Monday, June 15, 2015
7:30 AM-8:15 AM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health Generating and Using Small-Area BMI Estimates – Methods and Results from Colorado Utilizing BRFSS and Census Data
Cross Cutting I Legislative Update
Cross Cutting II Standardization of Exclusion Criteria for High-Risk Groups with Enteric Diseases in Tennessee
Environmental Health Strategies for National Pollen Surveillance: A Report from the May 2015 Pollen Summit
Infectious Disease I Healthcare-Associated Infections Data Analysis and Presentation Standardization Toolkit
Infectious Disease II Active Monitoring of Persons at Risk of Ebola Virus Exposure in the United States
Infectious Disease III Bacterial Enteric Disease Surveillance in the Era of Culture-Independent Diagnostics
Infectious Disease IV Vector Borne Diseases Subcommittee Meeting - New Members Welcome
Occupational Health Occupational Health Indicators Workgroups Meeting
Surveillance / Informatics I Weekly and Annual Data Reports from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS): Do They Meet the Need?
Surveillance / Informatics II Syndromic Surveillance Implementation and Onboarding
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health CD/MCH/OH Steering Committee Updates- New Members Welcome
Cross Cutting I Role of Non-Profit Public Health Organizations in National Response to Public Health Emergencies
Cross Cutting II Assessment of Scientific Writing and Publishing of Epidemiologists in State and Local Health Departments - 2014
Environmental Health Numerator-Denominator Aggregation Rules Used to Present Sub-County Environmental Health Data to the Public: Is It Possible to Maintain Confidentiality and Preserve Spatial Data Trends?
Infectious Disease I Influenza Subcommittee Meeting - New Members Welcome
Infectious Disease II Lyme Disease Diagnostics: New Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health
Infectious Disease III CIFOR Guidelines to Improve Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response: A Toolkit to Improve Implementation of Recommendations & Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (CoEs): Strengthening State and Local Capacity for Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Outbreak Response
Injury Prevention / Substance Abuse Best Practices for Improving the Quality of Death Certificate Information on Drug Poisoning Deaths
Occupational Health Practical Issues in Analyzing Industry/Occupation in the BRFSS
Surveillance / Informatics I Surveillance & Informatics Steering Committee Update - New Members Welcome
Surveillance / Informatics II Social Media as a Tool for Case & Outbreak Investigations
5:45 PM-6:30 PM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health Oral Health Subcommittee Updates - New Members Welcome
Cross Cutting I Tribal Epidemiology: Real-Time Communicable Disease Data Sharing + CSTE Tribal Epidemiology Roundtable
Cross Cutting II A Presentation of a Proposed Training for the Investigation of Outbreaks of Toxic (Non-Infectious) Etiology
Environmental Health CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Subcommittee: Impacting Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery Using Epidemiology
Infectious Disease I Infectious Disease Position Statements Roundtable I
Infectious Disease II State and National Collaborations to Support Detection, Investigation, and Reporting of RSV-Associated Deaths Among Children Aged <5 Years
Infectious Disease III From Surveillance to Intervention: Innovative Approaches to Use Surveillance Data to Inform Foodborne Disease Prevention Strategies
Injury Prevention / Substance Abuse Suicide Data: Updates from the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Data & Surveillance Task Force
Occupational Health U.S. Ebola Response: Sharing State Experiences and Discussion of Possible Strategies for Enhancing the Engagement of Occupational Health in Future Public Health Emergencies
Surveillance / Informatics I Meaningful Use Roundtable
Surveillance / Informatics II Methods for Detecting Reportable Disease Clusters in Space & Time
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
7:30 AM-8:15 AM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health 1305 Workgroup Updates
Cross Cutting I Epidemiology Methods Subcommittee Meeting - New Members Welcome
Cross Cutting II Building Multi-Agency Response Capacity to Emergent or Bioterrorism Related Zoonotic Disease Outbreak Threats: Collaboration Results and Next Steps in Georgia
Environmental Health Improving Disaster-Related Death Reporting on Death Certificates By Enhancing Interactions Between Epidemiologists, Vital Registrars, and Medical Examiners and Coroners
Infectious Disease I Infectious Disease Position Statements Roundtable II
Infectious Disease II Joint Investigations of Foreign and Emerging Animal Diseases
Infectious Disease III Public Health Role Supporting Antimicrobial Stewardship Across Settings
Infectious Disease IV Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Discussion of Public Health's Role and a Local Perspective
Occupational Health Climate Change: Development of a Research Agenda for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Surveillance / Informatics I Meeting the Goals of the CDC Surveillance Strategy: Improving State Health Information Systems Capacity through Technical Assistance
Surveillance / Informatics II End-to-End Case Reporting and the Public Health Community Platform
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health Applicants Will Propose Criteria to Select 4-8 Communities in Which to Focus Prevention Efforts: State Approaches to Prioritizing Communities for Public Health Action
Cross Cutting I Don't Put the Cart before the Horse: Using Tribal Community Readiness to Inform Action
Cross Cutting II Piloting Census Tract Level Life Expectancy Estimates to Identify and Address Health Disparities
Environmental Health CSTE Environmental/Occupational/Injury Steering Committee Update - New Members Welcome
Infectious Disease I Infectious Disease Steering Committee Update - New Members Welcome
Infectious Disease II Maximizing the Potential of Whole Genome Sequencing in Listeriosis Outbreak Investigations
Infectious Disease III Surveillance Coordination for NNDSS Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Enhanced Surveillance for Meningococcal Disease, Varicella, and Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Injury Prevention / Substance Abuse Substance Abuse Epidemiology Roundtable
Surveillance / Informatics I Reducing jurisdictional variation in reporting criteria: Can we? Should we?
