Chad Wetzel Mph

Chad Wetzel, MPH, serves as an Epidemiologist at the Douglas County Health Department since August 2012, focusing on investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities for communicable diseases. Responsibilities include recommending evidence-based public health interventions, managing disease surveillance systems, developing disease control protocols, and providing analyses of epidemiological data using statistical software. Prior to this role, Chad Wetzel completed a graduate internship that involved public health data utilization and outbreak response, and served as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where research focused on pollution prevention and environmental health. Chad Wetzel earned a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a Bachelor of Science in Biology/Psychology from Creighton University.