Elise Huebner, MS, CPH, CIC
Epidemiology Team Lead
Elise Huebner earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Austin College in 2008, and her Master of Science in Health Services Research from Texas State University - San Marcos in 2012. Her first job in public health focused on community health assessments and program evaluation; however, her interests were mainly focused in infectious disease epidemiology, immunization programs, and vaccine-preventable, invasive diseases. In 2013, Elise began her career as an infectious disease epidemiologist with Williamson County and Cities Health District, and, over time, moved up to Epidemiologist II. In 2020, she advanced to the Vaccine Preventable Disease Epidemiologist III Team Lead at the Texas Department of State Health Services. Overall, Elise has worked in infectious disease epidemiology, including vaccine-preventable, invasive and respiratory, high-consequence, foodborne, zoonotic, tuberculosis, and health-associated infections, for over 10 years with field experience in interviewing, case investigation, small- and large-scale outbreaks, testing, surveying, data collection, data analysis, reporting, and data quality. In her current role at DSHS, Elise focuses on a variety of VPDs, including providing guidance and assistance to health departments throughout Texas, coordinating with other DSHS departments, completing projects to increase team efficiency, planning and executing grant metrics, reports, and other surveillance and quality improvement activities.
