PA State Refugee Coordinator Announcing Retirement

Please join us in thanking Dr. Asresu Misikir for her service over the years and congratulate her on this great new chapter of her life. See below for letter she sent:

To All

I wanted to take this opportunity to reach out and express my sincere appreciation and profound gratitude to work will you all as an Epidemiologist and State Refugee Health Program for the past ten years. Now, I am retiring, effective of June 30, 2016.

It was a great times for me to learn, share experiences and skills with you all. I genuinely valued your cooperation, efforts and supports to promote refugee health program to achieve its mission/Goal to prevent communicable disease among refugee population. Your excellent and durable work relationship and commitment to the refugee health surveillance activities allowed me to be successful and to make a significant contribution to the Pennsylvania Refugee Health Program.

I will miss all, still it is time for me to move forward to enjoy the rest of my life.

Thank You very much and GOD Bless you all

Asresu Misikir, Dr.PH., MPH| Epidemiologist
Department of Health| Bureau of Epidemiology
Health & Welfare Building | Room 933
625 Forster Street | Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717-547-3486 | Fax: 717-772-6975
www.health.state.pa.us | amisikir@pa.gov