Sharing SessionsFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
8:30 AM–9:15 AM
Approaches for Strengthening Community Preparedness and Resilience (#G-01)
Room: Laguna AB, 4th floor
These 45-minute informal Roundtable Sharing Sessions allow for interactive discussions on a specific topic or issue. Participants in these sessions will meet with representatives from the Preparedness and Response Learning Centers (PERLCs) and research investigators from the Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Centers (PERRCs) and will have an opportunity to provide feedback on a programmatic idea or the process involved in developing new preparedness-related policies, etc. The sessions feature roundtable discussions on the following topics: Community Preparedness; Community Resilience; Management and Coordination; and Pediatric Surge Networks.
Facilitator:
Capt. (USPHS) Mildred Williams-Johnson, PhD, DABT
Director, Extramural Research Program Office, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA
Presenters:
William Riley, PhD
Associate Dean Strategic Partnerships, University of Minnesota School of Public Health; Minneapolis, MN
Mickey Scullard, MPH, MEP
Exercise and Education Planner, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Minnesota Department of Health; St. Paul, MN
Mary Davis, DrPH
Director of Evaluation Services, NC Institute for Public Health; Chapel Hill, NC
Christine Bevc, PhD
Research Associate, NC Institute for Public Health; Chapel Hill, NC
Glen Mays, PhD, MPH
F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor, University of Kentucky College of Public Health; Lexington, KY
John Kraemer, JD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies; Washington, DC
Peter Ginter, PhD
Professor and Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health; Birmingham, AL
Andrew Rucks, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health; Birmingham, AL
Lisa McCormick, DrPH
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health; Birmingham, AL
W. Jack Duncan, PhD
Professor and University Scholar Emeritus, Graduate School of Management/Department of Health Care Organization and Policy/School of Public Health/University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham, AL
Alan Hinman, MD, MPH
Senior Public Health Scientist, Task Force for Child Survival and Development; Decatur, GA
Saad Omer, MBBS, MPH, PHD
Assistant Professor Global Health, Epidemiology, and Pediatrics, Emory University, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Emory Vaccine Center; Atlanta, GA
Julie Swann, PHD
Associate Professor, School of ISyE, Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA
John Talarico, DO, MPH
Chief, Immunization Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health; Sacramento, CA
Paige Anderson Bowen, MPH
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN
Returning from Japan: Passenger Radiation Screening at U.S. Airports (#G-02)
Room: Huntington ABC, 4th floor
This session will discuss the actions taken at the federal level to voluntarily screen passengers identified as being potentially contaminated with radioactive material arriving in U.S. airports following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, and explain how and why decisions were made to respond with these actions.
Presenters:
Kathryn Brinsfield, MD, MPH
Director, Workforce Health and Medical Support Division, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Health Affairs; Washington, DC
Capt. (USPHS) Marty Cetron, MD
Director, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, CDC; Atlanta, GA
Kevin McAleenan
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; Washington, DC
RADM Scott Deitchman, MD, MPH, USPHS
Associate Director for Environmental Health Emergencies, National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA
Surveillance Using the National Poison Data System (NPDS) by the CDC and AAPCC after the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (#G-03)
Room: El Capitan AB, 4th floor
In March 2011, the CDC and theAmerican Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) established surveillance for calls to U.S. poison centers related to the Fukushima Japan radiological incident using the National Poison Data System (NPDS). This enabled the identification of unnecessary potassium iodide exposures among the public and resulted in the development of more effective communication strategies.
Facilitator/Presenter:
Josh Schier, MD
Medical Officer, CDC/NCEH/EHHE; Atlanta, GA
Presenter:
Al Bronstein, MD
Director of Toxicosurveillance, American Association of Poison Control Centers; Denver, CO
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Strategic Planning Process: Capacity Building for Strategic Thinking and Planning to Support Accreditation (#G-04)
Room: Avila AB, 4th floor
A new project period, accreditation, and a dynamic economic environment impacting state, local, and tribal government services provided impetus for Oregon's Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program to conduct a strategic planning process to establish priorities and develop approaches to improve preparedness systems in a scarce resource environment. Oregon conducted a broad-based, transparent strategic planning process that engaged state, local, and tribal public health, as well as hospitals and healthcare, professional associations and other ESF-8 systems partners in a strategic planning process. This community collaboration produced a five-year strategic work plan incorporating all 15 Preparedness Capabilities and associated preparedness functions with Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) accreditation standards. Conducting complex broad-based strategic planning in preparedness builds agency capacity for strategic thinking and planning in advance of accreditation requirements for a public health agency level strategic plan.
