The March Session of Hot Topics in Practice will provide viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at how foodborne disease detectives pinpoint the sources of outbreaks. By viewing this webinar, participants will gain familiarity with current outbreak detection tools and consider the ways in which today’s complex foodborne illness surveillance and investigation practices are used to protect the public’s health.
Presenters
Laurie Stewart, MS
Foodborne and Waterborne Disease Epidemiologist
Washington state Department of Health
These monthly Web-conferencing events, sponsored by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, provide an authoritative hour-long forum for discussing topics that are important to the public health practice community and the tribal health units in the six Northwest states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.