August 2007
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program - Third Quarter Training
I is for Investigation: Outbreak investigation methods from mystery to mastery
August 16, 2007, 7:45 am—4:00 pm
Tamarack
Beckley, WV
From the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness in the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, the following materials (PPT & Discussion) were presented at the conference:
- Recognizing an Outbreak (PPT): Danae Bixler, MD, MPH (Discussion)
- Study Design (PPT): Aron Hall, DVM, MSPH, EIS Officer (Discussion)
- Designing Questionnaires (PPT): Sharon Hill, Zoonotic Epidemiologist (Discussion)
- Interviewing Techniques (PPT): Kimberly Kline, Regional Epidemiologist (Discussion)
- Writing an Outbreak Report (PPT): Thein Shwe, VPD, IBD Epidemiologist (Discussion)
- Risk and Crisis Communication (PPT): Chad Meador, R.S. (Discussion)
- Influenza: 06-07 Wrap up, 07-08 Kick off (PPT): Mary Myers, RN, Flu Surveillance Coordinator
November 15 & 16, 2007