Dr. Scallan Walter is a professor of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health where her research focuses on the overall human health impact of foodborne diseases and improving foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak response. She is the Co-Director of the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, one of five CDC-designated Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence established in 2012 to support state and local health departments to build their capacity track and investigate enteric diseases, and co-Principal Investigator for the Colorado Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), an active laboratory and population-based surveillance system to monitor the incidence of foodborne diseases and to conduct epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases of public health importance in the United States. She teaches several practice-based courses including Disease Outbreak Investigations (EPID 6640) and the Theory/Practice Foodborne Disease Outbreak Detection (EPID 6648). She also works with partners to strengthen the public health workforce as Co-Director of the Region VIII Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center and the Region VIII Rocky Mountains and High Plains Center for Emergency Public Health (based out of the University of Utah).
Dr. Scallan Walter is a professor of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health where her research focuses on the overall human health impact of foodborne diseases and improving foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak response. She is the Co-Director of the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, one of five CDC-designated Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence established in 2012 to support state and local health departments to build their capacity track and investigate enteric diseases, and co-Principal Investigator for the Colorado Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), an active laboratory and population-based surveillance system to monitor the incidence of foodborne diseases and to conduct epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases of public health importance in the United States. She teaches several practice-based courses including Disease Outbreak Investigations (EPID 6640) and the Theory/Practice Foodborne Disease Outbreak Detection (EPID 6648). She also works with partners to strengthen the public health workforce as Co-Director of the Region VIII Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center and the Region VIII Rocky Mountains and High Plains Center for Emergency Public Health (based out of the University of Utah).
Dr. Scallan Walter is a professor of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health where her research focuses on the overall human health impact of foodborne diseases and improving foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak response. She is the Co-Director of the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, one of five CDC-designated Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence established in 2012 to support state and local health departments to build their capacity track and investigate enteric diseases, and co-Principal Investigator for the Colorado Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), an active laboratory and population-based surveillance system to monitor the incidence of foodborne diseases and to conduct epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases of public health importance in the United States. She teaches several practice-based courses including Disease Outbreak Investigations (EPID 6640) and the Theory/Practice Foodborne Disease Outbreak Detection (EPID 6648). She also works with partners to strengthen the public health workforce as Co-Director of the Region VIII Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center and the Region VIII Rocky Mountains and High Plains Center for Emergency Public Health (based out of the University of Utah).