Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd. NE
Atlanta
GAUSA
30333
Biographical Sketch: Tara MacCannell is a healthcare epidemiologist for the CDC with the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. She is the CDC author for the new HICPAC Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings. Tara's portfolio includes investigations and projects relating to healthcare-associated outbreaks with environmental pathogens, overseeing the Healthcare Personnel Component of NHSN, and using geographic information systems (GIS)for infectious disease tracking in healthcare.