Conference Program

Sunday, May 6, 2007

5:00 - 8:00pm: Registration

6:30 - 9:00pm: Evening Reception and Poster Sessions

Monday, May 7, 2007

7 :30am - 6:00pm: Registration and Networking Hall Open

7:30 - 9:00am: Continental Breakfast

8 :30 - 9:00am: Welcome
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP
       
9:00 - 10:00am: Opening Keynote
Public Health and the Human Cost of War
Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, DTM

10:00 - 10:30am: Break

10:30am - 12:00pm: Plenary Session
Ethics of Altered Standards of Care
Thomas May, PhD

12:00 - 1:30pm: Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Animals and Disasters
Sebastian E. Heath, VetMB, PhD

Managing Mass Fatalities
Cyril H. Wecht, MD, JD

Toolbox: GIS
Deborah Thomas, PhD

Various Types of Mass Dispensing
Zerlyn Ladua, RN, FNP, MSN; David Medina, BSN, PHN; Eileen Scanlon, RN, MS

3:00 - 3:30pm: Break

3 :30 - 5:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Update on Competencies: Input from the Field
Laura Biesiadecki, MSPH

The Role of the Red Cross in a Public Health Emergency
Peggy Brutsche

Toolbox: Just-in-Time Training
Jee Kim, MPH; Marcia Liem-McFadden, RN, BSN

The Role of Schools in Community Disaster Preparedness
Jerald Newberry; Marlene Burton

6:00 - 9:30pm: Dinner and a Disaster Movie

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

7:30 - 9:00am: Continental Breakfast

7:30am - 5:30pm: Registration and Networking Hall Open

8:30 - 9:30am: Keynote
New Public Health Directions From a Federal Perspective
Jon T. Perez, PhD

9:30 - 10:30am: Plenary Session
Polonium 210: The Public Health Response
Roger Gilmour, PhD


10:30 - 11:00am: Break

11:00am - 12:00pm: Plenary Session
Enforcing Public Health Law
Commander Michael Grossman, MA; Kay Fruhwirth, MSN, RN; Robert Ragland, JD

12:00 - 1:30pm: Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Designing Effective Communication Strategies
Terri Stratton, MPH; Sandra Crouse Quinn, PhD, Darlene Sparks Washington, DPM

Mental Health Impacts of Mass Fatalities
Jon T. Perez, PhD; LCDR Jeffrey Coady, PsyD

Target Capabilities List
Michael W. Proctor, MD

Border Health
James R. Greenwood, PhD, MPH; Samuel J. Stratton, MD, MPH

3:00 - 3:30pm: Break

3:30 - 5:00pm: Breakout Sessions: 4 options

Preparing the Population for Extended Shelter in Place: Input from the Field
Kimberly Shoaf, DrPH

Drawing on Universities and Other Resources in a Disaster
Jennifer Horney, MA, MPH, PhD(c)

Working with Native American Populations
Vicki L. Tall Chief, EdD

Infectious Disease Modeling Pan Flu
Maura Sullivan, MS, PhD(c)

Evening On Your Own

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

8:00 - 9:30am: Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 1:00pm: Registration

9:00 - 9:45am: Plenary Session

9:00 - 9:45am: Plenary Session
2006 Foodborne Outbreaks
Jeff Farrar, DVM, PhD, MPH

9:45 - 10:30am: Plenary Session
Update on Pandemic Influenza
Angela Dyjack, MPH, REHS

10:30 - 10:45am: Break

10:45 - 11:30am: Closing Keynote
150th Anniversary of the Fort Tejon Earthquake
Lucile Jones, PhD

11:30 - 12:00pm: Closing Remarks
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP

12:00pm: Conference Adjourns