COVID-19 Update and Q&A
COVID-19 Update and Q&A with Nebraska’s Acting State Epidemiologist, Dr. Matt Donahue and Andrew Delicata, Program Manager for CDC’s ELC Schools Reopening Grant, presnted on January 6, 2022.
Dr. Donahue will update School Nurses on where we are in the state with COVID-19, variants, and vaccines. This will be an excellent opportunity for School Nurses to meet our new Acting State Epidemiologist and get a chance to ask him questions. In addition, Andrew Delicata will provide an update on DHHS Assistance for Schools. You won’t want to miss this!
About the presenters:
Matthew Donahue, MD. Internal medicine physician and Acting State Epidemiologist at Nebraska DHHS. I grew up and completed medical school in Iowa, traveled to Upstate New York for internal medicine, and returned to the Midwest (Nebraska) for fellowship in applied epidemiology through CDC called the Epidemic Intelligence Service. In addition to treating patients, I’ve found great joy and intrigue in applied epidemiology and global health. Domestically I’ve supported responses to gastrointestinal and respiratory disease outbreaks, developed a surveillance system for EVALI (e-cigarette or vaping-related lung injury), developed airport screening protocol for COVID-19 at LAX, completed the case investigation for the 3rd COVID-19 case in the US, supported Nebraska local health departments in their COVID-19 investigations, helped lead testing studies and expanding testing initiatives and investigations across Nebraska, and led the development of variant of concern, reinfection, and vaccine breakthrough surveillance systems. Internationally I’ve worked on HIV and opportunistic infections in South Africa, helped develop a global health program in rural Peru, and led epi teams during the polio response in Ghana. In addition to continuing work on the COVID-19 response in Nebraska, I’m enjoying time with my wife Brooke and one year old daughter Maeve.
Andrew Delicata, MBA. Andrew is the Program Manager for CDC’s ELC Schools Reopening Grant, which offers support for supplies, testing and anything else to keep schools operating safely.
