At a glance
ATSDR’S Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) Cooperative Agreement Directory provides important links and contact information by region.
Region 1
Connecticut
Technical Project Officer: John Truhe
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Site Assessments and Chemical Risk Unit
- Meg Harvey (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (860) 509-7748
Massachusetts
Technical Project Officer: John Truhe
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment
- Dalene LaPointe (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (617) 624-5757
New Hampshire
Technical Project Officer: John Truhe
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
- Robert Thistle (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (603) 271-1417
Rhode Island
Technical Project Officer: John Truhe
Rhode Island Department of Health
- Michael Byrns (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (401) 222-7766
Region 2
New Jersey
Technical Project Officer: Janet Cowins
New Jersey Department of Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Surveillance Program
- Somia Aluwalia (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (609) 913-5109
New York
Technical Project Officer: Janet Cowins
New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Exposure Investigation
- Christine Vooris (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (518) 402-7860
Region 3
Pennsylvania
Technical Project Officer: Laura Frazier
Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Julie V. Miller, PhD, DABT (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (717) 787-3350
Virginia
Technical Project Officer: John Truhe
Virginia Department of Health, Public Health Toxicology Program
- Dwight Flammia (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (804) 864-8127
Region 4
Florida
Technical Project Officer: Laura Frazier
Florida Department of Health, Hazardous Waste Site – Health Risk Assessment Program
- Anita Poulsen (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (850) 901-6898
Please note: All email correspondence for Florida's cooperative agreement staff can be sent to PHToxicology@flhealth.gov. If you wish to contact a particular person, please mention their name in the subject line.
Georgia *
Technical Project Officer: Laura Frazier
Georgia Department of Public Health – Chemical Hazards Program
- Franklin Sanchez (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (404) 657-6534
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
North Carolina
Technical Project Officer: Laura Frazier
- Joshua Lowman (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (919) 707-5906
Tennessee *
Technical Project Officer: Laura Frazier
Tennessee Department of Health Environmental Epidemiology Program
- David Borowski (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (615)-741-7247
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
Region 5
Illinois
Technical Project Officer: Chris Fletcher
Illinois Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Protection, Toxicology
- Aaron Martin (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (217) 785-5886
Michigan
Technical Project Officer: Chris Fletcher
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Epidemiology
Generic Office Phone: (517) 335-8350
"800" Toxic and HealthHot Line: 1-800-648-6942(1-800-MI-TOXIC)
- Andrea Keatley (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (517) 284-1273
Minnesota
Technical Project Officer: Chris Fletcher
Minnesota Department of Health, Hazardous Sites and Substances
- David Jones (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (651) 201-4565
Ohio
Technical Project Officer: Chris Fletcher
Ohio Department of Health, Health Assessment Section
- Stephen Helmer (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (614) 728-3611
Wisconsin *
Technical Project Officer: Chris Fletcher
Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
- Curtis Hedman (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (608) 266-6677
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
Region 6
Arkansas
Technical Project Officer: Robert Knowles
- Ashley Whitlow (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (501) 280-4041
Louisiana
Technical Project Officer: Robert Knowles
Louisiana Department of Health
- Rosalind Green (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (504) 568-8814
New Mexico *
Technical Project Officer: Robert Knowles
New Mexico Department of Health
- Srikanth Paladugu (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (505) 795-2505
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
Texas
Technical Project Officer: Robert Knowles
Texas Department of State Health Services, Environmental & Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Branch
- Heidi Bojes (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (512) 776-6351
Region 7
Missouri *
Technical Project Officer: Chris Fletcher
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology
- Jeff Wenzel (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (573) 751-6102
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
Region 8
Colorado *
Technical Project Officer: Janet Cowins
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Toxicology and Environmental Epidemiology
- Kristy Richardson (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (303) 692-2606
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
Montana
Technical Project Officer: Janet Cowins
Montana Department of Health and Human Services
- Dawn Nelson (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (406) 417-9848
Utah
Technical Project Officer: Janet Cowins
Utah Department of Health, Environmental Epidemiology Program
- Alejandra Maldonado (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (801) 538-6340
Region 9
Arizona
Technical Project Officer: Robert Knowles
Arizona Department of Health Services, Environmental Health
- Hsini Lin (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (602) 803-3740
Region 10
Alaska *
Technical Project Officer: Janet Cowins
- Allison Natcher, MPH (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (907) 269-8054
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
Idaho
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Environmental Health Education and Assessment
- Brigitta Gruenberg (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (208) 616-5271
Oregon *
Technical Project Officer: John Truhe
Oregon Health Authority, Environmental Health Assessment Program
- Kim Tham (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (971) 757-8056
*Recipient is also funded for Component 2 (capacity development and prevention activities)
Washington
Technical Project Officer: Robert Knowles
Washington State Department of Health, Site Assessments Program
- Maureen Sanchez (Principal Investigator)
- Phone: (564) 669-1331