Second UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters

May 18-21, 2003

Keynote Speaker
Donna Knutson
Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Closing Keynote Speaker
Kristi Koenig, MD, FACEP
Director, Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare
Group, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, Veterans
Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

Plenary Speakers

• Sheryll S. Brown, MPH and Larry Collins, Captain, Los Angles County Fire, Urban Search and Rescue
  Injury Epidemiologist, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service
  Plenary Session Topic: Oklahoma and Oklahoma City: Natural vs. Intentional Disasters

• David E. Hogan, DO, FACEP
  Affiliate Faculty, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Oklahoma State University;
  Director of Research and Disaster Medicine, Integris Southwest Medical Center
  Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  Plenary Session Topic: Oklahoma and Oklahoma City: Natural vs. Intentional Disasters

• Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA 
  Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
  Plenary Session Topic: Taking Advantage of the Circumstances Created by Bioterrorism
  to Improve the Public Health Infrastructure: Local Implications

• Samuel J. Stratton, MD, MPH
  Medical Director, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Emergency Medical Services Agency
  Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  Plenary Session Topic: Health Policy and Legislation: Healthcare Capacity in Disasters

• Bill Wetter, MSC, EMT-P
  WMD Administrator, Louisville Metro Health Department; Consultant, Center for Domestic Preparedness, USDOJ; Executive Member, Louisville Office of the FBI Counter Terrorist Group
  Plenary Session Topic: Integrating Emergency Management into Public Health

• Barak Wolff, MPH
  Quality Coordinator, Immunization Program, Public Health Division, New Mexico Department of Health (formerly Director, Public Health Division, NM DOH)
  Plenary Session Topic: Taking Advantage of the Circumstances Created by Bioterrorism to Improve the Public Health Infrastructure: Local Implications

Breakout Speakers

• Daniel J. Alesch, PhD 
  Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin Green Bay
  Breakout Session Topic: Health Policy and Legislation: Hospital Seismic Safety Laws

• Tomás Aragón, MD, MPH 
  Director and Medical Epidemiologist, Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, UC Berkeley, School of Public Health
  Breakout Session Topic: Surveillance: Public Health Preparedness for Epidemics and Outbreaks

• Peter Bastone, MPH, MBA 
  President and CEO, Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA
  Breakout Session Topic: Health Policy and Legislation: Hospital Seismic Safety Laws

• Neil Blais
  ABS Consulting
  Breakout Session Topic: Modeling Impacts

• David Cardenas, MPH
  Department of Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Health
  Breakout Session Topic: Surveillance: Public Health Preparedness for Epidemics and Outbreaks

• Caron Chess, PhD
  Director, Center for Environmental Communication; Associate Professor, Cook's College Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
  Breakout Session Topic: Anthrax, Fall 2001

• Donna E. Davis, MPH
  Project Director, Public Health Grand Rounds, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Breakout Session Topic: Distance Learning Programs in Disaster Public Health: Methodologies for Training and Education

• Richard Goodman, JD
  Public Health Law, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Breakout Session Topic: Public Health and Civil Liberties

• Rick Greenwood, PhD, MPH
  Director, UCLA Office for Environment, Health and Safety; Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health
  Breakout Session Topic: Public Health and Law Enforcement Relations

• Steven Harris
  Vice President, ABS Consulting
  Breakout Session Topic: Modeling Impacts

• Peter Hodes
  GIS Specialist, Visual Risk Technologies
  Breakout Topic: GIS and Public Health Preparedness

• K.C. MacQueen
  Project Manager, Bioterrorism Preparedness Learning Management System Director, Center for the Advancement of Distance Education, University
  of Illinois, Chicago
  Breakout Topic: Distance Learning Programs in Disaster Public Health: Methodologies for Training and Education

• Jayme Magallanes, MPH
  LA Health Care Plan
  Breakout Session Topic: Public Health Workforce Assessment: Bioterrorism Capacity vs. Competency

• Leonard Marcus, PhD
  Harvard University School of Public Health
  Breakout Session Topic: Interagency Collaboration During Disasters

