2022 Disaster Epidemiology Workshop
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pleased to announce the 14th Annual CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Workshop will be held virtually May 16-18, 2023. The Workshop’s theme, “The Path Forward: The Different Elements of Disaster Epidemiology” will feature presentations and panel discussions related to applied epidemiology and lessons learned from previous and ongoing preparedness and response operations and activities.
Based on feedback from previous years, the Planning Committee has decided to offer a “pre-workshop” session, as the first day, focusing on an introduction to Disaster Epidemiology. Continuing education will be available for attendees for the first time this year.
Each day will include presentations and discussions organized by category:
Day 1: An Introduction to Disaster EpidemiologyDay 2: Disaster Epidemiology In The Field: Activities And Partnerships
1:00 PM ET Welcome & Housekeeping
Maureen Wimsatt, Facilitator
1:15 PM ET Presentation: Scaling Response Workforces for Concurrent Disaster Response
Jordan Urrate and Alisha Merchant, Harris County, TX
2:00 PM ET Breakout: Interactive Discussion: CASPER Lessons Learned
Doug Thoroughman, Kentucky
Diego Zavala, Puerto Rico
Joy Jacobson, Santa Barbara County, California
2:00 PM ET Breakout: Networking Discussion: Partnerships with Emergency Management, PHEP and Disaster Epidemiologists
Svetlana Smorodinsky, California
Paul DeLuca, University of Chicago
3:00 PM ET BREAK
3:15 PM ET Presentation: Assessment of Chemical Exposures (ACE) Investigations
ACE in Ohio- Kristen Dickerson and Gene Phillips, Ohio
ACE in Hawaii- Diane Felton, Hawaii
4:35 PM ET Presentation: Information Management, Animals and Disasters
Sara Egan, FEMA
5:00 PM ET Adjourn
Day 3: Incorporating and Modernizing Data In Dosaster Epidemiology
1:00 PM ET Welcome & Housekeeping
Maureen Wimsatt, Facilitator
1:05 PM ET Presentation: United States Census Bureau Data for Disaster Epidemiology
United States Census: Data Quality, Differential Privacy, Matt Spence United States Census Bureau
United States Census: Census Geographies, Nathan Jones United States Census Bureau
United States Census: 2020 United States Census Undercount and Its Impacts, Tim Kennel United States Census Bureau
United States Census: American Communities Survey (ACS) and Margin of Error, Charles Champion United States Census Bureau
2:45 PM ET Presentation: United States Census: OnTheMap
Earlene Dowell, United States Census Bureau
3:30 PM ET BREAK
3:45 PM ET Presentation: NIOSH's Efforts to Collect Occupational Data during Emergency Response
Sherry Burrer, NIOSH
4:15 PM ET Presentation: Wastewater Surveillance in Practice
Ariel Christensen, North Carolina
4:55 PM ET Closing Remarks
Tess Konen, Svetlana Smorodinsky, Co-Chairs, CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Subcommittee
5:00 PM ET Adjourn
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Workshop Registration
The 2023 CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Workshop is being help virtually via Zoom and is free of charge. A final agenda and any pre-workshop materials will be distributed prior to the start of the event. Please register by COB May 15, 2023 to ensure you receive all relevant documents. Please register for the Workshop through the CSTE Learn platform. Daily attendance is limited to 500 attendees, and will be based on a first-come, first-served basis.| Start Date | Register | ||
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