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About the Immunization Program

Immunization Program Mission

The mission of the Immunization Program is to ensure the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases in Colorado by increasing and maintaining vaccine coverage and assuring access to immunization services.

 

Main Number: 303-692-2650

Fax: 303-691-6118

Email

 

Address: Immunization Program
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246

 

Overview

Diana Herrero, MS (Interim Immunization Section Director)

303-692-2695

diana.herrero@state.co.us

  • Oversees entire section activities, funding, and direction for all programs – Colorado Immunization Program (CIP), Vaccines for Children (VFC), and Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS)

  • Directs policy, board of health, community organizations and local public health relationships

  • Directs grant development, budget, and activities

  • Represents Colorado Immunization Program via community presentations and media

 

Quick Reference Contacts

  • Colorado Adult Immunization Coalition: 303-692-2332

  • Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) Manager: 303-692-2289

  • CIIS User Support Services: 303-692-2437, 1-888-611-9918 ( toll free)

  • Contract Monitoring, Adverse Reactions, Outreach: 303-692-2732

  • Data Collection and Analysis: 303-692-2631

  • Data Collection and Analysis, GIS Mapping: 303-692-2353

  • Fiscal: 303-692-2314

  • Flu Pandemic: 303-692-2332

  • Immunization Printed Material Orders: 303-692-2795

  • Meeting Arrangements, Satellite Broadcasts: 303-692-2650

  • Health Nurse Consultant Assigned by Region 2012-07 pdf file

    • NE Colorado VFC Site Visits, Clinical Questions: 877-811-0012 (toll free)  

    • North Central, Denver and Jefferson County VFC Site Visits, Adolescent/Adult IZ Coordinator, Clinical Questions: 303-692-2798 

    • NW Colorado VFC Site Visits, Clinical Questions: 866-896-1586 (toll free),  

    • Central Colorado VFC Site visits, Schools/Child Cares, Board of Health, Clinical Questions: 303-692-2957

    • SE Colorado VFC Site Visits, Clinical Questions: 866-530-1813 x22 (toll free), 719-252-7029   

    • SW Colorado VFC Site Visits, Clinical Questions: 877-375-2579 (toll free)   

  • Travel Questions: 1-866-896-1586 (toll free)

  • Vaccine Orders: 303-691-4950

  • Vaccine Storage, Handling, and Usage Analysis: 303-692-2334

  • VFC Supplies Orders: 303-692-2650

  • VFC Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Questions: 866-530-1813 x22 (toll free), 719-252-7029

 
Data Unit

Please contact us for immunization data, particularly National Immunization Survey results.

 Marianne Koshak, MS (Data Unit Manager)

303-692-2353

marianne.koshak@state.co.us

  • Manage CIP’s Data Unit including handling external data requests.

  • Performs mapping and geographic analysis

  • Manage Vaccines For Children (VFC) vaccine budget

 

Paul Gillenwater, MPH (Data Analyst)

303-692-2404

paul.gillenwater@state.co.us

  • Design and development of databases to support Colorado Immunization Program (CIP)

  • Analyze Immunization data

  • Analyze Sentinel Site project data


Lori Stonehocker Quick, RN, MSN, CNS (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Southwest Region)

970-375-2579

lori.quick@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for the Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, and eXchange (AFIX) quality improvement project

  • Primary contact for the Comprehensive Clinic Assessment Software to Application (CoCASA) tool that helps clinics and providers asses their immunization practices

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non clinical consultation, technical assistance and training

  • Conducts Vaccine for Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education based site visits in the Southwest Region

 

Lane Wake, MS (Data Analyst – part time)

303-692-2631

lane.wake@state.co.us

  • Evaluate projects

  • Analyze Immunization data, including (NIS) interpretation
Financial, Administrative, and Contract Unit

Please contact us for contracts, funding, and purchase orders.

