Krisandra Allen, Mph, Mb(Ascp) Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, WA, US

San Francisco, California, US

I am currently working as a consultant for a non-profit organization (Digital Epidemiology Services) affiliated with a research group at the University of Oxford (Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance). In this role, I work with public health agencies in the US as well as abroad to implement workflows and dashboards for genomic surveillance. I work both.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Lead a team of epidemiologists working developing methods and tools for interpreting and using wastewater data to address health questions across settings ranging from individual buildings to community-wide applications.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

I continued my work as an epidemiologist, but was promoted to a staff epidemiologist level.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

I worked closely with a cross-disciplinary team to help clients in both the public and private sector build and maintain effective wastewater-based epidemiology programs. I conducted analyses to look at better ways to present wastewater data, such as tiers, and year-over-year plots for sites with long-running surveillance data.

Tumwater, Washington, US

For more detailed information about my COVID-19 response activities since March 2020, see the linked document in the "Featured" section of my profile.Combining epidemiologic data with laboratory data is the key to moving from genomic sequencing to truly conducting genomic epidemiology. I am working to increase Washington State's capacity to integrate these.

Tumwater, Washington, US

As part of the foodborne disease epidemiology team at the Department of Health, I coordinated multi-jurisdictional outbreak investigations, served as a liaison to other states and federal partners, and provided technical assistance to local health jurisdictions regarding enteric disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. I provided guidance and.

Richmond, VA, US

*Conducted statewide surveillance for norovirus outbreaks in Virginia.*Coordinated with the Division of Consolidated Laboratory services to fulfill reporting requirements for the CDC's NoroSTAT program (https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/reporting/norostat/). *Implemented NORSDirect to assist with automated reporting of outbreaks to the CDC National Outbreak.

Richmond, VA, US

*Coordinated and organized VDH pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and whole genome sequencing cluster investigations, with an emphasis on case follow-up, data collection, and data evaluation *Assisted district epidemiologists with outbreak investigations and analytic studies, including data collection, data entry, and statistical analysis *During waterborne.

Richmond, VA, US

Molecular Detection and Characterization Group *Tracked and summarized outbreak testing requests and results. *Coordinated communication of outbreak testing results to the Department of Health (VDH). *Performed real-time RT-PCR testing for norovirus and rotavirus. *Coordinated Virginia participation in the CDC's CaliciNet norovirus surveillance program..

Richmond, VA, US

*Coordinated the Virginia Listeria Initiative*Oversaw Vibrio surveillance and case reporting*Conducted foodborne disease surveillance and PFGE cluster tracking*Participated in the Virginia Rapid Response Team

Richmond, VA, US

*Managed all reportable surveillance and and investigation for a 7 county Health District*Conducted outbreak investigations including: *Group A Streptococcus *Pertussis *Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease *Norovirus

Taught Physics, Chemistry, Physical Science and Biology

Moscow, ID, US

*Designed and carried out experiments focusing on purification and biochemical characterization of a specific protein, MglA, found in Myxococcus xanthus. *Used techniques such as PCR, plasmid construction, protein purification, western blotting, fluorescence assays, and microscopy. *Provided guidance for several undergraduate students by assisting with.

Mph, Epidemiology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Microbiology, Statistics Minor