Facilitator:
Mike Harryman, MS, BS
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program Manager, Oregon Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program; Portland, OR
Presenter:
Elizabeth Crane, EMPA
Operations Manager, Oregon Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program; Portland, OR
Closed POD Success Story—How St. Louis County Did It and How You Can Do It (#G-05)
Room: San Simeon AB, 4th floor
The St. Louis County Department of Health contracts with local non-profit agency to successfully recruit virtually all major corporations and universities to become closed PODs. This sharing session will review methods used to cover more than 650,000 citizens through recruitment of closed PODs.
Facilitator:
Dave Reddick, BS
Executive Director, PandemicPrep.Org; Kirkwood, MO
Presenters:
John Anthony, BS, MT (ASCP), CIC
Emergency Preparedness Manager, St. Louis County Department of Health; Clayton, MO
Harlan Dolgin, JD, CBCP
Project Manager, Pandemicprep.org; Chesterfield, MO
Mike Williams, PhD
Retired Director, Communicable Disease Control Services, St. Louis County Department of Health; St. Louis, MO
Managing Risks to Healthcare and Public Health: Strengthening Preparedness and Response through Information Sharing (#G-06)
Room: Palos Verdes AB, 4th floor
This sharing session will discuss how effective information sharing is integral to the management of risks to healthcare and public health. This session will also discuss how the partnerships developed in the HPH Sector between healthcare and public health stakeholders at all levels enables information sharing.
Facilitator:
Steve Curren
Action Program Manager, HHS; Washington, DC
Presenters:
Briana Stephan
Program Analyst, HHS; Washington, DC
Erin Mullen, RPh, PhD, CEM
Assistant Vice President, Rx Response, PhRMA; Washington, DC
Without Reservations: Developing an Emergency Preparedness and Response Partnership between Tribal and Public Health in Oklahoma; Challenges and Strategies for Success: Neighbor Helping Neighbor (#G-08)
Room: Malibu, 4th floor
Oklahoma State Health Department and Tribal entities are developing an integrated emergency preparedness and response system. With a diverse population in Ottawa County, it's critical to successful emergency response that a "whole community" approach be used. A "neighbor helping neighbor" strategy will be addressed in this session.
Presenters:
Emily Terrell, MPH, MBS, LPC
Region 2 Planner, Oklahoma State Health Department, Emergency Preparedness and Response Service; Cleveland, Oklahoma
Linda Davis, RN
Public Health Nurse, Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator, Northeastern Tribal Health System; Miami, Oklahoma
Determining the Requirements for a National Operational Epidemiological Modeling Process (#G-09)
Room: Santa Monica, 4th floor
The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response has been working with U.S. Northern Command and a workgroup of ESF-8 stakeholders to conduct a study to determine the requirements of a national operational epidemiological modeling process. This session will present the findings and recommendations to date.
Presenter:
Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, MPH, MEP
Manager, Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response; New Haven, CT
Communications to Arriving Travelers and the Electronic Messaging Project: Making Travelers Aware of Public Health Risks (#G-10)
Room: Carmel, 4th floor
The CDC applies multiple approaches to inform passengers of health risks. New technologies, recent experiences, and pressing circumstances warrant new approaches to public health messaging at ports of entry. Presenters will discuss and share ports of entry's public health messaging in the past, present, and future.
Presenters:
Onalee Grady-Erickson, BA, MnCEM
Preparedness Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Preparedness and Response Team
Healthy Differences: Improving Tribal-County Interoperability along the Spectrum of Public Health Response in North Carolina (#G-11)
Room: Oceanside, 4th floor
Discuss a Tribal-state-multiple county Memorandum of Agreement process in western North Carolina to promote collaboration and coordination in communicable disease and environmental health enforcement, investigation, and surveillance; and in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents, share promising practices in Tribal-state-local collaboration in public health preparedness.
