2016 Influenza Surveillance Workshop

Influenza Surveillance Workshop

Commons Learning Center

10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 137

Austin, TX 78758

August 16, 2016

8:30 am	Welcome & Introductions	Lesley Brannan, MPH Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin
9:00 am	Review of the 2015-2016 Influenza Season in Texas	Johnathan Ledbetter, MPH Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin
10:15 am	Laboratory Specimen Collection, Submission, and Testing with Q&A	Lesley Brannan, MPH Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin
11:00 am	Comparing Rapid Test Results and PCR Results from Active Flu Surveillance	Kristin McElroy, MPH, CPH Tarrant County Public Health
11:15 am	Provider Recruitment and the New Surveillance System	Kirstin Williams, MPH, CPH; and Carol Hill, BBA City of Amarillo Department of Public Health
11:30 am	New Reporting Method and ILI Recruiting	LaTonya Cabiness, BS Texas Department of State Health Services Region 9/10
11:45 am	Provider Recruiting and Reporting	Erin Kader, MPH Texas Department of State Health Services Region 7
1:15 pm	Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Update	Max Dow, DVM, MPH Texas Animal Health Commission Region 3 – Fort Worth
2:00 pm	Avian Influenza Monitoring	Keeley Morris, MPH Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin
3:00 pm	Origins, Ecology and Epidemiology of Seasonal and Pandemic influenza	Justin Bahl, PhD University of Texas School of Public Health Houston
3:45 pm	Making the Call: Monitoring for Avian Influenza	Diana Trevino, MS Hidalgo County Health Department
4:00 pm	Small Influenza Outbreak at an Elementary School	Kamesha Owens, MPH San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
4:15 pm	Using Survey Monkey for Influenza Surveillance	Stephanie Williamson Texas Department of State Health Services Region 4/5N
4:30 pm	Tracking Flu in a Large Urban Area…A Complicated Matter	Diana Martinez, MPH, PhD and Kelly Johnson, MS Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services
4:45 pm	Daily wrap-up	Lesley Brannan and Johnathan Ledbetter

August 17, 2016 Break Out Sessions
8:30 am	2016-2017 Influenza Updates	Johnathan Ledbetter
9:00am— 9:45am	Influenza Vaccination	Erin Gardner, MPH; and Kenda Deputy, BSN, RN
	LRN/Laboratory Session	Vanessa Telles, MPH; Martha Thompson, MPH;Crystal Van Cleave, BS
9:45am—10:30am	ILINet Breakout	Robert “Bob” Russin
	Alternative Flu Data Sources Breakout	Johnathan Ledbetter
	LRN/Laboratory Breakout – Right Sizecontracts	Vanessa Telles and Lesley Brannan
10:45am— 11:30am	Reporting Standardization, DataDisplay, and Brainstorming Breakout	Lesley Brannan
	Alternative Flu Data Sources Breakout	Johnathan Ledbetter
	LRN/Laboratory Breakout	Vanessa Telles, Martha Thompson, Crystal VanCleave