Agenda at a Glance
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Registration and Check-In |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Lights from the Field |
| 9:45 am - 10:45 am | AI In Healthcare: Opportunities to improve health outcomes |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Building Healthy Teams |
| 12:00 pm - 1:25 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Evidence-Based Health Communication: Research and Practice to Support Public Health |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | The Evolving Battlefield: Rising Threats of Multidrug Resistance and the Antibiotic Stewardship Response |
| 2:40 pm - 3:40 pm | Trauma-Informed Care and Practice |
| 2:40 pm - 3:40 pm | Predictors of Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program Penalties, FY2025 |
| 3:55 pm - 4:50 pm | Measles in the Post-Elimination Era: Implications from the West Texas Outbreak |
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 8:25 am | Registration and Check-In |
| 8:30 am - 9:20 am | Keynote Address |
| 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Workforce Safety/Regulatory Compliance |
| 9:35 am - 10:20 am | Nothing to it but to Flu it: A Surprisingly Simple Approach to Increasing Flu Specimen Submissions. |
| 9:40 am - 10:25 am | Legionella Environmental Investigations |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | World Cup Collaboration: How Texas is Preparing Response Efforts Involving Higher Volume and Unusual Cases |
| 12:00 pm - 1:20 pm | Lunch |
| 1:25 pm - 2:25 pm | Mind the Culture: Bridging the Gap Between Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardship |
| 1:35 pm - 2:20 pm | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Texas Wildlife |
| 1:40 pm - 2:25 pm | Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in Texas |
| 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm | Open-Floor Networking: Poster and Exhibitor Hall |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Category A Waste is a Critical Weakness in the United States Response Plans for Outbreaks of High Consequence Infectious Diseases. |
| 4:05 pm - 4:50 pm | Transplant Associated Reportable Disease |
| 4:10 pm - 4:55 pm | Engaging Work Around Mpox Prevention and Response |
Thursday, May 7, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am -8:25 am | Registration and Check-In |
| 8:30 am - 9:15 am | Leadership Development in Healthcare and Epidemiology |
| 9:20 am- 10:05 am | Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Powdered Infant Formula/The World is Your Oyster: Vibrio Investigation and Shellfish Tags |
| 9:25 am - 10:10 am | Overview on the Role of the DSHS Lab |
| 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Flu Surveillance Workshop Part 1 |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Timeliness of Candida auris Reporting in Harris County, Texas, 2021–2024 |
| 10:35 am - 11:20 am | TBD - Local Health Department Presentation |
| 10:40 am - 11:25 am | Flu Surveillance Workshop Part 2 |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | World Cup Breakout |
| 11:35 am - 12:20 pm | Rabies in Texas Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:25 pm | Flu Surveillance Workshop Part 3 |
| 12:25 pm - 1:50 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm - 3:10 pm | Introducing the New Texas National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) |
| 3:25 pm - 4:10 pm | Antimicrobial Resistance Lab Network |
| 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm | Perinatal Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Vaccines and Investigations |
| 3:35 pm - 4:20 pm | Data Collection Improvement for Epidemiology |
| 4:05 pm - 5:00 pm | Closing Plenary |
Friday, May 8, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 8:25 am | Registration and Check-in |
| 8:30 am - 2:55 pm | Tabletop Exercise - Trace Me If You Can: Traceback Investigation of a Salmonella Outbreak |
| 8:30 am - 11:55 pm | Tabletop Exercise - New World Screwworm |
| 8:30 am - 2:55 pm | Tabletop Exercise - High-Consequence Infectious Diseases |