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Eighth Annual International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference

2009 International Society for Disease
Surveillance Eighth Annual Conference

Biosurveillance across disciplines:
Advancing health threat awareness and public health protection

Methods of Enhancing Surveillance I

Use of Syndromic Surveillance for Outbreak Detection and Management, North Carolina, 2008- 2009
Erika Samoff, University of North Carolina
Development and Implementation of an Electronic Surveillance System Using Open Source Software in Peru: A Preliminary Descriptive Report
Joan Neyra, US Naval Medical Research Center
Preferred Workflows for Syndromic Surveillance Systems
Norman Vinson, National Research Council of Canada
I Just Got an Anomaly Notification by EMail; Now What Do I Do?
William Storm, Ohio Dept. of Health

Surveillance for Novel H1N1 Session B

Surveillance for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza in Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities Using the VA ESSENCE Biosurveillance System
Cynthia Lucero, VA
Clinical Characteristics of Ambulatory H1N1 Patients
Nicholas Soulakis, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene

Food Safety

Multivariate Analysis for Predicting Risk of Microbial Contamination of Food
Daria Sorokina, Carnegie Mellon University
Discovering Possible Linkages Between Food- Borne Illness and the Food Supply Using and Interactive Analysis Tool
Maheshkumar Sabhnani, Carnegie Mellon University
Using Network Diagrams in Support of Food Safety Investigations
Artur Dubrawski, Carnegie Mellon University
Efficient Visualization of Dynamic Networks in Food Safety Analysis
Artur Dubrawski, Carnegie Mellon University

Surveillance Related to Climate and Environment

NC DETECT Disaster Modules Facilitate Efficient Population Monitoring
Amy Ising, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How do Temperature, Relative Humidity and Heat Index Compare to Trends in Heat-Related Chief Complaints Captured by ESSENCE?
Emily Kuo, MO Dept. of Health and Senior Services
National Heat-Related Illness Surveillance Using ED Data
Gabriel Rainisch, SRA International, Inc
One Health Perspective on Climate Change Impacts in the North American Arctic
Joseph Dudley, SAIC

Surveillance of Travelers

Disease Surveillance in Travelers
Gary Brunette, CDC
GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
Phyllis Kozarsky, CDC
Screening Influenza H1N1 in Travelers to Mexico
Isabel Vieitez, Mexico Ministry of Health
Hotel-Based Disease Surveillance System in Jamaica
Michael Williams, Jamaica Ministry of Health

Late Breakers

Syndromic Surveillance of Pregnancy and Influenza-Like Illness from Emergency Department Chief Complaints, Florida 2008-2009
Leah Eisenstein, M.P.H, Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health
Influenza A H1N1 incubation period: Early Insights from informal surveillance of university-based transmission
Mikaela Keller, PhD, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
Are Areas Hit Hard by Pandemic H1N1 in the Spring Seeing Elevated Activity in the Fall?
Krista L. Kniss, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention