Role of the Public Health Division
The Oregon Public Health Division provides technical support and epidemiology courses to local health jurisdictions for surveillance and investigation of infectious diseases, radiation, water quality, injury, chronic illness and lead poisoning. This includes systematic collection, analysis, interpretation and management of public health-related data to provide local, state, and national situational awareness. Suspected poisoning, occupational illness and injury reports filed with the state workers' compensation agency are also tracked.
The Public Health Division works to ensure Oregonians have the information and tools they need to protect themselves from, respond effectively to, and recover successfully following a public health emergency.
Oregon Public Health Preparedness Epidemiologists are committed to:
- Building our surveillance and epidemiology capacity to meet the needs of routine public health investigations, and
- Strengthening our ability to detect intentional and unintentional public health threats as they emerge.
Read more about the
Preparedness Surveillance and Epidemiology Team (PSET).