Jeff Sanders Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

I am a senior epidemiologist currently serving as Minnesota influenza surveillance coordinator. I have spent my career in MDH's Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance Unit gaining experience with measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, varicella, mpox, COVID-19, RSV, and influenza. As influenza coordinator, I manage several surveillance programs including.

Student workers support state employees by assisting in infectious disease surveillance and research. My primary duty involved varicella case investigations via telephone interview, but I also spent time supporting pertussis projects including vaccine data collection and recruiting participants for a research study on Tdap vaccine. During the Ebola.

Ofstead & Associates is a translational research firm located in St. Paul, Minnesota. During Summer 2014, I joined their team to complete the field experience portion of my degree curriculum. Within two months I completed a systematic literature review of their topic of interest using PubMed and government sources such as the FDA's Manufacturer and User.

University At Buffalo

I spent one summer and my last two semesters at University at Buffalo earning class credits working as an intern for the RIA-funded Young Adult Lifestyle Study (YALS). YALS examined many components of the lifestyles of 18-25 year old adults including diet, physical activity, and marijuana use. Over that year, I worked a total of 300 hours alongside MPH.

Erie 1 BOCES is an organization that offers an array of educational services to the Western New York school districts. Each summer, they operate an eight-week Special Education program for students with special mental, physical, and social needs with the goal of maintaining student skills for the next school year. I spent three summers with the program.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Epidemiology

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Summa Cum Laude