of African American Health
- Office of American Indian Health
- Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease
- Cancer Control
- Center for Health Promotion
- Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology
- Injury and Violence Prevention

Garry Bowman
651-529-5164

Health Policy
- Adverse Events
- Health Care Homes
- Health Economics Program
- Health Information Technology
- Managed Care
- Office of Vital Records
- Rural Health and Primary Care
Health Regulation
- Assisted Living
- Case Mix Review
- Engineering Services
- Health Care Facility Licensing
- Health Facility Complaints
- Health Occupations
- Home Care
- Mortuary Science
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
- Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Response
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases