Erie County Public Health Fellow Program

Mary Beth is focusing on emergency medical service availability in Erie County. She does outreach, training and education work with the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program.  She also assists with many culturally diverse outreach events for PHEP. Mary Beth recently began working on the financial side of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Erie County. She coordinates and teaches Hands-Only CPR, Stop the Bleed and Just in Time trainings. 

Melissa works on developing educational resources and presentations focused on cannabis. She promotes awareness and informed decision making enabling consumers to prioritize their health and well-being. 

While working in the Office of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance, Samantha investigates and monitors reports of communicable diseases and follows up with cases to ensure there is no risk to the community. She assists with data analysis, examines trends and investigates outbreaks. Samantha also works on weekly and monthly surveillance reports that are uploaded to the ECDOH website.

Ashraf is part of the Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program. He works to raise awareness about TB prevention within the community and provides education on TB prevention, management, and Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. He also helps organize mobile TB testing clinics in high-risk communities, conducts outreach, collects and enters data on latent TB cases for the CDC and NY State, and organizes Bangladeshi American Social & Cultural Organization’s (BASCO) citizenship course.