5th Annual North Carolina Communicable Disease Epidemiology Teams Conference

Communicable Disease Preparedness
Everyday, Everybody:
Local Health Departments on the Front Line

May 19, 2008
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC

Conference presentations:

• Opening Remarks
  

• New Structure of the Epidemiology Section
  Jeffrey Engel, MD, NC State Epidemiologist, NC DHHS

• Preparedness Every Day (Role of PHRSTs and Epi Teams in 2008)
  Julie Casani, MD, MPH, Head, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, NC DHHS

• NC Epidemiology Teams Training Curriculum
  Meredith Anderson, MPH, Research Associate Epidemiologist, NC Center for Public Health Preparedness
  Edie Alfano-Sobsey, PhD, Team Leader, PHRST 4
  Janet Clayton, Health Director, Person County Health Department
  

• E. coli 0157 Outbreak Associated a Rowan County Restaurant
  Zack Moore, MD, MPH, Epidemic Intelligence Officer, CDC
  Lynn Aldridge, RS, Environmental Health Supervisor, Rowan County Health Department
  Nora Cartner, RN, PHN Supervisor, Rowan County Health Department
  

• Investigation of a Rabid Cat
  Incubation and excretion of rabies virus: Statutes of confusion
  Carl Williams, DVM, NC State Public Health Veterinarian, NC DHHS
  Michael Williams, MPH, Animal Control Director, Wake County Environmental Services
  

• Multi-Jurisdiction Shigella Outbreak 2007: Synergy in the West (Diarrheal Illness Outbreak in Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
  Martha Salyers, MD, Medical Epidemiologist, PHRST 6
  Vickie L. Bradley, RN, BSN, Operations Director, Health and Medical Division, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  Carla Morgan, RN, BS, Nursing Supervisor/Preparedness Coordinator, Jackson County Department of Public Health
  ReGina Howell, RN, PHN II, Communicable Disease/Epidemiology Coordinator, Swain County Health Department
  

• Get Real, Get Tested: A Targeted Testing Event in Wayne County
  Holly Watkins, BS, Campaign Coordinator for “Get Real, Get Tested”, NC DHHS
  James Roosen, MPH, RS, Health Director, Wayne County Health Department
  

• Interagency Response to a Public Health Threat: Castleberry Recall
  Moderator:
  Dorothy Cilenti, MPH, MSW, Deputy Director for Operations and Management, NC Institute for Public Health
  Panelists:
  David Bergmire-Sweat, MPH, Foodborne Disease Epidemiologist, Communicable Disease Branch, NC DHHS
  Bart Campbell, MPA, REHS, Section Chief, Environmental Health Services, Division of Environmental Health, NC DENR
  Terry Pierce, MPH, Director, Division of Environmental Health, NC DENR
  Steve Ramsey, RS, Public Health Preparedness Program Manager, Guilford County Department of Public Health
  Joseph Reardon, AAS in Food Science, Director, Food and Drug Protection Division, NC DA&CS
  

• Electronic Disease Surveillance in North Carolina
  NC DETECT
  Lana Deyneka, MD, Director, Public Health Epidemiologist Network, NC DHHS
  Jean-Marie Maillard, MD, Manager, Medical Consultation Unit, Communicable Disease Branch, NC DHHS

  NCEDSS
  Delbert E. Williams, PhD, Manager, Surveillance Unit, Communicable Disease Branch, NC DHHS
  Tammy DuBrey, RN, Communicable Disease Nursing Supervisor, Pitt County Health Department