Ericka L Kalp

Dr. Ericka L. Kalp is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Co-Director of Dornsife's Infection Prevention and Control Academic Programs. Dr. Kalp has 20 years of experience in epidemiology and infection prevention and control across acute care, long-term care, ambulatory care, and specialty clinics. She is currently the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Consulting at ECRI.

She taught epidemiology and research methods at Shippensburg University (2023) and Chamberlain University (2017-2022). Prior to these roles, Dr. Kalp served as an epidemiologist and program manager at the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH) for the Bureau of Epidemiology’s Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship program. Before her position with the PA DOH, Dr. Kalp was the Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention at WellSpan Health (formerly Summit Health) for fourteen years. She has also been Project Coordinator and Senior Research Assistant at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Infection Control Epidemiologist at Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Bioterrorism Surveillance Review Epidemiologist for Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

She is board-certified in Infection Prevention and Control and Epidemiology (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC) since 2007. Additionally, she is a Fellow of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Dr. Kalp has been certified in Lean/Six Sigma as a Green Belt (LSSGB) since 2021.  Dr. Kalp has presented at local, state, and national conferences and has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and abstracts. She also served a three-year term on both the APIC Research Committee and APIC Professional Development Committee. She has held numerous board-level positions in the East Central Pennsylvania (ECP) APIC Chapter and is currently the 2023 ECP APIC Chapter President.