2007 Conference Agenda

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Presented by:

Epidemiology Section, Michigan Public Health Association
and
Surveillance Section, Michigan Department of Community Health

Photos from the conference - Poster abstracts
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	General Session - Dow Auditorium
8:00 AM	Registration
8:45 AM	Welcome	Thomas Largo, MPH Chair, MPHA Epidemiology Section
9:00 AM	Keynote Address: Vaccine Development and Policy	David R. Johnson, MD, MPH Director, Scientific and Medical Affairs, Sanofi Pasteur
9:45 AM	Panel Discussion of Vaccine Development and Policy	Suzanne E. Ohmit, DrPH Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan Bob Swanson, MPH Director, Division of Immunization, Michigan Department of Community Health Richard Tooker, MD, MPH Medical Director, Allegan County Health Department and Kalamazoo County Human Services Department
10:15 AM	Break / Poster Session I
10:45 AM	Disaster Epidemiology in Relation to Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (10 Mb PowerPoint) Development of Legislation Related to Public Health Policies	Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH Associate Professor of Epidemiology Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health University of Michigan Stacey Hettiger Policy Analyst House Republican Caucus Policy Office Michigan House of Representatives
12:00 PM	Lunch – (on your own except for MAPPP and MPHA Epidemiology Section Members and Students) MAPPP Business Meeting – Classroom 2302 MPHA Epidemiology Section Business Meeting – Dow Auditorium before lunch
1:30 PM	Session 1 - Dow Auditorium	Session 2 - Sheldon Auditorium
	Estimating the Prevalence of Obesity in Physician Office Practice Settings in Kent County. Richard Dettloff, Pharm.D., BCPS - Abstract - Presentation Lack of Association Between Breastfeeding and Preschool Age Overweight and At-Risk-For- Overweight in Offspring of Gestational Diabetic Mothers—1995-1996 Michigan Birth Cohort. Mark Gershman, MD - Abstract - Presentation Overweight in Early Childhood among Term and Pre-Term WIC/Medicaid Participants. Cassandre Larrieux, MPH - Abstract - Presentation	Using Medicaid Data to Better Understand Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Cases. Cheribeth Tan-Schriner, PhD - Abstract - Presentation Geographic Analysis of Immunization Patterns in Genesee County. Kyle Enger, MPH - Abstract - Presentation Regional Inequality in the Distribution of Dental Caries in Michigan Third Grade Children. Michael Paustian, MS - Abstract - Presentation
	Session 3 – Classroom 2314 “Careers in Epidemiology”
	International Richard Renas, MPH Academic/Private Sector Divya Patel, PhD, MPH State Government-Infectious Disease Susan Vagasky, DVM	Local Government Mary Lutzke, MPH State Government-Environmental Health Jay Fiedler, MPH
2:30 PM	Break/Poster Session II
3:00 PM	Session 4 - Dow Auditorium	Session 5 - Sheldon Auditorium
	Pertussis Outbreak in Kalamazoo County, 2006. Annie Wendt, MPH - Abstract - Presentation Distinguishing Diarrheas:Searching for an Association between Giardia lamblia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Alice Penrose MD, MPH - Abstract - Presentation The Role of American Robins in West Nile Virus Surveillance in Washtenaw County, MI 2006. Brian Bieber - Abstract - Presentation	Health Care Access Barriers and Facilitators among African American Men. Shannon Zackery, MPH - Abstract - Presentation Monitoring Pediatric Asthma Management in the Michigan Medicaid Population—A Surveillance Approach. Elizabeth Wasilevich, MPH - Abstract - Presentation Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) among Asian American in Southeast Michigan. Janilla Lee - Abstract - Presentation

Continuing Medical Education: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Michigan State Medical Society Committee on CME Accreditation through the joint sponsorship of the Public Health Consortium and the Michigan Department of Community Health. The Public Health Consortium is accredited by the Michigan State Medical Society Committee on CME Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Public Health Consortium designates this activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category I credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.		Contact Hours: This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Michigan Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's on Accreditation.