 dr epson is medical director and chief of the healthcare associated infections hai program at the california department of health she is clinically trained and board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases and completed medical epidemiology training as an epidemic intelligence service officer with the centers for disease control and prevention cdc in her role with the cdph hai program dr epson is responsible for ensuring the hai program fulfills its legislative mandates by interpreting hai data reported by california hospitals determining hai and antimicrobial resistance ar prevention priorities and publishing these data on an annual basis dr epson oversees hai program operations and communications data management and epidemiologic analysis investigation and response to hai ar outbreaks and infection control breaches and facility and regionally based hai ar prevention initiatives 