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If you are a reporter seeking information from the Minnesota Department of Health, the best place to start is with one of the department's information officers, listed below. They, like you, have certain "beats," and can get you the information you need or arrange an interview with a professional expert in the department.

Use the following alphabetized list of public health topics to connect with the information officer who can assist you. If you don't see a topic listed below, or you're still not sure whom to contact, please call the MDH Communications Office at 651-201-4989. Also see information officer assignments by division.

TopicInformation OfficerPhone number
AIDS/STD preventionAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Air cleanersAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Air, indoorAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Alcohol and other drugsScott Smith651-201-5806
AsbestosAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Assisted livingGarry Bowman651-529-5164
AsthmaScott Smith651-201-5806
AudiologistsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Background checks (nursing homes)Garry Bowman651-529-5164
BeachesAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Bicycle helmetsScott Smith651-201-5806
Birth and death certificates and related dataGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Breast/cervical cancerScott Smith651-201-5806
BreastfeedingScott Smith651-201-5806
BudgetAndrea Ahneman651-201-5195
Campgrounds (health issues relating to)Amy Barrett651-201-4993
CancerScott Smith651-201-5806
Carbon dioxide/monoxideAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Chemical exposureAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Child healthScott Smith651-201-5806
Children's campsAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Children with special health needsScott Smith651-201-5806
Commissioner's OfficeAndrea Ahneman651-201-5195
Community healthScott Smith651-201-5806
COVID-19Garry Bowman651-529-5164
Contaminants, environmentalAmy Barrett651-201-4993
CrematoriumsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
CryptosporidiumAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Death certificates and related dataGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Dental healthScott Smith651-201-5806
DiabetesScott Smith651-201-5806
Disease prevention and controlGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Disparities in health statusScott Smith651-201-5806
Drinking waterAmy Barrett651-201-4993
EbolaGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Education loan forgiveness programsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Emergency preparednessAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Environmental healthAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Epidemiology

Amy Barrett

Garry Bowman

651-201-4993

651-529-5164

Facility and provider complianceGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Family healthScott Smith651-201-5806
Family planningScott Smith651-201-5806
Fetal alcohol syndromeScott Smith651-201-5806
Fish, safety of eatingAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Fleas, liceAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Flu and flu shotsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Food, beverage and lodging establishmentsAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Food poisoningAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Food safetyAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Foreign travel immunizationsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
FormaldehydeAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Freedom to BreatheAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Funeral homes and morticiansGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Genetic/hereditary diseaseScott Smith651-201-5806
GroundwaterAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Hazardous wasteAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Health care facilities complaints, licensingGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Health economicsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Health insurance consumer informationGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Health occupationsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Health professional shortagesGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Health reformScott Smith651-201-5806
Health regulationGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Health statisticsScott Smith651-201-5806
Hearing instrument dispensersGarry Bowman651-529-5164
High blood pressureScott Smith651-201-5806
HMO complaintsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Home health care complaintsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Home health care licensingGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Hospital complaintsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Immunizations/vaccinationsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Infant and child careScott Smith651-201-5806
InfluenzaGarry Bowman651-529-5164
InjuryScott Smith651-201-5806
Laboratories, public healthAmy Barrett651-201-4993
LeadAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Legislative initiativesAndrea Ahneman651-201-5195
Lice, fleas, ticksAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Lyme diseaseAmy Barrett651-201-4993
MammogramsScott Smith651-201-5806
Managed careGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Maternal and child healthScott Smith651-201-5806
Measles, mumpsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Mental health practitioners, unlicensedGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Minority healthScott Smith651-201-5806
Mold/moistureAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Mortuary scienceGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Newborn screeningAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Nursing assistant registryGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Nursing facilitiesGarry Bowman651-529-5164
NutritionScott Smith651-201-5806
ObesityScott Smith651-201-5806
Occupational therapistsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
OpioidsScott Smith651-201-5806
Patient's Bill of RightsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Public health emergenciesAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Public health laboratoryAmy Barrett651-201-4993
RabiesAmy Barrett651-201-4993
RadiationAmy Barrett651-201-4993
RadonAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Refugee healthAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Rural healthGarry Bowman651-529-5164
School cafeteriasAmy Barrett651-201-4993
School healthScott Smith651-201-5806
Septic tanks/sewageAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Sexual violenceScott Smith651-201-5806
Sexually transmitted diseasesAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Speech language pathologistsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Smoking - preventionScott Smith651-201-5806
Smoking - indoor airAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Swimming poolsAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Tobacco useScott Smith651-201-5806
Travel immunizationsGarry Bowman651-529-5164
TuberculosisAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Uncompensated (charity) careGarry Bowman651-529-5164
Venereal diseasesAmy Barrett651-201-4993
ViolenceScott Smith651-201-5806
Vision and hearingScott Smith651-201-5806
Water safetyAmy Barrett651-201-4993
Wellhead protectionAmy Barrett651-201-4993
WIC (Women, Infants and Children) programScott Smith651-201-5806
X-ray machinesAmy Barrett651-201-4993

 

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