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