The Tip Of The Iceberg: How Big Is the STD Epidemic in the U.S.?
December 2, 1998
Briefing Participants:
Linda L. Alexander, PhD, FAAN
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Social Health Association
P. O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Press Contact: Allison Wright Kalloo
919/361-8416
Willard Cates, Jr., MD, MPH
President
Family Health International
P. O. Box 13950
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3950
Press Contact: Nash Herndon/Kim Best
919/544-7040, ext. 224
Vanessa Cullins, MD
Vice President/Medical Director
Technical Services
AVSC International
79 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Press Contact: Rachael Pine
212/561-8000
Jacqueline E. Darroch, PhD
Senior Vice President
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Press Contact: Susan Tew
212/248-1111, ext. 2208
Sharon Hillier, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Ob/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Magee-Women's Hospital
300 Halket Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Press Contact: Debra Campbell
412/641-6466
Michael St. Louis, MD
Chief of Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch
Division of STD Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd., NE MS E27
Atlanta, GA 30333
Press Contact: Office of Communications for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
404/639-8895
Felicia H. Stewart, MD
Director of Reproductive Health Programs
Kaiser Family Foundation
2400 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Press Contact: Tina Hoff
650/854-9400, ext. 210
Other Resources:
Mohammad Akhter, MD, MPH
Executive Director
American Public Health Association
1015 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Press Contact: Carole Zimmerman
202/789-5677
Judith DeSarno
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
122 C Street, NW, Suite 380
Washington, DC 20001
202/628-3535
Debra W. Haffner, MPH
President
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
130 West 42nd Street, Suite 350
New York, NY 10036-7802
Press Contact: Lisa Hanock-Jasie
212/819-9770 x 325
John Henning, PhD
Director, Department of STD and HIV
American Medical Association
515 North State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Press Contact: LaNae Davis
312/464-5374
Penelope Hitchcock, DVM
Chief, STD Branch, NIAID
National Institutes of Health
Rm 3A24, Solar Building, 6003 Executive Blvd.
MSC 7630
Rockville, MD 20892-7630
301/402-0443
Press Contact: Laurie Dorpel
202/496-5717
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20418
Press Contact: Dan Quinn
202/334-2138
Luella Klein, MD
Vice President for Women's Health Issues
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
409 12th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
Press Contact: Alice Kirkman
202/484-3321
Judy Lipshutz, MPH
STD Prevention Partnership
Division of STD Prevention
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
Mail Stop E-02, 1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
Press Contact: Office of Communications for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
404/639-8895
Gary A. Richwald, MD, MPH
Director and Chief Physician
Los Angeles County STD Program
2615 South Grand Avenue, Room 500
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Press Contact: Addie Simon
213/744-3093
Kate Thomsen, MD, MPH
Associate Medical Director
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Press Contact: Steve Plever
212/261-4310
Kathleen Toomey, MD
Director, Division of Public Health
Georgia Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Press Contact: Joyce Goldberg
404/656-4937
Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP
President
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Reproductive Health
503 Capitol Court, NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002
202/543-9693
