School of Public Health News

The UMDNJ-School of Public Health, along with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is hosting and cosponsoring the 2008 Northeast Regional Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference on Thursday, March 6, 2008, at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, West Lecture Hall in Piscataway, NJ.

The program is as follows:

9:00-9:20am - Welcoming Remarks

Eddy Bresnitz, MD, MS
Deputy Commissioner and State Epidemiologist, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiolgy, UMDNJ-School of Public Health

Audrey Gotsch, DrPH, CHES
Dean, UMDNJ-School of Public Health

9:20-10:00am - Waterborne Diseases

Moderator: Jerald Fagliano, PhD
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

• Vibriosis epidemiology and lack of patient knowledge of disease — Maryland, 2002–2006 (Rakhee Palekar, MD, MPH)

• Dracunculiasis Outcomes and Determinants of Broken Worms — Ghana, 2007 (Mary Glenshaw, PhD, MPH, OTR/L)

10:00-10:15am - Break

10:15-11:45am - Healthcare-Associated Infections

Moderator: Peter Wenger, MD
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School; UMDNJ-School of Public Health

• Cluster of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Burn Unit - New York, 2007 (Jenifer Jaeger, MD)

• Multiple Clusters of Hepatitis C Virus Infections Associated with Anesthesia for Outpatient Endoscopy Procedures - New York City, 2005–2006 (Bruce Gutelius, MD, MPH)

• Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event reporting for Infections after Human Tissue Transplantation Before and After New Regulations - United States, 2001- 2007 (Tarun Mallick, MBBS, MPH)

• Healthcare Worker Practices and Exposures during an Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak - Uganda, 2007 (David Blaney, MD, MPH)

11:45am-12:45pm Lunch (on your own)

12:45-2:00pm Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Moderator: Christina Tan, MD
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

• Cutaneous Anthrax Associated with Drum-Making by Using Goat Hides from West Africa - Connecticut, 2007 (Alice Guh, MD, MPH)

• Effectiveness of Second-Dose Varicella Vaccination Administered During an Outbreak - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006 (Michael Nguyen, MD)

• Multistate Measles Outbreak Associated with an International Youth Sporting Event - Pennsylvania, Michigan and Texas, August–September, 2007 (Tai-Ho Chen, MD)

• Public Health Response to Intentional Inappropriate Vaccination Practices by a Pediatrician - New Jersey, 2008 (Adam Langer, DVM, MPH)

2:00-2:10pm - Break

2:10-3:10pm - Injury and Chronic Diseases

Moderator: William Halperin, MD, DrPH, MPH
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School; UMDNJ-School of Public Health

• Factors Associated with Fatal All-Terrain Vehicle Crashes - West Virginia, 1999-2006 (Aron Hall, DVM, MSPH)

• Smoking Cessation during Pregnancy and Preterm Birth in Seven States - ID, KY, NY, PA, SC, TN, WA, 2004 (Laura Polakowski, MD, MPH)

• Do modifiable risk factors remain uncontrolled among diabetic adults with lower extremity disease (LED)? (Rashida Dorsey, PhD, MPH)

3:10-3:30pm - Latebreakers and Closing Remarks