Epidemic Intelligence Service - EIS Officer Program

Run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is a unique two-year, post-graduate program of service and on-the-job training for health professionals interested in the practice of epidemiology.

Every year, CDC's EIS Program selects 70 to 80 individuals from among the nation's top health professionals to enter the program and pursue on-the-job training in applied epidemiologic skills.

EIS Opportunities at Tri-County Health
Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) is Colorado’s largest local health department, serving over 1.2 million residents in Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties in metropolitan Denver.

The agency currently employs three former EIS officers.

This particular EIS position is unique in that it offers exposure to a wide variety of public health topics, depending on the EIS Officer’s interests. These areas include outbreak investigations; emergency preparedness; environmental/occupational health-related assessments; immunizations; maternal/child health; and chronic disease prevention.

Print Tri-County's EIS Program Brochure
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Tri-County has had two recent EIS officers, who have each had diverse career experiences during their appointment:

Tista Ghosh, MD, MPH
While an EIS Officer from 2004 to 2006, Dr. Ghosh conducted numerous outbreak investigations; designed an active influenza surveillance system; analyzed immunization assessments; and helped to design and evaluate a cardiovascular disease screening program.

She also led the agency’s intake, surveillance and assessment activities related to Hurricane Katrina evacuees (Dr. Ghosh pictured above, right). Her work as an EIS officer has led to articles in numerous publications and an MMWR article.

After her EIS appointment, Dr. Ghosh decided to stay with Tri-County Health Department, and now acts as a secondary supervisor to the current EIS Officer.

You may contact her at 303-846-6282 or tghosh@tchd.org.

Tegan Boehmer, PhD, MPH
During her current appointment from 2006 to 2008, Dr. Boehmer has worked on a variety of projects including several outbreak investigations; a comparative analysis of hospital discharge data with Colorado’s notifiable disease surveillance system; occupational health-related investigations; GIS mapping of positive animals in a plague surveillance system; and analyses of BRFSS data.

She has had the opportunity to author and potentially publish at least four scientific manuscripts, along with an MMWR article.

You may contact her at 303-846-2005 or tboehmer@tchd.org.

International Experiences
TCHD encourages EIS officers to seek out short-term international assignments during their appointment, if they are interested.

Dr. Ghosh spent six weeks working on polio eradication in India.

Dr. Boehmer spent a month working on an Ebola outbreak in Uganda.

EIS Officer Supervision
Richard L. Vogt, MD, is the primary supervisor for this position. He is a former EIS officer with 30 years of experience in public health and has mentored and trained nine EIS officers and three preventive medicine residents.

He has worked as the state epidemiologist for Vermont and Hawaii; as a World Health Organization consultant for polio in Egypt; and is now the Executive Director for TCHD.

You may contact him at 303-846-6203 or rvogt@tchd.org.

Related Tri-County Pages:
• Annual Reports
• Community Health Data
• Disease Prevention and Control
• Emergency Preparedness
• Immunizations
• Occupational Health
• Peak Wellness Health Screenings
• Prenatal and Newborn Services
• Print Our EIS Program Brochure
• Travel Immunizations

Additional Links:
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• CDC - EIS Homepage
• Colorado Tourism Board
• Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau
• State of Colorado Government Website


Tri-County Health Department does not discriminate against job applicants, employees or clients on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by state law.