 

Beth Hoffman (Financial and Administrative Manager)

303-692-2314

beth.hoffman@state.co.us

  • Manage budgets

  • Review and approve expenditures of funds

  • Coordinate the distribution of funds to contractors/vendors

  • Supervise fiscal and administrative staff

 

Houston Hurlock (Program Assistant)

303-692-2795

houston.hurlock@state.co.us

  • Manage orders and questions for immunization materials

  • Update contact information for external partners, as necessary

 

Teri Lindsey, BA (Immunization Program Contract Manager)

303-692-2732

teri.lindsey@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for requests for proposals, funding applications, progress reports, and grant information

  • Manage and monitor contracts/purchase orders

 

Lynn McCracken, BA (Contract Assistant)

303-692-2447

lynn.mccracken@state.co.us

  • Contracts, purchase orders, and Scope of Work (SOW) documents

  • Coordinate Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) conference

 

 Cindy Wait, BA (Fiscal Assistant)

303-692-2972

cynthia.wait@state.co.us

  • Respond to fiscal inquires from vendors and grantees

  • Verify and process payments on COFRS system; maintain records

  • Resolve accounting discrepancies and monitor grant processing

  • Initiate, track, and distribute purchase orders

 
Public Health Nurse Consultants

Please contact us for clinical immunization issues, including school requirements, travel vaccines, and quality improvement.

Jamie D’Amico, RN, MSN, CNS (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Central Mountain Region)

303-692-2957

jamie.damico@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for Colorado school immunization requirements

  • Interprets Colorado Board of Health rules as they pertain to schools

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non clinical consultation, technical assistance and training

  • Conducts Vaccine for Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education based site visits in the Central Mountain Region

 

Cinda Caddy Ewing, RN (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Northwest Region)

1-866-896-1586

cinda.ewing@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for travel immunizations including Yellow Fever vaccine

  • Primary contact for CIIS (Colorado Immunization Information System) in Northwest Region

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non clinical consultation, technical assistance and training

  • Conducts Vaccine For Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education based site visits in the Northwest Region

 

Lori Stonehocker Quick, RN, MSN, CNS (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Southwest Region)

970-375-2579

lori.quick@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for the Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, and eXchange (AFIX) quality improvement project

  • Primary contact for the Comprehensive Clinic Assessment Software to Application (CoCASA) tool that helps clinics and providers asses their immunization practices

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non clinical consultation, technical assistance, and training

  • Conducts Vaccine for Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education based site visits in the Southwest Region

 

Rosemary Spence, RN MA (Public Health Nurse Consultant – (Denver & North Central Region)

303-692-2798

rosemary.spence@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for adolescent immunization activities, including adolescent immunization workgroup

  • Primary contact for Colorado Immunization Manual (CIM) which provides practitioners with state guidelines and resources regarding immunization screening, administration, documentation and reporting

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non clinical consultation, technical assistance, and training

  • Conducts Vaccine For Children (VFC) site visits in the Denver and North Central Region

 

Debra Zambrano, RN, BSN, (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Southeast Region)

303-692-2258, 1-866-530-1813 x22

debra.zambrano@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program

  • Oversees Vaccine for Children (VFC) site visits and site visit staff

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non-clinical consultation, technical assistance, and training

  • Conducts Vaccine for Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education-based site visits in the Southeast Region
Vaccine Management (VFC & 317) Unit

Please contact us for vaccine management topics, including the Vaccines for Children Program.

 

Christopher Duggar, MPH (Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Public Health Advisor)
303-692-2661
christopher.duggar@state.co.us

  • Act as liaison between Colorado and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Immunization Program

  • Manages project team for Vaccines For Children (VFC)

  • Offer general advocacy for Colorado’s Immunization Grant, VFC Programming, and Federal vaccine supply

 

Cinda Caddy Ewing, RN (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Northwest Region)
1-866-896-1586
cinda.ewing@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for travel immunizations including Yellow Fever vaccine

  • Primary contact for CIIS (Colorado Immunization Information System) in Northwest Region

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non-clinical consultation, technical assistance, and training

  • Conducts Vaccine For Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education-based site visits in the Northwest Region

 

Nicole Ortiz, BS (Vaccines For Children (VFC) Operations Coordinator)
303-692-2334 
nicole.ortiz@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program

  • Manages overall Vaccines For Children (VFC) operations

  • Manages vaccine wastage/loss

  • Manages annual benchmarking re-enrollment process

 

Jason Hien, BA (Data Specialist)
303-691-4950
jason.hien@state.co.us

  • Manages transfer vaccine orders

  • Supports VFC providers in placing their vaccine orders

  • Acts as a liaison between Vaccine Management Team and the Data Unit

 

