OASH Regional Offices
Region 4
The Region 4 Office, based in Atlanta, Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia, serves the Southeastern region, which includes eight states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee – and six federally recognized Tribes.
Region 4 is the most populated among the 10 HHS regions, with more than 20% of the U.S. population. The region has a broad demographic profile and varied landscapes, including coastal areas prone to hurricanes and floods, large urban centers like Atlanta, Miami, and Nashville, and extensive rural areas such as those in Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, and the coastal plains.
The Region 4 Office works to address key challenges, promote innovations, and protect the health of all communities. This is done by building partnerships and collaborating with state and local public health agencies, other federal partners, healthcare networks, academic institutions, Tribes and tribal-serving organizations, community-based organizations, and others.
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Region 4 Health Operations Staff
Before joining OASH, Dr. Gilford was employed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 10 years as a Lead Behavioral Scientist. While at CDC he served as the Senior Scientist for the Prevention Practice and Translation Branch (PPTB) in the Division of Violence Prevention. In this role, Dr. Gilford worked across several key projects including serving as Technical Lead and Project Manager for the Violence Prevention Technical Assistance Center (VPTAC). From 2011 to 2017, he served as the Team Lead for the Health Department Monitoring and Evaluation Team (HMET) in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), Program Evaluation Branch (PEB). As HMET team lead, Dr. Gilford oversaw the monitoring and evaluation of numerous CDC-funded state and local health department HIV prevention programs. He has been deployed on several CDC emergency responses including the 2010 Haiti Cholera Outbreak (Atlanta Emergency Operations Center), 2015 Ebola Outbreak (Sierra Leone), and 2016 Zika Virus Outbreak, (St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands).
Prior to joining CDC, Dr. Gilford worked at Macro International (now ICF) as a Technical Director and Senior Project Manager. There he oversaw several national and state evaluations including the Cross-site Evaluation of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, SAMHSA’s Evidence Based Treatment Effectiveness Study, and the Georgia Department of Family and Children’s Services Training Needs Assessment and Evaluation Project. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Cincinnati (BA Psychology) and graduate work at the University of Georgia (MSW and PhD), where he has taught Research Methods and Program Evaluation as an adjunct professor since 2003.
Senior Public Health Advisor
Liza Corso, MPA, elizabeth.corso@hhs.gov
Regional Public Health Analyst
John Gilford, PhD
john.gilford@hhs.gov
Regional Public Health Analyst
Kevin Greene, PhD
kevin.greene@hhs.gov