Presenters:
Vickie Bradley, RN, BSN
Deputy Health Officer, Health and Medical Division, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Cherokee, NC
Aneva Turtle Hagberg, BS
Operations Director, Health and Medical Division, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Cherokee, NC
Rx Response: A Model in Public-Private Partnership (#G-12)
Room: San Clemente, 4th floor
This is an introduction to Rx Response, including response to H1N1, hurricanes, and floods. It presents Rx Response as a case study in public-private coalition building: convening entire bio-pharmaceutical supply chain; partnering with federal and state public health and emergency decision-makers; and engaging decision-makers during disaster and non-disaster periods.
Presenters:
Erin Mullen, RPh, PhD, CEM
Director, Rx Response; Washington, DC
Emily St. Martin, MA
Senior Consultant, Rx Response; Washington, DC
ASTHO Strategic National Stockpile Steering Committee—"Who Are We and What Do We Do?" (#G-13)
Room: Redondo, 4th floor
This 90-minute interactive session will provide participants with the scope, framework, and goals for the newly established ASTHO SNS Steering Committee. Presenters will discuss the rationale for the committee and the role the group plays in leading project areas to further public health readiness, specifically regarding PHEP Capabilities 8 and 9.
Facilitator/Presenter:
Amy Sheridan
Director, Preparedness, Planning and Response, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Arlington, VA
Presenters:
Jennifer Lixey Hankinson, BS, MA
Strategic National Stockpile/Cities Readiness Coordinator, Michigan Department of Community Health Office of Public Health Preparedness; Lansing, MI
Carla Little, PhD
State SNS Program Manager, Illinois Department of Public Health; Chicago, Illinois
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
9:30 AM–10:15 AM
Improving Communications and Enhancing Trainings for Planning Preparedness (#H-01)
Room: Laguna AB, 4th floor
These 45-minute informal Roundtable Sharing Sessions allow for interactive discussions on a specific topic or issue. Participants in these sessions will meet with research investigators from the Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Centers (PERRCs) and representatives from the Preparedness and Response Learning Centers (PERLCs) and will have an opportunity to provide feedback on a programmatic idea or the process involved in developing new preparedness-related policies, etc. The sessions feature roundtable discussions on the following topics: Preparedness Planning for Vulnerable Populations; Preparedness Planning for Tribal Communities; Legal Issues in Preparedness and Response; Workforce Planning; and Workforce Response.
Facilitators:
Shoukat Qari, DVM, PhD
Senior Scientific Program Official, Extramural Research Program, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gabrielle O'Meara
Public Health Advisor, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Learning Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA
Presenters:
Hilary Eiring, MPH
Project Manager, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Atlanta, GA
Shandiin Wood, MPH
Research Specialist/Evaluator, Mountain West Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center; Tucson, AZ
Ralph Renger, PhD
Co-Plannerand Director of Evaluation, Mountain West Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center; Tucson, AZ
Lisle Hites, MS, MEd, PhD
Assistant Professor, UAB SOPH; Birmingham, AL
Lisa McCormick, DrPH
Assistant Professor, UAB SOPH; Birmingham, AL
Jessica Wakelee, MPH
Manager of Data Collection and Analysis, UAB SOPH; Birmingham, AL
Jesse Bliss, MPH
Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice, Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice and Workforce Development Center for Public Health Preparedness; Loma Linda, CA
Biblia Kim, MPH
Research Coordinator, Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center; Loma Linda, CA
Manjit Randhawa, MD
Associate Director for Research and Development, Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice and Workforce Development, Center for Public Health Preparedness; Loma Linda, CA
Rachel Long, MPH
Senior Research Assistant, Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice and Workforce Development; Loma Linda, CA
Monica Minor-Exum, MA, EdD
Curriculum Instruction Specialist, Association of Schools of Public Health; Washington, DC
Lori Graham, PhD
Educational Development and Evaluation Coordinator, Texas AM Health Science Center; Round Rock, TX
Donata Nilsen, MPH, DrPH(c)
Research Associate, UC Berkeley Center for Infectious Diseases and Emergency Readiness/Cal PREPARE; Berkeley, CA
Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Baltimore, MD
Erin Fuse Brown, JD, MPH
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ
Sarah Blake, MA, PhD(c)
Senior Associate Faculty, Emory University Preparedness and Response Research Center, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Atlanta, GA
Emergency Management and Public Health Integration at the Baltimore Grand Prix (#H-03)
Room: El Capitan AB, 4th floor
The 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix emergency planning process—including complex incident command structure development, community partners inclusion, and public health, EMS and hospital planning—will be discussed with the audience in an effort to enhance collective large scale event emergency planning knowledge.