Debra Zambrano, RN, BSN, (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Southeast Region)
303-692-2258, 1-866-530-1813 x22
debra.zambrano@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program

  • Oversees Vaccine for Children (VFC) site visits and site visit staff

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non clinical consultation, technical assistance, and training

  • Conducts Vaccine for Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education-based site visits in the Southeast Region

 

Jamie D’Amico, RN, MSN, CNS (Public Health Nurse Consultant – Central Mountain Region)

303-692-2957

jamie.damico@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for Colorado school immunization requirements

  • Interprets Colorado Board of Health rules as they pertain to schools

  • Provides immunization related clinical and non-clinical consultation, technical assistance, and training

  • Conducts Vaccine for Children (VFC) enrollment, accountability, and education based site visits in the Central Mountain Region

 
Community Services Unit

Erica Bloom, MA (Adult Immunization Specialist)
303-692-2789
erica.bloom@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for Colorado Adult Immunization Coalition (CAIC)

  • Coordinates adult immunization initiatives with Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) and other providers

 

 

Cathleen Beaver, MSPH – Billing Project Manager
303-691-4952
cathleen.beaver@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) in RIZO (Reimbursement Immunization Opportunity) Project

  • Provides support to Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) to build and expand billing capacity for immunizations

  • Provides guidance to Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) about use of federally funded 317 vaccine
Colorado Immunization Information System Program Staff and Specialties

Heather Shull, MA - Interim CIIS Program Manager

303-692-2289

heather.shull@state.co.us

  • Develops CIIS strategic direction and policies
  • Responsible for CIIS day-to-day program operations, grant management and staff management
  • Approves requests for data sets from CIIS

 

Phyllis Bourassa, M.Ed - CIIS Training and Outreach Coordinator

303-692-2489

phyllis.bourassa@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for CIIS training and education
  • Develops, delivers and evaluates training for CIIS users
  • Assists with newletter content development 

 

Steve Jarvis - CIIS Data Import Specialist

303-692-2270

steve.jarvis@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for technical issues with existing interfaces to CIIS
  • Monitors and maintains systems for processing incoming data submitted electronically to CIIS
  • Assists with data requests made to CIIS 

 

Aleksey Kryuchkovskiy, MS - CIIS User Support Services

303-692-2437 or

Toll Free 1-888-611-9918

aleksey.kryuchkovskiy@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for CIIS account set-up and troubleshooting
  • Manages CIIS Help Desk - customer service and technical support
  • Manages CIIS File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server for secure electronic data uploads to the registry 

 

Greg Schlosser, MA - Interim CIIS Interoperability Unit Supervisor

303-692-2683

gregory.schlosser@state.co.us

  • Manages all health information exchange (HIE) and interface projects with CIIS 
  • Facilitates processes, procedures and polices to ensure the integrity and quality of incoming data 
  • Coordinates the ongoing evaluation and assessment of CIIS functionality 

 

Rosemary Spence, RN, MA - CIIS Public Health Nurse Consultant

303-692-2798

rosemary.spence@state.co.us

  • Primary contact for clinical questions regarding the CIIS Recommender forecasting algorithm
  • Provides immunization-related clinical and non-clinical consultation, technical assistance and training
  • Conducts Vaccines for Children (VFC) site visits 

 

Linda Stremming - CIIS Geo-Recall Coordinator

303-692-2445

linda.stremming@state.co.us 

  • Primary contact for practice-based and geographic-based recall, including training and technical assistance
  • Provides technical assistance on general registry functionality
  • Facilitates data quality analysis, manual de-duplication processing, opt-out requests and official immunization record requests

 

Vanessa Willis - CIIS Data Quality Coordinator

303-692-2622

vanessa.willis@state.co.us

  • Monitors and analyzes production data quality
  • Supports implementation of new and existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) interfaces for healthcare providers
  • Provides training and technical assistance

 

Sally Houser - Administrative Assistant

303-692-2326

sally.houser@state.co.us

  • Reviews and processes Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) Participating Clinic Letter of Agreements (LOA) received from providers.
  • Enters/maintains clinic data into SPIDR, the internal tracking database used in the CIIS Program.
  • Responsible for minutes for internal customer meetings/conferences.
     

 

 
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