Webinar Speakers - February 27, 2o14, 2:00pm-3:30pm
Presenters
Edward Baker, MD, MPH, Research Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Edward Baker MD, MPH is a health policy professor and former director of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Previously, he served as Assistant Surgeon General and Director of CDC’s Public Health Practice Program Office, leading creation of Public Health Leadership Institutes, the Information Network for Public Health Officials, the Public Health Training Network, and the Health Alert Network.
Edward Baker MD, MPH is a health policy professor and former director of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Previously, he served as Assistant Surgeon General and Director of CDC’s Public Health Practice Program Office, leading creation of Public Health Leadership Institutes, the Information Network for Public Health Officials, the Public Health Training Network, and the Health Alert Network.
Perry Smith, MD, Research Professor, State University of New York at Albany, former New York State Epidemiologist
Perry Smith is a research professor at the School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, and a public health epidemiology consultant. He served as State Epidemiologist and Director of the Division of Epidemiology at the New York State Department of Health from 1996 to 2010. He has been active in national surveillance through his work with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, where he has served as president among other roles. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and trained in CDC’s Epidemiology Intelligence Service and Preventive Medicine Residency.
Perry Smith is a research professor at the School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, and a public health epidemiology consultant. He served as State Epidemiologist and Director of the Division of Epidemiology at the New York State Department of Health from 1996 to 2010. He has been active in national surveillance through his work with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, where he has served as president among other roles. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and trained in CDC’s Epidemiology Intelligence Service and Preventive Medicine Residency.
Special Guests
This webinar will be co-presented by biosurveillance experts who have experience performing surveillance during mass gatherings. They will share their lessons learned and ways forward for your use in your own careers.
Julia Gunn, RN, MPH, Director, Communicable Disease Division, Boston Public Health Commission.
Julia Gunn has worked for the Boston Public Health Commission in the Communicable Disease Control Division for over 15 years, where she assumed the position of Director in 2008. During this time, Julia has contributed to dozens of publications and presentations enhancing the understanding of communicable disease surveillance and response, tuberculosis, food-borne illness, and other communicable illnesses. Her publications in syndromic surveillance publications include a cost study and consensus process for syndrome definitions. Julia played a key role in developing and integrating the enhanced surveillance systems in Boston including the EARS based syndromic surveillance system and patient tracking for mass casualty events. In 2009, the Boston syndromic surveillance system was awarded the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence. Julia sits on the executive board member for the International Society for Disease Surveillance and serves as a liaison to the public health practice committee. Julia has served on NACCHO's public health informatics workgroup and the Biosense technical panel.
Julia Gunn has worked for the Boston Public Health Commission in the Communicable Disease Control Division for over 15 years, where she assumed the position of Director in 2008. During this time, Julia has contributed to dozens of publications and presentations enhancing the understanding of communicable disease surveillance and response, tuberculosis, food-borne illness, and other communicable illnesses. Her publications in syndromic surveillance publications include a cost study and consensus process for syndrome definitions. Julia played a key role in developing and integrating the enhanced surveillance systems in Boston including the EARS based syndromic surveillance system and patient tracking for mass casualty events. In 2009, the Boston syndromic surveillance system was awarded the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence. Julia sits on the executive board member for the International Society for Disease Surveillance and serves as a liaison to the public health practice committee. Julia has served on NACCHO's public health informatics workgroup and the Biosense technical panel.
Atyia Martin, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Boston Public Health Commission.
Atyia Martin is the Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). In this role, she is responsible for coordinating public health, healthcare, and community health preparedness; emergency management coordination among public health and healthcare system; oversight of the Stephen M. Lawlor Medical Intelligence Center to coordinate response and recovery efforts; and education and training through the DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness.
She has a diverse set of experiences in emergency management, intelligence, and homeland security. Her previous professional experience includes the Boston Police Department’s Boston Regional Intelligence Center; City of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management; the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI); and active duty Air Force assigned to the National Security Agency. Atyia is a doctoral candidate in the Northeastern University Doctor of Law and Policy program.
Atyia Martin is the Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). In this role, she is responsible for coordinating public health, healthcare, and community health preparedness; emergency management coordination among public health and healthcare system; oversight of the Stephen M. Lawlor Medical Intelligence Center to coordinate response and recovery efforts; and education and training through the DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness.
She has a diverse set of experiences in emergency management, intelligence, and homeland security. Her previous professional experience includes the Boston Police Department’s Boston Regional Intelligence Center; City of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management; the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI); and active duty Air Force assigned to the National Security Agency. Atyia is a doctoral candidate in the Northeastern University Doctor of Law and Policy program.