Reflecting on Decision-Making During the Novel H1N1 Influenza Epidemic
Description
In Spring 2009 health departments around the world were challenged by an outbreak of influenza caused by a recently recognized influenza A H1N1 virus. Presenters from the health departments of Montana, Oregon, and Washington will discuss a variety of decisions made during the outbreak, how those decisions derived from plans to respond to pandemic influenza, and how the plans might be modified to respond to future influenza outbreaks.
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Presenters
Katrina Hedberg, MD, MPH is currently the Interim State Epidemiologist & Administrator with the Public Health Division of the Oregon Department of Human Services. Dr. Hedberg received her undergraduate degree from Yale University, her medical degree from Oregon Health Sciences University, and her Master's of Public Health Degree from the University of Washington. Dr. Hedberg has worked in a variety of programs at the Department of Human Services, including HIV/AIDS, Communicable Disease Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tuberculosis Control, and Communicable Disease Preparedness.
Steven Helgerson, MD, MPH, is currently the State Medical Officer and the Medical Director of the Medicaid Program, Department of Public Health and Human Services in Montana. Dr. Helgerson received his MD degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine and MPH from the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine. He is Board Certified in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. From 1974 to 1996 he was a Commissioned Officer in the USPHS and during that time worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Indian Health Service, and the Health Care Financing Administration (now CMS). From 1997 to 2004 he worked as a consulting epidemiologist with Epidemiology for Action (Seattle, WA). In 2005, prior to coming to Montana, he worked with Public Health - Seattle & King County.
Anthony Marfin, MD, MPH, MA, earned his Medical Doctor and Master of Public Health degrees from the University of California. He trained in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine. Currently, he is the Washington State Epidemiologist for Communicable Diseases. Dr. Marfin served as a Medical Epidemiologist for 14 years with CDC in four different divisions (Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Global Migration and Quarantine, STD Prevention, and Influenza). Most recently, he was assigned to the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Egypt as an influenza subject matter expert. He has also served as the Program Director for the HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Prevention in the Oregon Public Health Division and a Medical Officer with the Indian Health Service. Over the past 26 years, his primary epidemiology study interests have been the study of bacterial and viral pathogens causing encephalitis and meningitis and of interventions to control of diseases with pandemic or epidemic potential.
Learner Objectives
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Describe at least three steps taken by state health departments in response to an influenza outbreak
- Recognize that outbreak response plans should be implemented with flexibility
- Compare and contrast the approaches to a springtime influenza outbreak taken by three state health departments
- Understand how to develop methods for rapid assessment of transmission patterns of a novel influenza virus
- Understand how to establish influenza surveillance in anticipation of a "second wave" of a pandemic
Target Audience
This session would be appropriate for the following audiences:
- Local and state public health practitioners
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