Contact Information

Phone: 406-444-0273 Fax: 1-800-616-7460
Email:  Communicable Disease Epidemiology email

Physical Address: Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services
Communicable Disease/TB Program
Cogswell Building Room C-216
PO Box 202951
1400 Broadway
Helena, Montana 59620 - 2951

If you are unable to reach your local or tribal public health department, the DPHHS Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program is available to assist Monday–Friday 8am-5pm MST. For emergencies after business hours or on weekends, please call (406) 444-0273 and you will be forwarded to the on-call staff person.

Contact Us – Staff Listing

Magdalena Scott, MPH
Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section Supervisor
magdalena.scott@mt.gov

Rachel Hinnenkamp, MPH
Lead Communicable Disease Epidemiologist; Foodborne and Waterborne Illness Epidemiologist
rachel.hinnenkamp@mt.gov

Helen McCaffrey, MPH
HIV/HCV Epidemiologist
hmccaffrey@mt.gov

Ryan Weight, MPH
Tuberculosis Program Coordinator
ryan.weight@mt.gov

Samantha Saycich, MPH
Viral Respiratory Illness (COVID-19, Influenza, RSV) Epidemiologist 
samantha.saycich@mt.gov

Devon Cozart, MPH
Zoonotic Illness and Vector-borne Disease Epidemiologist 
devon.cozart@mt.gov

Beth Hopkins, MPH
Mpox Epidemiologist and Epidemiology Testing Coordinator
beth.hopkins@mt.gov

Jessica Lopeman, MPH, BSN, RN-BC, a-IPC
Communicable Disease Nurse Consultant, Vaccine-Preventable Disease and Rabies Epidemiologist
jessica.lopeman@mt.gov

Lydia Bloom
Administrative Support
lbloom@mt.gov