Contact Us
Alaska Department of Health
Division of Public Health
Section of Epidemiology
HIV/STD Program
3601 C Street, Suite 540
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: 907-269-8000
Confidential Fax: 907-561-4239
Program Manager
Sara Clark, MPH
(she/her)
Phone: 907-269-3026
Deputy Program Manager
Liz Miner, BSN, RN
(she/her)
Phone: 907-891-5595
STD Contacts
Hannah Guzzi
(she/her)
Disease Intervention Specialist II
Phone: 907-717-0127
Mishonta Flowers
(she/her)
Disease Intervention Specialist II
Phone: 907-310-7453
HIV Contacts
Sarah Brewster
(she/her)
HIV Surveillance
Phone: 907-269-8057
Taylor Holsinger
(she/her)
HIV Prevention
Phone: 907-748-2681
Shannon Sage
(she/her)
HIV Care Coordinator
Phone: 907-891-9256
HIV/STD Program
Preventing Congenital Syphilis
Section of Epidemiology encourages comprehensive HIV/STD testing for:
- Person with multiple and/or anonymous sexual partners
- Persons having met sexual partners via apps (Grindr, Snapchat, etc.)
- Persons having condomless/barrierless sex
About the Program
The HIV/STD Program addresses public health issues and activities with the goal of preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Alaska. The HIV/STD Program staff apply the best available scientific information, public health program experience, and epidemiological methods to help guide statewide disease prevention and control strategies, policies, and activities.
HIV/STD Program activities include:
- Conducting disease investigations and surveillance activities for STDs (gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis), and HIV/AIDS
- Identifying active HIV/STD infections;
- Assisting with staging diagnosis;
- Referring and following up with treatment and care services;
- Interviewing patients for sexual partners;
- Assisting patients with confidentially notifying partners of potential exposures;
- Assisting patient’s partners with accessing screening and treatment, as appropriate;
- Analyzing and publishing Alaska HIV/STI data and public health recommendations for health care providers and the broader community (see Epidemiology Bulletins);
- Providing public health policy guidance related to HIV and STDs;
- Working with State Public Health Laboratories to make appropriate screening technology available for detection of HIV and STDs;
- Providing targeted HIV Prevention and Care grants and technical assistance on HIV best practices to community based and local government organizations, consistent with priorities developed in the program’s Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan;
- Providing training for health and social service providers on topics such as HIV/STD prevention services, patient counseling, and HIV/STD testing;
- Conducting activities to evaluate programmatic efforts to prevention and control HIV and STDs.
Additional Resources
- The CDC’s HIV Website which includes topics on: HIV Basics, HIV Risk Reduction Tools, HIV Risk and Prevention, HIV Nexus: Resources for Clinicians, HIV Resource Library, and Statistics Center.
- AtlasPlus from the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention is an interactive, map-based interface depicting National Surveillance data for HIV, STDs, viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis.
For more information, please contact:
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Division of Public Health
Section of Epidemiology
HIV/STD Program
3601 C Street, Suite 540
Anchorage, AK 99503
Telephone: 907-269-8000
Fax: 907-561-4239