Webinar Speakers - March 25 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 natural disasters. They will share their lessons learned and ways forward for your use in your own careers.
Thomas Matte, Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Surveillance and Policy at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Dr. Thomas Matte has directed studies to improve risk assessment, surveillance, and public health prevention efforts related to air pollution, summer heat waves and other extreme weather events in NYC and has served on the New York City’s inter-agency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Tom also led the development of the New York City Community Air Survey, a landmark study of variation in street-level air pollution exposure across the city to inform local air quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Matte previously worked as a medical epidemiologist with the CDC and as Professor of Urban Public Health at Hunter College and the CUNY School of Public Health. His past work has spanned several environmental and chronic disease areas, including: lead exposure domestically and abroad, prenatal and early life exposures and their relationship to later health status, and evaluation of major NYC health initiatives including nicotine patch distribution, a trans-fat ban and calorie labeling initiatives.
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Dr. Thomas Matte has directed studies to improve risk assessment, surveillance, and public health prevention efforts related to air pollution, summer heat waves and other extreme weather events in NYC and has served on the New York City’s inter-agency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Tom also led the development of the New York City Community Air Survey, a landmark study of variation in street-level air pollution exposure across the city to inform local air quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Matte previously worked as a medical epidemiologist with the CDC and as Professor of Urban Public Health at Hunter College and the CUNY School of Public Health. His past work has spanned several environmental and chronic disease areas, including: lead exposure domestically and abroad, prenatal and early life exposures and their relationship to later health status, and evaluation of major NYC health initiatives including nicotine patch distribution, a trans-fat ban and calorie labeling initiatives.
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Mitch Stripling, MPA, Director, Emergency Planning Unit, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Mitch Stripling oversees agency preparedness efforts at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, including units for Planning, Training/Exercises/ Operations and Evaluations. He coordinated citywide planning for the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic and is currently part of the Coordinating Group for Citywide Healthcare Facility Evacuation that developed after Hurricane Irene. He served as a Planning Section Chief and co-lead for Healthcare Evacuation during the response to Hurricane Sandy.
His unit has developed nationally recognized Threat Response Guides for 21 of the highest risk scenarios that could impact New York City, a data/consensus driven risk assessment methodology, a Principal Scientific Advisor model for public health ICS, and a strategic Planning Directive model for civilian use.
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Mitch Stripling oversees agency preparedness efforts at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, including units for Planning, Training/Exercises/ Operations and Evaluations. He coordinated citywide planning for the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic and is currently part of the Coordinating Group for Citywide Healthcare Facility Evacuation that developed after Hurricane Irene. He served as a Planning Section Chief and co-lead for Healthcare Evacuation during the response to Hurricane Sandy.
His unit has developed nationally recognized Threat Response Guides for 21 of the highest risk scenarios that could impact New York City, a data/consensus driven risk assessment methodology, a Principal Scientific Advisor model for public health ICS, and a strategic Planning Directive model for civilian use.
mailto:[email protected]