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Tara MacCannell is an Epidemiologist on the Acute Care Team with the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. MacCannell entered public health after several years in infection control and hospital epidemiology in the acute care sector. During her five years with the CDC, Dr. MacCannell has focused her efforts in outbreak response within healthcare settings, the role of environmental burdens on disease transmission, and becoming the CDC author for the new HICPAC Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings. Other areas of focus include surveillance for bloodborne pathogen exposures and influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel, the promotion and translation of infection control in healthcare both domestically and abroad, and use of spatial analysis in infectious disease transmission.