On average, EIS officers are selected from a pool of approximately 500 domestic and international applicants to create a final class of about 70 officers who will serve on the frontlines of public health, conducting epidemiologic investigations, research, and public health surveillance both nationally and internationally. veterinarians, dentists, pharmacists, nurse practitioner, and other doctoral-level scientists not trained to deliver medical or health care services) have been increasingly entering the program. We, the undersigned, are physicians, nurses, scientists, and other health professionals who are alumnae/i or current Epidemic Intelligence Service ( EIS) officers of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). Though the program has historically accepted mostly physicians, other healthcare professionals (e.g. Open Letter by Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers. The backgrounds of the participants have also evolved. EIS v7.5.1.hc - Production The general privacy rule is that any information that identifies personal information about a DHHS client is confidential under state and federal laws, and there are only a few limited exceptions to this rule. Koplan, MD, MPH, on a field assignment as a CDC EIS officer in Barisal, Bangladesh, during the worldwide smallpox eradication effort in 1973. Each year, new EIS officers are selected from among hundreds of physicians. EIS officers are CDCs disease detectives responsible for investigating and. In addition, the role of the EIS program has evolved from a team of disease detectives, with a mission to track and protect the American public from possible biologic warfare, to include response to the demand for epidemiologic assistance throughout the world. EIS is CDCs 2-year training program in the practice of applied epidemiology. Applications are now open for CDCs Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). Since 1951, more than 3703 professionals have served as EIS officers. The first class of EIS officers consisted of 22 physicians and one sanitary engineer. To respond to these needs, the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) was created in 1951. These changes at CDC also parallel a growing national need for epidemiologists in both the public and private sectors. Since its creation in 1946, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded its mission from the investigation and control of communicable diseases to include interventions targeting prevention of chronic and occupational diseases, injury, and environmental exposures and their sequelae. Field Epidemiology Abstract Database (FEAD).Virtual Teaching and Learning Resources.Quality Improvement Assistance Opportunities.United States Epidemic Intelligence Service.