COORDINATION ACROSS AGENCIES

A State Perspective on Bioterrorism
Eddy Bresnitz, MD, MS, State Epidemiologist and Assistant Commissioner of Health for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, discusses the anthrax epidemic that occurred in his state during the fall of 2001.

A Tale of Two Cities: Toronto & New Orleans - The Role of the Legal and Business Communities in Recovering from an Emergency
Gene W. Matthews, JD, Director of the Institute of Public Health Law, discusses the importance of government and the business community working together in the area of public health, especially during emergencies, and how the legal community can assist in building a bridge between the two sectors.

After the Bioterrorism: Remediation and Recovery
Murray Cohen, PhD, MPH, CIH, President and CEO of Consultants in Disease and Injury Control, Inc., and Dorothy Canter, PhD, Chief Scientist for Bioterrorism, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response at the EPA, discuss the topics of remediation and recovery after a bioterrorism event.

Agroterrorism Preparedness in Georgia
Lee Myers, DVM, MPH, Dipl. ACVPM, a veterinarian and assistant commissioner of the Animal Industry for the Georgia Department of Agriculture discusses the importance of agriculture awareness and how vulnerable the food sector is to agroterrorism.

Anthrax at Emory? A Multi-Agency Response to a Suspicious Envelope
This web-based case study describes an incident involving a suspicious envelope that occurred on the Emory University campus in September 2002.

Eliminating Barriers: Business and Public Health Partnerships for Emergencies
Anthony Begando, Chief Executive Officer of Tenon Consulting Solutions and member of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) Georgia Business Force, discusses the need to eliminate the barriers that have inhibited business and public health partnerships, especially for emergency preparedness.

Excellence in Collaboration
Presenting are Rob Blake, REHS, MPH, Heidi Davidson, MPH, and Susan Lance, DVM, PhD, all members of the Metro Atlanta Surveillance Task Force (MASTF), whose mission is to develop and coordinate a unified multi-agency health assessment system that promotes and protects the health of the people in the Atlanta region through surveillance and response, communication, and education.

Good Ideas Start Small: SECEBT Seed Grant Model
The mission of the Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) is to combat the threat of emerging and reemerging biologic agents through a regional collaborative partnership.

Master the Disaster2!
Master the Disaster!2 (MtD2) is an emergency preparedness tabletop exercise builder. This interactive and customizable tool includes six public health emergency scenarios: Chempack (organophosphate spill), flood, and nuclear attack, as well as three hospital evacuation scenarios—precipitated by earthquake, ice storm, or tornado.

Metro Atlanta Responds to West Nile Virus: A Coordinated Public Health Response
Joy Wells, MPH, Robert Blake, REHS, MPH, and Heidi Davidson, MPH, discuss the metro Atlanta’s coordinated response to West Nile Virus.

Monitoring Public Health at the 2004 G8 Summit: Routine and Syndromic Surveillance in Georgia
The goal of this web-based case study is to familiarize learners with how disease surveillance systems operate in Georgia, and the measures that were taken to monitor disease during the 2004 G8 Summit.

Monkeypox 2003
Jeff Davis, MD, Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Communicable Diseases for the Wisconsin Division of Health, discusses the 2003 monkeypox epidemic in his state.

Pandemic Influenza: Addressing an Unrelenting Threat
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medial and public health professionals about pandemic influenza.

Pandemic Influenza Planning: The Reality of Implementation in the Southeast
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medical and public health professionals about pandemic influenza planning.

POD/Dispensing Site Operations Training
This training focuses on the operation of a POD (Point of Dispensing) – also referred to as a Dispensing Site – for public health staff, emergency management professionals, and trained volunteers.

Polio: An American Story
David Oshinsky, PhD, 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner in the History Category (Department of History, University of Texas, Austin) shares the gripping story of the polio terror and the intense effort to find a cure as told in his book, “Polio: An American Story”.

Public Health After Katrina's Rule
Raoult Ratard, MD, MPH, TM, MS, Louisiana State Epidemiologist, discusses the public health consequences of Hurricane Katrina, including infectious diseases, immunizations and healthcare delivery.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Lessons Learned and Progress Made Since 2001
Marcelle Layton, MD, is the Assistant Commissioner for the Communicable Disease Program at the NYC Department of Health. Dr. Layton discusses what happened in NYC in 2001 from her perspective and focuses on the lessons learned.

Response to Foodborne Outbreaks: The Federal and State Response
Robert Tauxe, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and David Acheson, MD, Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection, Food and Drug Administration discuss lessons learned from historical foodborne outbreaks, their impact on current outbreaks, and the importance of preventive events such as the massive recall of products.

Role of the Medical Examiner in Public Health Preparedness
Randy Hanzlick, MD, Chief Medical Examiner, Fulton County, Georgia, and Professor of Forensic Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, discusses the development and current status of death investigation systems in the United States and Georgia.

The G-8 Summit: Continuing to Evaluate & Improve the Process & Goals of Public Health Preparedness
Lee Smith, State Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the Georgia Division of Public Health, presents issues involved in developing a seamless security and preparedness plan for the 2004 G8 Summit.

The Right Stuff: The Transfer of Research into Best Practices
With attention placed on the experiences within the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER), this presentation focuses on the relationship between practice and research, how one informs the other, and the most efficient transfer of research findings into practice. Richard Besser, MD (Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, CDC) and Robert Spengler, ScD (Office of Public Health Research, CDC) provide an overview of COTPER, lessons learned in the field of public health preparedness, the value of an increased focus on integrating research into public health preparedness, and the prospect of gaining additional lessons due to an increased integration of research in this field.

Twenty Years of Medical Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Emergencies in Israel
Lion Poles, MD, a cardiologist at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, Israel, discusses his belief that Israel is medically prepared for mass toxicological incidents.

Vaccines: Not Enough or Not Enough Time?
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medical and public health professionals about vaccine shortages.

Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink!
Dr. Mark Rosenberg and Dr. Christine Moe co-present the lecture, Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink!, which showcases both the Gastrointestinal Illness at Crater Lake National Park in 1975 as the ‘Historical Issue’ and Protecting Our Water Supply in Contemporary Times as the ‘Contemporary Issues’.

What's the Buzz about Vector Control Issues?
Dr. Ira Schwartz and Dr. Ali Khan co-present the lecture, What’s the Buzz about Vector Control Issues, which showcases both Malaria as the ‘Historical Issue’ and the current parasitic threats such as Hanta Virus, SARS and West Nile Virus as ‘Contemporary Issues’.

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