Contact GLBHI

The Great Lakes Border Health Initiative (GLBHI) was originally undertaken as the Michigan-Ontario Border Health Initiative in early 2004. The program expanded in the fall of 2004 to include Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin in the mission of formalizing relationships between U.S. and Canadian public health and emergency preparedness agencies responsible for infectious disease tracking, control and response. In 2008, the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana also joined GLBHI.

The Great Lakes Border Health Initiative has identified key stakeholders, and together, these partners are committed to converting challenges into opportunities in this groundbreaking effort to strengthen international public health collaboration.

If EMERGENCY infectious disease cross-border notification needs to occur, please refer to the GLBHI Infectious Disease Emergency Communication Guideline.


Current state and provincial leads for the Initiative are:

Indiana
Tom Duszynski, MPH, REHS
Director of Surveillance and Investigation
Epidemiology Resource Center
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street, 5-K
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 233-7009
Cell: (317) 439-9641
Email: tduszyns@isdh.in.gov

Michigan
Diane M. Krueger, PhD
EWIDS/GLBHI Project Coordinator
Michigan Department of Community Health
201 Townsend Street, 5th Floor
Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: (517) 335-6533
Cell: (517) 410-3029
Fax: (517) 335-8263
Email: KruegerD@michigan.gov

Minnesota
Amy D. Westbrook, MPH
District Epidemiologist
Minnesota Department of Health
Government Services Center, Room 703
320 West Second Street
Duluth, MN 55802
Phone: (218) 723-4907
Fax: (218) 723-4920
Email: amy.westbrook@state.mn.us

New York
Dennis J. White, MS, PhD
Associate Director
Office of Health Emergency Preparedness
New York State Department of Health
Riverview Center
150 Broadway, Suite 355 West
Menands, NY 12204
Phone: (518) 408-5163
Fax: (518) 402-8659
Email: djw05@health.state.ny.us

Ohio
Kimberly D. Machesky, MPH
Epidemiology Investigator
Ohio Department of Health
Outbreak Response & BT Investigation Team
35 East Chestnut Street, 6th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-0385
Fax: (614) 564-2456
Email: Kimberly.Machesky@odh.ohio.gov

Ontario
Justine Hartley
Senior Consultant
Emergency Management Branch
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
1075 Bay Street, 8th Floor, Suite 810
Toronto, ON M5S 2B1
CANADA
Phone: (416) 212-3139
Fax: (416) 212-4466
Email: Justine.Hartley@ontario.ca

Pennsylvania
Ram Nambiar, MD, MPH
Acting Director
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Health and Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
Phone: (717) 787-3350
Fax: (717) 772-6975
Email: anambiar@state.pa.us

Wisconsin
Carolyn Strubel
Cities Readiness Initiative Coordinator
Public Health Preparedness Program
Wisconsin Division of Public Health
1 West Wilson Street, Room 372
PO Box 2659
Madison, WI 53701-2659
Phone: (608) 267-0247
Fax: (608) 266-7089
Email: carolyn.strubel@wi.gov