The Alabama Regional Center for Infection Prevention and Control (ARC IPC) is guided by a steering committee made up of professionals in public health, infectious diseases, medicine, nursing and more. The Steering Committee provides input on training and technical assistance needs of IPC professionals, creates linkages between key IPC professionals across the state, and guides project activities.
Paul Erwin, MD, MPH, Steering Committee Chair, Dean of the UAB School of Public Health
Shoshannah J. Anderson, BSN, RN, CIC, Infection Preventionist Quality Management, Huntsville Hospital
Rosemary Blackmon, Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer, Alabama Hospital Association
Melanie Roderick, MPH, Epidemiologist, ADPH Infectious Disease & Outbreaks Division
Janet Chance, RN BSN CIC MPSL CPHQ, Infection Preventionist
Judy Dicks, RN, District Investigators, ADPH
Thresa Dix, MSN, NP-C, Infection Control, ADPH
Mary Duncan, MSN, RN, CIC, Senior Director Infection Prevention, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kaye Melnick MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Office of Clinical Management and Practice, ADPH
Rendi Murphree, MS, PhD, Epidemiologist, Director, Bureau of Disease Surveillance and Environmental Services, Mobile County Health Department
Sara Nafziger, MD, Vice President for Clinical Support Services, UAB Medicine
Kitty Norris, BSN, RN, Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, Office of Clinical Management and Practice, ADPH
April Sells, Director, Tribal Emergency Services, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Judy Smith, Administrator, ADPH Northern District
Carol Snowden, Quality Director, Alabama Hospital Association
Wesley Willeford, MD, Medical Director of Disease Control at Jefferson County Department of Health
