Institute of Health Management
and Mass Destruction Defense


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Cameron Wiggins, MPH

Program Coordinator III
cwiggins@ihmd.uga.edu

Barrow Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-
706.380.1111 (voice)
706.542.5254 (fax)



Educational Background

M.P.H., University of Georgia, College of Public Health, 2008
M.U.P., Urban Planning, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 2001

B.S., Environmental Science, Alabama A&M University, 1997



Area of Specialty

Cameron Wiggins is a Program Coordinator working jointly within the Institute of Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense (IHMD) and the Department of Food Science and Technology.   He is responsible for managing the development of a food emergency response plan for the State of Georgia in cooperation with relevant state and federal agencies.   He will work with identified stakeholders to develop exercises of simulated scenarios to test and modify the plan based on the exercise outcomes.

 

He has over 7 years of Public Health experience in food protection and emergency preparedness and holds certifications with all three of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited personnel certification programs that are based on the Conference for Food Protection Standards. He is recognized as an Instructor within two of the personnel certification programs, and has attained various FEMA and American Medical Association certifications in emergency preparedness training.   As an Environmental Health Specialist III in the Northeast Georgia Public Health District 10, Cameron Wiggins was Chair of the District Food Protection Committee which operated as a review board, provided technical assistance, rule interpretation, and policy revision/development for 10 counties in Georgia.   During his 5 years with the Health District, he managed a Food Protection Program, was responsible for providing state-mandated standardization and certification training to District 10 Environmental Health Specialists, and conducted numerous foodborne illness and outbreak investigations.  


Professional Affiliations

2008-present Program Coordinator 3, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia

2007-present Member, American Public Health Association (APHA)

2003-2008 Environmental Health Specialist 3, Northeast Georgia Public Health District 10
2001-2003 Environmental Health Specialist, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District