MDHHS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: MDDHS, Chelsea Wuth, 517-241-2112
LANSING, Mich. - Dr. Alexis Travis has been named the new senior deputy director for the Public Health Administration at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and will start on May 30.
Travis joined MDHHS in 2018 and most recently served as senior deputy director of MDHHS s Aging & Adult Services Agency (AASA), where she provided statewide leadership, direction, and resources to support Michigan s aging, adult services, and disability networks. In this role she advanced health equity for older adults and led efforts to address the need to expand the direct care workforce. She led AASA in Michigan to become the fifth state in the nation and first in the Midwest to join the World Health Organization and AARP age-friendly initiative. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Travis worked with the AASA team and the state s aging network to launch many innovative programs to address food insecurity, soc
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MDHHS names Dr. Alexis Travis as senior deputy director for the Public Health Administration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: MDDHS, Chelsea Wuth, 517-241-2112
LANSING, Mich. - Dr. Alexis Travis has been named the new senior deputy director for the Public Health Administration at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and will start on May 30.
Travis joined MDHHS in 2018 and most recently served as senior deputy director of MDHHS s Aging & Adult Services Agency (AASA), where she provided statewide leadership, direction, and resources to support Michigan s aging, adult services, and disability networks. In this role she advanced health equity for older adults and led efforts to address the need to expand the direct care workforce. She led AASA in Michigan to become the fifth state in the nation and first in the Midwest to join the World Health Organization and AARP age-friendly initiative. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Travis worked with the AASA team and
For The Daily News
AMASA White Water Associates, an environmental laboratory based in Amasa, participated in a statewide monitoring program for the COVID-19 virus in wastewater sponsored by The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
The results indicate wastewater can be reliably tested for the presence of COVID-19 and the results appear to mirror the presence and spread of the disease in the population.  Â
“These initial results show promise for the field of COVID-19 wastewater monitoring in Michigan,” said Sarah Lyon-Callo, director of the Bureau of Epidemiology and Population Health at MDHHS. “This project has demonstrated the feasibility of this laboratory method and local partnerships for a longer-term wastewater surveillance system. Participating laboratories continue to adjust methods to produce the most reliable results, and state and local public health agencies are beginning
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