Meeting Presentations and Speakers
SESSION ONE: THE 2009-2010 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
- Overview of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic
Beth Bell, MD, CDC-NCIRD - 2009-10 Influenza Season Vaccination Coverage
Gary Euler - SDI
Laurel Edelman - The RAND Corporation
Katherine Harris - Department of Defense
Wayne Hachey
After Dinner Presentations
- Healthcare Industry Distributors Association (HIDA)
Ashley Fishburn - GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines
Tosh Butt - MedImmune
Kathy Coelingh - CSL Biotherapies & Merck Vaccines
Paul Perreault (CSL) and Eddy Bresnitz (Merck) - Novartis Vaccines
Nima M. Farzan - sanofi pasteur
Phil Hosbach
SESSION TWO: PERCEPTIONS
- A National View
Glen Nowak, CDC - A State View
Paul Jarris, ASTHO - A City and County View
Bob England, Maricopa Co Dept of Public Health - From the Pharmacists’ Viewpoint
Mitch Rothholz, American Pharmacists Association - From the Community Immunizers Viewpoint
Steve Allred, GetAFluShot.com - From the Long-term Care Facilities’ Viewpoint
Janice Zalen, American Health Care Association
Private Providers Panel
- The Nurses’ Perspective
Nancy Hughes, American Nurses Association - The Pediatricians’ Perspective
Geoffrey Simon, American Academy of Pediatrics - The Family Practitioners’ Perspective
Andrew Eisenberg, Texas Medical Association - The Internists’ Perspective
Tim Vavra, Loyola University Medical Center
SPECIAL SUMMIT AWARDS LUNCH PROGRAM
- Introduction to Awards Luncheon
Mitch Rothholz (APhA) - Overall Season Activities Award
Savita Kumar, Palm Beach County Health Department - Healthcare Personnel Campaign Award
Mary Cooney, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia - Immunization Coalitions / Public Health / Community Campaign Award
Tim Heath, South Dakota Department of Health - Corporate Campaign Award
Ed Cohen, Walgreens
SESSION THREE: PROGRESS
- Vaccine Delivery Technology
Chris Colwell, Becton-Dickinson
Moving Forward into 2010-2011 and Beyond
- Future Public Health Strategies for Influenza
Cindy Weinbaum, CDC-NCIRD - Future Federal Policy Direction for Influenza
Bruce Gellin, DHS-NVPO - Influenza Message Map for 2010-2011
Kris Sheedy, CDC-NCIRD
SESSION FOUR: PREVENTION
- Healthy People 2020 Update
Abby Shefer, CDC-NCIRD - ACIP Update – Moving Toward Universal Vaccination
Greg Poland, Mayo Clinic
Groups That We Are Still Not Protecting Well
- Healthy Adults: Engaging “Hard to Reach” Populations
Stacey Mortenson, ALA of Arizona - Healthy Adults: Engaging a “Hard to Reach” Population on Influenza & Annual Vaccination
Heather McKenzie, VNAA - Adults with Chronic Illnesses
Rebecca Sunenshine, Maricopa Co Dept of Public Health - Children: School-Placed Immunizations
Cindy Weinbaum, CDC-NCIRD - It Takes a Community to Vaccinate a Child
Susan Rehm, CIIC and NFID - Health Care Workers: IAC’s Honor Roll for Patient Safety
Deborah Wexler, Immunization Action Coalition - Description of an Influenza Vaccination Campaign and Use of a Randomized Survey to Determine Participation Rates
Deborah Dooley, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - Employee Influenza Immunization Program
Nancy Gemeinhart, BJC HealthCare - Why Are We Doing This?
Laura Scott, Families Fighting Flu