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INFECTIONS / SYNDROMES
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).
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.
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.
Emerging Threats in Public
Health: Pandemic Influenza
This multimedia training is designed to educate public health professionals
about pandemic influenza. The content is divided into two modules.
Module 1: Introduction to Pandemic Influenza; Module 2: Avian Influenza
and the Public Health Response.
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.
Master the Disaster!
Master the Disaster! is an emergency preparedness tabletop exercise builder. This interactive and customizable tool includes seven public health emergency scenarios (anthrax, botulism, hurricane, pandemic influenza, plague, radiological dispersal devices, and smallpox).
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.
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.
Nurses’ Protocol Training
(Georgia Division of Public Health)
Cherie L. Drenzek, DVM, MS, medical epidemiologist with the Georgia
Division of Public Health, presents information from the Protocol
Manual for Biological and Chemical Agents – June 2004 (Georgia
Department of Human Resources, Georgia Division of Public Health).
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.
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness:
Emory University and Other Academic Institutions
Walter A. Orenstein, MD, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics,
and Alexander Isakov, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine,
discuss pandemic influenza preparedness planning at Emory University.
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”.
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.
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.
They’re Back! Disease Eradication and Resurgence Preparedness Lessons
Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH (Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine) and Alawode Oladele, MD, MPH (Refugee Health Program, DeKalb County Board of Health) provide an overview of new and reemerging infectious diseases around the world, including what we know about Infectious Diseases (ID) trends; global eradication and resurgence; and current/emerging threats.
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’.
The Wind Beneath Their Wings:
The Current Status of Pandemic Flu Vaccines
Linda Lambert, PhD, Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch of
the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the NIAID
at NIH, presents the history of influenza vaccine development and
pandemic influenza.
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