• Laurene Mascola, MD
  Chief, Acute Communicable Desease Division, Los Angeles County Department of Healh Services
  Breakout Session Topic: Public Health and Civil Liberties

• Ken Miller, MD
  Medical Director, Orange County Fire Authority
  Breakout Session Topic: California Summer Fires, 2002

• Stephen S. Morse, PhD
  Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness; Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
  Breakout Session Topic: Anthrax, Fall 2001

• Debra Olson, MPH
  Associate Dean for Public Health Practice Education, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
  Breakout Session Topic: Public Health Workforce Assessment: Bioterrorism Capacity vs. Competency

• Robert Ragland
  Los Angeles County Counsel
  Breakout Session Topic: Public Health and Civil Liberties

• Leslie Ray, MPH
  Senior Epidemiologist, San Diego County (CA) Department of Health Services
  Breakout Session Topic: Lessons Learned: EMS Communication Network, San Diego County (CA) Experience

• Arthur Reingold, MD
  

• Kimberley I. Shoaf, DrPH
  Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters; Adjunct Professor, UCLA School of Public Health
  Breakout Session Topic: Modeling Impacts (Moderator)

• Jennifer Sizemore
  Public Information Officer, Clark County (NV) Health Department
  Breakout Session Topic: The Media and the Public Information Office

• Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., CEM
  Manager, Office of Emergency Preparedness, City of Los Angeles, CA
  Breakout Session Topic: The Media and the Public Information Officer (Moderator)

• Deborah Thomas, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Denver
  Breakout Session Topic: Cross-Cultural Disaster Perceptions: Preparing the Whole Community

• Deane Winant
  American Red Cross, San Gabriel Valley Chapter
  Breakout Session Topic: California Summer Fires, 2002

Conference Details

When:
May 18-21, 2003

Where: Torrance Marriott Hotel
3625 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA  90503
Tel: 310/316-3636 or 800/228-9290
www.marriotthotels.com/laxtr

Accomodations: A block of rooms has been reserved at the special rate of $119/night plus tax. Please book directly with the hotel and indicate that you are attending the UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters. Rooms will be reserved until May 03, 2003, after which prevailing rates and availability will apply.

The hotel is conveniently located 9 miles south of Los Angeles International Airport. The hotel does not provide shuttle service. Taxi fare to the hotel is about $25.

Program: Click Here for Conference Program Details

Registration Fees: 
Early Registration: $300 (until April 15, 2003)
Late Registration: $400 (after April 15, 2003)
Student Registration: $175 (a letter from program director is required)

Who Should Attend this Conference:
The conference is specifically designed for health-related professionals, as well as individuals and organizations involved in emergency disaster preparedness and response from both the public and private sectors. The diverse topics will be relevant to emergency medical services, medical and public health practitioners, researchers, and managers involved in the wide range of disaster public health issues resulting from natural and human-generated disasters.

About the Conference:
The public health consequences of natural and intentional disasters cut across many substantive areas.  This unique multidisciplinary conference will bring together academicians, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers from public health, mental health, community disaster preparedness, social sciences, disaster response, government, media, and non-governmental organizations.

Continuing Education:
Paramedics, EMT, MICN, and Nurses: Continuing Education for BRN, MICN, paramedic, and EMTs is provided by the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care.  UCLA CPC is an approved CE Provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing # CEP-12416, and the California State EMS Authority # 19-0307.  Course objectives available upon request.
Health Educators, CHES: Approval pending.
Physicians, CMEs: Approval pending.

Conference Goal:
The goal of this conference is to stimulate a dialogue between different points of view to promote interdisciplinary collaborations to improve public health response to disasters.

Conference Objectives:
By the end of this conference, participants should be able to:

• List strategies for improving the public health infrastructure at federal, state, and local levels.

• Differentiate between natural and intentional disasters, and identify differences in planning, impact, and response.

• Explain the mechanisms by which emergency management is integrated into public health.

• Discuss the specific public health impacts of recent disasters in the United States.

• Assess the significance of policy legislation and government agencies in shaping disaster preparedness and healthcare capacity.

• Describe the practice and applicability of a hands-on public health planning tool.

Past Conference

First UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters April 11-14, 1999