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Pandemic Influenza: Could History Repeat Itself? (archived webcast) SYMPA0105
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Credit 6.5 CHES category 1 credit; Completion certificate
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Cost No Charge
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Presented live January 24, 2005 at the University of Michigan. With the archived webcast, you can view selected presentations from the all-day symposium.


Description

This symposium examined the recent emergence of avian influenza, provided an overview of international and domestic monitoring efforts, looked at influenza immunization development and delivery, and assessed our current state of preparedness to meet the challenge of the next flu pandemic. Speakers from Hong Kong, federal, state and local agencies, and representatives from WHO and CDC reported the latest developments in the worldwide effort to combat influenza.


Presentations

People Protected - Public Health Prepared

Ed Thompson MD, MPH, Chief of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

21 minutes

Fundamentals of Influenza

Arnold Monto MD, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, and founding Director, University of Michigan Bioterrorism Preparedness Initiative

48 minutes

Avian Influenza: Pandemic Potential?

J. Malik Peiris DPhil, FRCPath, Professor of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, and Chief of Virology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

49 minutes

Surveillance and Response

Keiji Fukuda MD, MPH, Senior Medical Epidemiologist, Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, Influenza Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

34 minutes

When Germs Travel

Howard Markel MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, George E. Wantz Professor of the History of Medicine, and Director, Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan

50 minutes

Vaccine Development and Use

Linda Lambert PhD, Acting Chief, Influenza, SARS, and Related Respiratory Viruses Section, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

59 minutes

Panel - Influenza Planning: Local, State and Federal Interactions

30 minutes

Early in the Pandemic: Infection Control and Use of Anti-Virals

Scott Harper MD, Medical Officer, Influenza Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC

54 minutes

Reactor Panelists

James R. Baker Jr., MD; Gerald Blackburn, DO; Carol Chenoweth, MD; Sandro K. Cinti, MD; Clement Lewin, MBA; Robert Pestronk, MPH; Frederick L. Ruben, MD; Jacqueline Scott DVM, PhD; Linda Scott, RN, BSN, CIC


Technical Requirements

You will need the RealOne Player in order to view webcasts.


Continuing Education Credits Available (at no charge)
Information about continuing education provisions and providerships is available on the Continuing Education Information & FAQ page of our website.


Instructor(s) and planning committee members for this course do not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial company that has a direct interest in the subject matter being presented.


The course is sponsored by the Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness. The Michigan Public Health Training Center is a co-sponsor. This project is supported by a Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, number U90/CCU524243-02.

Updated 5/14/2009; 11/25/2008; 4/9/2008