DCC 2023 - Agenda
Disease Control Conference 2023
Agenda - September 19, 2023
Time | Title | Presenter |
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8:00-8:30 | Registration | |
8:30-8:35 | Welcome | Stephanie Black, MD, Medical Director, Communicable Disease Program, Chicago Department of Public Health |
8:35-8:55 | What Kids Have Lost During the Pandemic and How Can They Get It Back? | Tarrah K. DeClemente, MPH, RDN, Executive Director, Office of Student Health and Wellness, Chicago Public Schools Peter Leonard, MA, Executive Director of Student Assessment & MTSS for Chicago Public Schools |
8:55-9:20 | The Role of Academic Partnerships In Public Health Response – A Brief History | Stockton Mayer, DO, Infectious Disease Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, UI Health Elizabeth Davis, MD, Primary Care Physician, Internal Medicine, RUSH University Medical Group |
9:20-9:45 | Looking Ahead to the Upcoming Respiratory Season | Brian Borah, MD, MA, Medical Director, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance, Chicago Department of Public Health Jackie Tiema, PhD, Director of Public Health Operations, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance, Chicago Department of Public Health |
9:45-10:05 | Weathering the Storm: Lessons from the all-hands-on-deck Response to Misinformation | Katelyn Jetelina, MPH, PhD, Epidemiologist, Data Scientist, Science Communicator, Creator of “Your Local Epidemiologist” |
10:05-10:35 | Q & A - Forum with Elizabeth, Stockton, Brian, Jackie, Tarrah, Peter, and Katelyn | |
10:35-10:50 | Break | |
10:50-11:20 | Building a Healthcare Sanctuary Within a Sanctuary City: Chicago's New Arrivals Health Response | Jennifer Seo, JD, MD, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Chicago Department of Public Health |
11:20-11:45 | Health Impacts Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment Presentation not authorized to share. Please contact Emily at emily.faherty@cityofchicago.org for questions regarding this presentation. |
Emily Faherty, PhD, EIS Officer, Communicable Disease Program, Chicago Department of Public Health |
11:45-12:15 | Understanding Populations through Data Modernization in Public Health | Graham Briggs, MS, State Epidemiologist, Illinois Department of Public Health |
12:15-1:15 | Lunch | |
1:15-1:45 | A Public Health Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Chicago | Matt Richards, LCSW, MDiv, Deputy Commissioner of Behavioral Health, Chicago Department of Public Health Sarah Richardson, MPP, Grants Research Specialist, Chicago Department of Public Health |
1:45-2:15 | Family Connects Chicago: Supporting Birthing People and Newborns | Jessica Wilkerson, Director of Program Operations, Chicago Department of Public Health |
2:15-2:40 | Elizabethkingia spp. Outbreak in a Ventilator-Capable Skilled Nursing Facility, Chicago 2023 | Sidney Thigpen, MPH, Epidemiologist III, Chicago Department of Public Health |
2:40-2:55 | Break | |
2:55-3:20 | Community-Led Health Activism in Belmont Cragin: Collaborating for Health Equity and a Better Future | Nancy Valentin, Director of Health Equity, HCEZ NW Regional Lead, Northwest Center Genese (Genny) Turner, Director of Health Equity and Strategic Partnerships at Chicago Department of Public Health |
3:20-3:50 | Mpox: A Syndemic Outbreak | Taylor Holly, MPH, Epidemiologist II, Chicago Department of Public Health |
3:50-3:55 | Closing Remarks / Evaluations / Adjourn | Janna L. Kerins, VMD, MPH, Medical Director - Communicable Disease, Chicago Dept. of Public Health |