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If you are a reporter seeking information from the Minnesota Department of Health, the best place to start is with one of the department's information officers, listed below. They, like you, have certain "beats," and can get you the information you need or arrange an interview with a professional expert in the department.

Use the following alphabetized list of public health topics to connect with the information officer who can assist you. If you don't see a topic listed below, or you're still not sure whom to contact, please call the MDH Communications Office at 651-201-4989. Also see information officer assignments by division.

Topic Information Officer Phone number
AIDS/STD prevention Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Air cleaners Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Air, indoor Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Alcohol and other drugs Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Asbestos Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Assisted living Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Asthma Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Audiologists Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Background checks (nursing homes) Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Beaches Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Bicycle helmets Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Birth and death certificates and related data Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Breast/cervical cancer Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Breastfeeding Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Budget Mike Schommer 651-201-4998
Campgrounds (health issues relating to) Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Cancer Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Carbon dioxide/monoxide Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Chemical exposure Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Child health Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Children's camps Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Children with special health needs Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Commissioner's Office Mike Schommer 651-201-4998
Community health Scott Smith 651-201-5806
COVID-19 Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Contaminants, environmental Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Crematoriums Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Cryptosporidium Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Death certificates and related data Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Dental health Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Diabetes Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Disease prevention and control Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Disparities in health status Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Drinking water Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Ebola Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Education loan forgiveness programs Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Emergency preparedness Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Environmental health Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Epidemiology Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Facility and provider compliance Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Family health Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Family planning Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Fetal alcohol syndrome Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Fish, safety of eating Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Fleas, lice Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Flu and flu shots Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Food, beverage and lodging establishments Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Food poisoning Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Food safety Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Foreign travel immunizations Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Formaldehyde Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Freedom to Breathe Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Funeral homes and morticians Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Genetic/hereditary disease Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Groundwater Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Hazardous waste Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Health care facilities complaints, licensing Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Health economics Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Health insurance consumer information Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Health occupations Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Health professional shortages Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Health reform Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Health regulation Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Health statistics Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Hearing instrument dispensers Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
High blood pressure Scott Smith 651-201-5806
HMO complaints Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Home health care complaints Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Home health care licensing Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Hospital complaints Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Immunizations/vaccinations Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Infant and child care Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Influenza Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Injury Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Laboratories, public health Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Lead Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Legislative initiatives Mike Schommer 651-201-4998
Lice, fleas, ticks Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Lyme disease Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Mammograms Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Managed care Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Maternal and child health Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Measles, mumps Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Medical cannabis Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Mental health practitioners, unlicensed Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Minority health Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Mold/moisture Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Mortuary science Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Newborn screening Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Nursing assistant registry Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Nursing facilities Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Nutrition Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Obesity Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Occupational therapists Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Opioids Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Patient's Bill of Rights Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Public health emergencies Mike Schommer 651-201-4998
Public health laboratory Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Rabies Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Radiation Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Radon Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Refugee health Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Rural health Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
School cafeterias Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
School health Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Septic tanks/sewage Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Sexual violence Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Sexually transmitted diseases Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Speech language pathologists Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Smoking - prevention Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Smoking - indoor air Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Swimming pools Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Tobacco use Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Travel immunizations Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Tuberculosis Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Uncompensated (charity) care Garry Bowman 651-529-5164
Venereal diseases Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Violence Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Vision and hearing Scott Smith 651-201-5806
Water safety Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
Wellhead protection Doug Schultz 651-201-4993
WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program Scott Smith 651-201-5806
X-ray machines Doug Schultz 651-201-4993

 

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