The CSTE Foundation helps address critical funding shortages at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. Applied epidemiologists are disease detectives. They safeguard our health by quickly responding to public health emergencies. Emergencies that include COVID-19, anthrax, measles, the opioid epidemic, gun violence, foodborne illnesses, natural disasters and more. Our goal is to help them save more lives by supporting improvement of disease surveillance and effective use of data to