Surveillance / Informatics II National Syndromic Surveillance Program and Shared Tools in the Cloud
5:45 PM-6:30 PM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health Overview of the National Mentorship Program in Applied Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Cross Cutting I Accreditation, Quality Improvement, and Epidemiology: Defining the Intersection Points
Cross Cutting II Poison Center Community of Practice: Collaboration Between Poison Centers and Health Departments
Environmental Health I Incorporating Disaster Epidemiology Tools and Long-Term Surveillance into State and Local Health Departments
Environmental Health II Developing a Public Health Surveillance Program for Natural Gas Extraction Activities
Infectious Disease I Developing a Transparent Country Risk Classification System to Guide Pre-Travel Rabies Vaccination Recommendations
Infectious Disease II How Do We Solve a Problem like Shigellosis?
Infectious Disease III The CDC National Healthcare Safety Network: Planned Changes and Improvements and the Impact of State Mandates and CMS Rules
Occupational Health A Renewed Perspective: Updates to the National Emergency Department Surveillance System for Nonfatal Occupational Injuries
Surveillance / Informatics I Improving Hepatitis C Surveillance and Viral Hepatitis Epidemiologic Profiles
Surveillance / Informatics II CSTE National ELR Workgroup Meet & Greet
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
7:30 AM-8:15 AM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health MCH Subcommittee Updates - New Members Welcome
Cross Cutting I Flu on Call: A National CDC Effort to Assist in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response
Cross Cutting II Recruiting and Hiring Epidemiologists As Program Evaluators
Environmental Health Effective Practices By State and Local Health Departments to Prevent and Reduce Public Health Impacts of Toxic Substance Releases
Infectious Disease I Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Subcommittee Meeting
Infectious Disease II - CANCELLED CANCELLED - Structured Feedback on the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) 2013 and 2014 Patient Safety External Data Validation Toolkits and Proposed Changes for 2015 Data Validation
Infectious Disease III Developing Guidance for Detecting Syphilis Outbreaks
Infectious Disease IV Outbreak Response and Healthcare Setting Assessments – Lessons Learned from Injection Safety
Occupational Health Drilling Down to Explore Injury in the Oil & Gas Extraction Industry
Surveillance / Informatics I Assessing the Impact of State Laws Related to Electronic Health Information
Surveillance / Informatics II Amending Utah's Communicable Disease Rule to Require Reporting of Negative Laboratory Test Results
1:00 PM-1:45 PM
Chronic Disease / MCH / Oral Health Using Diabetes Self-Management Education Data for Evaluation
Cross Cutting I CSTE Marijuana Workgroup Meeting - New Members Welcome
Cross Cutting II CSTE Public Health & Primary Care Subcommittee Meeting - New Members Welcome
Environmental Health I Developing a Guidance Document to Improve Public Health Surveillance during Disasters
Environmental Health II Waterborne Disease Indicators and Interventions
Infectious Disease I Evaluation of Healthcare Associated Infections Position Statements Roundtable
Infectious Disease II Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with a Nationwide Outbreak of Enterovirus D68—United States, 2014
Infectious Disease III How Much Will It Cost? Are You Ready to Answer the Hepatitis C Question?
Occupational Health BLS Safety and Health Data: A Vision for Improved Statistics
Surveillance / Informatics I Advancing a Health Services Data Gateway and Utilizing Health Information Exchange from Public Health Staff Perspective
Surveillance / Informatics II Integration of Multiple Legacy Disease Surveillance Systems Using Open Source Tools