2024 ELC Epidemiology Workshop

February 15-16, 2024

Conference Agenda

Speakers

Presentations:

• Public Health Informatics and Data Exchange Modernization and Enhancement Updates – Jessica Romano, MPH
• Managing Stress, Avoiding Burnout – Chelsea R. Smith, LMSW, LCDC
• Investigation of Human Rabies in a School-Aged Medina County Resident, Texas 2021 – Amanda J. Kieffer, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
• Response to a White Powder Call, Experience and Lessons Learned – Ashley Hawes, MPH, CQA
• New Case Definitions: Mumps, Polio, Varicella, and Hepatitis B – Elise Huebner, MS, CPH, CIC; Binoj Peter, MPH; and Varsha Misra, MPH
• Genetic Sequencing at DSHS Austin Laboratory: An Introduction – Bonnie Oh, PhD and Maliha Rahman, PhD
• Coordinating with Other Agencies as Demonstrated in Three Investigations – Gabriela Calvi, MPH, CHW; Brent Moore, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVPM; and Kelly Spencer, BS, AAS
• HAI-Lights of Texas: Candida auris in LTAC, Fungal Meningitis – Kourtney Lopez, MPH, a-IPC; Jose A. Ulloa, MPH; and Angel Guevara, MS, MPH, CIC
• Updates on High Consequence Infectious Diseases: A Review of Statewide Mpox Cases and New Tools for Monitoring – Rania Milleron, SM, PhD and Stephen White, PhD, MLS(ASCP)^CM
• 2023 Texas Cyclospora Season and Restaurant Outbreak Investigation – Samantha Spencer, MPH
• Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) & Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS): Epidemiology and NEDSS Reporting – Quoc Phung (Selena) Than, MPH
• Lessons Learned from an Autochthonous Malaria Investigation – Amira Bashadi, MPH; Samantha Puttick; Raquel Castillo, MPH; and Leigh-Anne Lawton
• 2022 Finalized NEDSS Infectious Disease Data and 2023 Data Quality Assurance – DSHS Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Unit (EAIDU) Data Analytics Team