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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE
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.
Bioterrorism & Anthrax
Philip S. Brachman, MD is a professor at the Rollins School of Public
Health of Emory University and the chair of the Institute of Medicine’s
committee for review of the anthrax vaccine's safety and efficacy.
After providing a brief history and overview of anthrax, Dr. Brachman
focuses on two main issues.
The Challenges of Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus as a Community Pathogen
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medical
and public health professionals about community-acquired methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).
City Under Water:
Flood Emergencies and Public Health
The goal of this web-based case study is to familiarize learners
with flood disasters, and how the public health workforce responds
to a flood emergency.
Communicable Diseases
and Public Health: Viruses, Bacteria and Parasites
This web-based case study describes four public health scenarios
featuring communicable diseases: norovirus, Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). meningococcal meningitis, and gastroenteritis.
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.
Flus of the 20th and 21st Centuries
Dr. Michael Lane and Dr. Richard Schieber co-present the first lecture
in this year’s series, Flus of the 20th and 21st Century,
which showcases both the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Current
Threat of Avian Influenza.
Food & Waterborne Infectious
Disease Threats Symposium
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medical
and public health professionals about food and waterborne infectious
disease threats.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How it Changed Cities, Science and the Modern World
Steven Johnson, MA (Best Selling Author of Six Books, including The Ghost Map, and his latest, The Invention of Air, Distinguished Writer in Residence, Department of Journalism, New York University, Founder, FEED, Plastic and Outside.in Websites) provides an extraordinary account of the London cholera epidemic of 1854.
Global Emergence of SARS: Quarantine
Today, Vaccine Tomorrow?
David Stephens, MD, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine
and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University,
and James Curran, MD, MPH, Dean of the Rollins School of Public
Health of Emory University, moderate a distinguished panel of speakers
discussing the epidemiology, clinical features, lab findings, and
measures to contain the global spread of SARS.
Healthcare Infections Associated with the Care and Treatment of Humans and Animals
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medical, veterinary and public health
professionals about healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in the care and treatment of animals
and humans.
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 medical
and public health professionals about pandemic influenza.
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.
Responding
to Accidental Releases of Chlorine: A Discussion with Georgia and
South Carolina Public Health Officials
Bruce (Jeff) Jeffries, MA, PA of the Georgia Division of Public
Health and Mary Anne Wenck, DVM, MPH of the South Carolina Division
of Health and Environmental Control present their experiences as
public officials responding to possible accidental releases of chlorine.
Science of Avian Influenza Control
in Agriculture
David
Swayne, DVM, MSc, PhD, Director, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, discusses the ecology and epidemiology
of avian influenza from an agricultural perspective.
The Fusion of Public Health Surveillance and Advanced Information Technology
Robert Tauxe, MD, Chris Braden, MD, and Richard Williams, present the first lecture in the Public Health Informatics Series. The presentation entitled “The Fusion of Public Health Surveillance and Advanced Information Technology Producing Resilient, Adaptable, and Complex Analytics for Outbreak Surveillance,” focuses on ways to advance public health surveillance by assimilating scientific and information technology resources.
Vaccines: Not Enough or Not Enough Time?
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medical
and public health professionals about vaccine shortages.
Vectorborne Diseases of the Southeastern United States
This multimedia presentation has been designed to educate medical and public health professionals about Vectorborne Diseases of the Southeastern United States.
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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