Program Managers Annual Meeting (Oct. 2011)
Cohort Review Implementation Process 
(273 KB)
Sandra Morris, M.P.H., Manager, Communicable Disease Control Group, TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
National TB Indicators (535 KB)
Ann Tyree, M.S., TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Strategic Planning (124 KB)
Ann Tyree, M.S., TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Medicaid Enrollment Process (108 KB)
Ann Tyree, M.S., TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Correctional Tuberculosis (804 KB)
Barbara Vassell, M.D., TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Inventory Tracking Electronic Asset Management System (ITEAMS) (424 KB)
Barbara Johnson, P.M.P, Pharmacy Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Priorities for LTBI Treatment (34 KB)
Gloria Salinas, R.N., Hidalgo County
Funding and Budget (101 KB)
Cynthia Lewis, TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Tuberculosis in Texas, 2010
(1.2 MB)
TB/HIV/STD Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Binational TB Project: Grupo Sin Fronteras (1.8 MB)
Cynthia Tafolla, Binational TB Project Coordinator, Health Service Region 11, Texas Department of State Health Services
Binational TB: Juntos Project (273 KB)
Lupe Gonzalez, Binational TB Project Coordinator, Health Service Region 9/10, Texas Department of State Health Services
Binational TB Project: Los Dos Laredos (3.6 MB)
Veronica Y. Dominguez, R.N., B.S.N., Program Coordinator, City of Laredo Health Department
Heartland Regional Training & Medical Consultation Center (RTMCC) (1.1 MB)
Delfina Sanchez, RTMCC, San Antonio, TX
HIV Testing in Texas TB Clinics (29 KB)
Linda J. Brown, M.S., R.N., Nurse Consultant, Texas Department of State Health Services
TB Drug Shortages (114 KB)
Linda J. Brown, M.S., R.N., Nurse Consultant, Texas Department of State Health Services
Using M. tuberculosis Genotyping in Local Program Activities (2.3 MB)
Nicole Evert, M.S., TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Health Care Delivery Redesign (1.1 MB)
Olga Rodriguez, Center for Program Coordination and Health Policy, Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory Update: Direct Testing, Cepheid GeneXpert System, CDC Molecular Detection of DR Mutations (1.3 MB)
Denise Dunbar, M(ASCP) and Ken Jost, M(ASCP), Laboratory Services Section, Texas Department of State Health Services
Medical Records Conference (Oct. 2011)
M. tuberculosis Genotyping (1.25 MB)
Nicole Evert, M.S., TB Services Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory Update (203 KB)
Denise Dunbar, M(ASCP) and Ken Jost, M(ASCP), Laboratory Services Section, Texas Department of State Health Services
Other Presentations
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: How much of a Threat to Texas (3.5 MB)
Barbara Seaworth, M.D., Medical Director, Heartland National Tuberculosis Training and Education Center
San Antonio, Texas; Ken Jost, Microbiologist, Tuberculosis Applications Scientist, Texas State Laboratory, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX
New Tools to Manage an Old Disease-Genotyping and QuantiFERON (2.9 MB)
Ed Graviss, Ph.D., M.P.H, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
2008 Standards of Performance (40KB), text-only (10 KB)
Linda Brown, R.N., M.S., Nurse Consultant, Texas Department of State Health Services
Contact Investigation Timelines (14 KB), text-only (1.8 KB)
Ann Tyree, Department of State Health Services
Update from Heartland National TB Center (739 KB), text-only (3 KB)
Laura Muraida, Teresa Quintero, Heartland National TB Center, San Antonio, TX.
Heartland Product Development (29 KB), 
(35 KB)
Jessica Quintero, Heartland National TB Center, San Antonio, TX.
Tuberculosis and PICS (Pharmacy Inventory Control System) (276 KB), text-only (8 KB)
Stephanie Ramirez, Inventory Systems Specialist/ PICS Trainer, Department of State Health Services
Completion of Therapy Performance Measure (84 KB), text-only (4 KB)
Ann Tyree, M.S., Texas Department of State Health Services
The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Texas, 2007 (1.0 MB)
Nivedita Seerpi, M.P.H., Epidemiologist, Texas Department of State Health Services
The Face of Tuberculosis in Texas (1.5 MB), (1.8 MB)
Smita Chatterjee, M.S., Coordinator/Epidemiologist, Texas Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium, Texas Department of State Health Services
Childhood Tuberculosis in Texas (1.6 MB)
Kimberly Connelly Smith, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas
The Role of the Laboratory in the Management of Tuberculosis (606 KB)
Denise Dunbar, Manager, Mycobacteriology/Mycology Laboratory Services Section, Texas State Laboratory, Texas Department of State Health Services
Austin, Texas
The Challenges of Managing Tuberculosis in Rural Texas (418 KB)
David Griffith, M.D., Professor, University of Texas Health Clinic
Tyler, Texas
The Impact of Tuberculosis Along the Texas-Mexico Border (228KB), (735 KB)
Miguel Escobedo, M.D., M.P.H., Director, El Paso Quarantine Station Center for Disease Control and Prevention
El Paso, Texas
The Public Health Obligation to Prevent and Control Tuberculosis in Texas (865 KB)
Susan Penfield, M.D., Texas TB Controller, Manager Infectious Disease Control Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services
Austin, Texas
Coalitions: The Gateway to Partnerships and Collaborations (72.5 KB)
Aftab Hashim, M.D., M.H.A., M.P.H., Assistant Director, Health Service Area 6/5 South, Texas Department of State Health Services
Houston, Texas
New Methods to Define Tuberculosis Risk and Control Urban Tuberculosis (3.1 MB)
Stephen Weis, D.O., Professor, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, Texas
The Private Provider-Public Health Partnership to Prevent and Control Tuberculosis in Texas (365 KB), 
(4.0 MB)
Sandra Guerra, M.D., Director, Health Service Area 8, Texas Department of State Health Services
San Antonio, Texas