Marci Sontag - POC,Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter
NewSTEPs
Credentials: PhD, MS
Other Affiliations: NewSTEPS - Newborn Screening Technical assistance and Evaluation Program
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Marci Sontag, PhD is the Director of Epidemiology for NewSTEPs, the Newborn Screening Technical Assistance and Evaluation Program. She is guiding the efforts to develop the newborn screening data repository. She is an epidemiologist at the Colorado School of Public Health and has worked in cystic fibrosis newborn screening since 1995. She is also working within the Mountain States Region to support Critical Congenital Heart Disease Newborn Screening. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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Receives Grants for Employment from Association of Public Health Laboratories.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Jelili Ojodu - Co-Presenter
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Credentials: MPH
Other Affiliations: NewSTEPs - Newborn Screening Technical assistance and Evaluation Program
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Jelili Ojodu, M.P.H., is the director for Newborn Screening and Genetics Program at the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). He is also the project director for the Newborn Screening Technical assistance and Evaluation Programs (NewSTEPs). Mr. Ojodu is responsible for providing guidance and direction for the Newborn Screening and Genetics in Public Health Program.
Prior to joining APHL, he spent four years at Georgetown University Medical Center on a National Institutes of Health initiative to reduce infant mortality in the District of Columbia as a research associate. He received his Masters in Public Health from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Yvonne Kellar-Guenther - Co-Presenter
NewSTEPs
Credentials: PhD
Other Affiliations: Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver
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Yvonne Kellar-Guenther is an Associate Professor in the Colorado School of Public Health in the department of Community and Behavioral Health. She received her doctorate in Interpersonal Communication from Arizona State University where she studied the role of personal relationships and health choices. Yvonne is the program evaluator for NewSTEPs. She has been conducting program evaluation for about 15 years. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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