August Public Health Practice Committee Meeting

When: Monday August 24, 2009 12 Noon EDT

Agenda:

1. Welcome

2. ISDS Updates
Rachel Viola, ISDS Project Manager
Julia E. Gunn, RN, MPH (ISDS Board Representative)

3. ISDS Funding & DiSTRIBuTE Project Updates
Don Olson, ISDS Research Director

4. Regional & Local School Surveillance - Rockland County, NY
E. Oscar Alleyne, MPH
County Epidemiologist
Rockland County Department of Health
Slides

5. 25 Years of School Surveillance - Dutchess County, NY
Andrew Sherman Rotans, MPH
Senior Public Health Advisor
Dutchess County Department of Health

6. School Surveillance: ILI Definitions and Signal Response
Lisa McHugh, MPH
Influenza Surveillance Coordinator
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

7. Update on New CDC Guidelines for State & Local Novel flu A (H1N1) Surveillance: Comparing Advanced Surveillance to Laboratory Testing

8. Next Meeting: Monday September 28, 2009; 12 Noon EDT

*Please contact Rachel Viola and Alan Siniscalchi (PHPC Chair) if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the agenda at: rviola-at-syndromic.org