Contact Us

General Information

Information requests for the Section of Women's Children's and Family Health may be directed to:

• Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 269-3400
  (800) 799-7570
  (907) 269-3465 fax
• FAQ website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/main_faqs.htm
  

WCFH Administration

• Stephanie Birch, RNC, MPH, MS, FNP
  Section Chief
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 334-2424
  (907) 269-3465
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/
  

Program Contacts

Adolescent Health Program

• Sophie Wenzel, MPH
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 269-3466
  (907) 269-3465 fax
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/adolescent
  

Breast & Cervical Health Check (BCHC) & Alaska Breast & Cervical Cancer (BCC) Early Detection

• Program Director
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• Toll Free: 1-800-410-6266
  (907) 269-3476
  (907)269-3414 fax
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/bchc/
  

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

• Beth Kaplan, M.Ed., CCC-A/SLP
  Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Manager
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 334-2273
  (907) 269-3465 fax
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/newborn/
  

Family Planning Services

• Kelly Keeter
  Manager
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 269-3461
  (907) 269-3465 fax
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/familyplan.htm
  

Genetic Services and Cleft Lip/Palate Clinics

• Meg Kurtagh
  Program Manager
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 269-3430
  (907) 269-3465 fax
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/genetic.htm
  

Neurodevelopmental and Autism Clinics

• Kristine Green
  Program Manager
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 269-3428
  (907) 269-3465 fax
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/specialty.htm
  

Newborn Metabolic Screening

• Thalia Wood, MPH, CLS
  Program Manager
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• (907) 269-3499
  (907) 269-3465 fax
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/metabolic/
  

Oral Health Program

• Brad Whistler, DMD
  State Dental Health Official
  Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
  

  130 Seward St, Room 508
  Juneau, AK 99801

• (907) 465-8628
• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/oralhealth/
  

School Health Program

• Mary Bell, RN, BSN, NCSN
  School Health Nurse Consultant
  State of Alaska, Division of Public Health
  Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health
  

  3601 C Street, Suite 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923

• 907-269-7368
  907-269-3465 fax

Women's Health Program

• Sherrell Holtshouser, RN, MPH
  State Women’s Health Coordinator
  Women's, Children's & Family Health
  Division of Public Health
  Alaska Department of Health & Social Services
  3601 C Street, Ste 322
  Anchorage, AK 99503-5923
  

• 907-269-3426
  907-269-3432 fax

• website:
  www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/womens/

MCH - Epidemiology Unit Contacts

• MCH-Epidemiology Unit
  3601 C Street, Suite 358
  Anchorage, Alaska 99503
• website:
  www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/
  

• Michelle Sweet
  Administrative Assistant
  (907) 269-8073
  (907) 269-3493 (fax)

Alaska Birth Defects Registry/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Program

• Yvonne Goldsmith, MA, MPH
  MCH Epidemiologist,
  ABDR/FASSP Program Manager (Acting)
  (907) 269-0344
  (907) 269-3493 fax
• ABDR website: www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/ABDR/
• FAS website:
  www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/FAS/

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

• Kathy Perham-Hester, MS, MPH
  Alaska PRAMS Coordinator
  (907) 269-3447
  (907) 269-3493 fax
• website:
  www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/PRAMS/
  

Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey (CUBS)

• Margaret Blabey Young, MPH
  Program Coordinator
  (907) 269-5657
  (907) 269-3493 fax
• website:
  http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/cubs/
  

Maternal-Infant Mortality Review/Child Death Review

• Mike Valiquette
  Program Manager
  (907) 269-3401
  (907) 269-3493 fax
• website:
  www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/MIMR/
  

Maternal Child Health Indicators

• Yvonne Wu Goldsmith, MS, MPH
  Manager, MCH-Epidemiology Unit
  (907) 269-0344
  (907) 269-3493 fax
• website:
  www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/MCHI/
  

Surveillance of Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN)

• Yvonne Wu Goldsmith, MS, MPH
  Program Director (Acting)
  (907) 269-0344
  (907) 269-3493 fax