Facilitator:
Nicole Errett, MSPH, CPH
Director of Planning and Policy Development, Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Emergency Management; Baltimore, MD
Presenters:
Connor Scott, BA, EMT-B
Emergency Management Planner, Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Emergency Management; Baltimore, MD
Kevin Cleary
Deputy Director, Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods; Baltimore, MD
Robert Maloney, MS
Director, Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Emergency Management; Baltimore, MD
Laura Plasencia, MPH, RN
Medical Emergency Planner, Baltimore City Health Department, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Baltimore, MD
PPHR Criteria, CDC PHEP Capabilities, and PHAB Standards, Oh My! How They Interrelate and "Measure" Up to One Another (#H-04)
Room: Avila AB, 4th floor
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR), Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP), and Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) representatives will discuss how all three programs are interrelated and beneficial. The first-hand experience of a local health official who has participated in PPHR and PHAB will highlight the benefit of participating in both programs, particularly in addressing PHEP.
Facilitator:
Scott Fisher, MPH
Director, Preparedness Programs, NACCHO; Washington, DC
Presenters:
David Stone
Accreditation Education Specialist, Public Health Accreditation Board; Alexandria, VA
Barbara Worgess, MPH
Chief Health Officer, Coconino County Health Department; Flagstaff, AZ
The Six Most Memorable SNS Lessons You Will Ever Learn in 45 Minutes (#H-05)
Room: Capistrano, 4th floor
Enjoy a fast-paced sharing session where you will be intrigued by the content of the presentations and the format. Five Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) planning professionals will engage the audience through an Ignite format of rapid delivery of important SNS promising practices and lessons learned.
Facilitator/Presenter:
Carolyn McCoy, MPH
Program Analyst, NACCHO; Washington, DC
How Your City Can Survive a Nuclear Terrorist Attack (#H-06)
Room: Palos Verdes AB, 4th floor
Cities now have the "Fallout Preparedness Checklist," a planning tool that can help save tens of thousands of lives following a nuclear detonation. Prepared by the Nuclear Resilience Expert Advisory Group, the checklist converts the latest technical guidance into clear steps for communities to protect their residents from radioactive fallout.
Facilitator:
Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD
Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC; Baltimore, MD
Presenters:
Ann Norwood, MD
Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC; Baltimore, MD
Ryan Morhard, JD
Legal Analyst, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC; Baltimore, MD
Tara Kirk Sell, MA
Analyst, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC; Baltimore, MD
Maryland Mass Fatality Management Planning: Aligning State and Local Preparedness with the Fatality Management Capability (#H-07)
Room: San Simeon AB, 4th floor
The Maryland Mass Fatality Management Plan (MFMP) has been created using a workgroup consisting of local and state partners. The MFMP aligns with the recently released CDC Public Health Preparedness Capabilities and outlines a scalable response to mass fatality and involved legal code at the state, regional, and local levels.
