Education
BA Human and Cultural Studies, Seattle Pacific University, 2008
BS Biochemistry, Seattle Pacific University, 2008
MPH International Health Epidemiology, University of Michigan, 2012
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2023
Contact
206-418-5428
hanna.oltean@doh.wa.gov
1610 NE 150th St
Shoreline, WA 98155
Bio
Hanna is the Zoonotic & Vector-borne Disease Program Manager and Senior Epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of Health. Her team focuses on disease surveillance and prevention in Washington State through a One Health lens. Hanna’s professional interests include genomic epidemiology, disease prevention through health education, and surveillance system design, implementation, and evaluation using a One Health approach.
Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Program
Research Areas
Research Interests
Public Health Practice; Infectious Disease Epidemiology; Zoonotic Disease; Vector-borne Disease; One Health
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2025 Nov)
Emerg Infect Dis 31(11): 2163-2166
Schnitzler H, Chan M, Nybo J, Palmer-McGee K, Doobovsky Z, Tracy I, Chow SK, Iordanov RB, Lee EH, Van Enk JR, Dykstra EA, Lipton BA, Oltean HN
(2025 Dec 4)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 74(39): 600-605
Earnest R, Carter KK, Margrey SF, Wicker VV, Betz R, Reik R, Shiltz E, Khalil B, Palinski B, Jordan B, Dodson D, Epson E, Fritz CL, Stoltey J, Sikola A, Garcia R, Roy M, Annambhotla P, Basavaraju SV, Bonaparte SC, Cash-Goldwasser S, Kracalik I, McCormick DW, Minhaj FS, Orciari LA, Satheshkumar PS, Yager P, Crum DA, Koffarnus N, Beddo M, Baker M, Phipps EC, Oltean H, Schnitzler H, Gigante CM, Wallace RM, Stobierski MG, Hahn C
(2025 Oct 15)
Public Health Rep
Paris K, Hamlet A, Lipton B, Oltean H
(2025 Jun 2)
JAMA Netw Open 8(6): e2513572
Williams SL, Benedict K, Jackson BR, Rajeev M, Cooksey G, Ruberto I, Williamson T, Sunenshine RH, Osborn B, Oltean HN, Reik RR, Freedman MS, Spec A, Carey A, Schwartz IS, Medina-Garcia L, Bahr NC, Kuran R, Heidari A, Thompson GR 3rd, Johnson R, Galgiani JN, Chiller T, Toda M
(2025 May 15)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 74(17): 289-292
Ghai RR, Sajewski ET, Blass M, Belles H, Dishman H, Gabel J, Dell B, Harper M, Oltean HN, Smith O, Ogwuegbu E, Zaheer S, Jordan A, Lyman M, Hennessee I, Toda M
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