Facilitator:
Ivan Zapata, MS, CHES
Management and Program Analyst, Office of Health Affairs, DHS; Washington, DC
Presenters:
Chas Eby
Public Health Emergency Planner, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Preparedness and Response; Baltimore, MD
Isaac Ajit, MPH, MD
Deputy Director, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Preparedness and Response; Baltimore, MD
Sherry Adams, RN
Director, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Preparedness and Response; Baltimore, MD
Integrating Public Health Emergency Preparedness Back into Public Health (#H-08)
Room: Malibu, 4th floor
Our ability to respond to public health emergencies is dependent upon our ability to engage not only our community partners but our own public health staff as well. The objective of this sharing session is to discuss best practices on how to integrate public health preparedness back into public health.
Presenter:
Betsy Kagey, BS, MSPH, PhD
Acting Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Georgia Department of Public Health; Atlanta, GA
Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning for Local Public Health (#H-09)
Room: Santa Monica, 4th floor
This session provides an overview of continuity of operations planning and how to adapt best practices and lessons learned specifically to public health. It will also highlight how to identify essential functions and responsibilities that local public health agencies have and how to conduct a business impact analysis.
Presenters:
Jim Paturas, LP, CEM, CBCP, FACCP
Director, Emergency Preparedness, Yale New Haven—Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response; New Haven, CT
Bill Halstead, MPA, CEM
Emergency Management Analyst, Yale New Haven—Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response; New Haven, CT
John Pelazza, EMTP
Program Manager, Emergency Management, Yale New Haven—Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response; New Haven, CT
CDC Public Health Advisor Direct Assistance (#H-10)
Room: Carmel, 4th floor
Direct Assistance (DA) is a financial mechanism that can be authorized as part of federal cooperative agreements. CDC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement provides public health departments the opportunity to use DA funds for personnel, such as public health advisors. Attendees will learn about the benefits the DA funding mechanism can provide to enhance their PHEP programs.
Facilitator:
Jeff Bryant
Program Services Branch Chief, Division of State and Local Readiness, CDC; Atlanta, GA
Presenters:
Lisa Davis
Public Health Advisor, CDC; Santa Fe, NM
Planning for Response to Domestic Flights with Possible Communicable Diseases of Public Health Concern on Board: Defining Roles and Responsibilities (#H-11)
Room: Oceanside, 4th floor
The CDC and the local authorities coordinate responses to reports of passengers with communicable diseases of public health concern on domestic flights. The presenters will share and discuss the applicable reporting framework, challenges, and solutions.
Presenters:
Onalee Grady-Erickson, BA, MnCEM
Preparedness Coordinator, Preparedness and Response Team, CDC; Minneapolis, MN
Leveraging Environmental Health Support in Emergencies (#H-12)
Room: San Clemente, 4th floor
The National Environmental Health Promotion Network (NEHPN) is a group of environmental health, preparedness, and health education professionals dedicated to promoting and creating environmental health and public health preparedness resources through training and education. This session will focus on promotion on state-specific environmental health training in emergency response.
Presenters:
Elaine Auld
Society for Public Health Education; Washington, DC
Marcy Barnett, REHS, REA
Emergency Preparedness Liaison, California Department of Public Health, Center for Environmental Health; Sacramento, CA
Building Local Community Resilience and Recovery in New York City: Focus Groups with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (#H-13)
Room: Redondo, 4th floor
Audience members will be asked to share models of community resilience and recovery strategies from other jurisdictions, and suggest new ideas to address the breadth versus depth of community engagement.
Presenters:
Sarah Sisco, MPH, MSSW
Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EEPR), NY City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Queens, NY
Jihan Jude, BA
Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EEPR), NY City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Queens, NY
Ingrid Gonzalez, LMSW
Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EEPR), NY City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Queens, NY
Shelter in a Box (#H-14)
Room: Monterey, 4th floor
Louisiana and Oklahoma are providing shelter to Louisiana residences affected by a major hurricane. This presentation provides guidance for best practices during those shelter operations and how ESF-8 is able to manage and overcome the hurdles.
Presenters:
Ed Kostiuk, BS
Emergency Manager, Oklahoma State Department of Health; Oklahoma City, OK
Tina Johnson, MS
County Health Administrator and RN, MPH, Oklahoma State Department of Health; Oklahoma City, OK
Debra Wagner, BS
Medical Reserve Corps State Coordinator, Oklahoma State Department of Health; Oklahoma City, OK
