Study Tour: Infectious Diseases Surveillance and Alert
Date | Title | Speaker |
August 15 Vanderbilt University | ||
8:30-10:00 | Welcome and Introduction to Public Health in TN | William Schaffner |
10:15-12:00 | Influenza surveillance and pandemic planning | Marie R. Griffin |
12:00-1:30 | Lunch | William Schaffner |
1:30-2:30 | T.B. control and surveillance | Timothy R. Sterling |
2:30-3:30 | SARS research at Vanderbilt University | Mark R Denison |
3:30-4:30 | Public health impact of new children’s vaccines in USA | |
August 16 TN Health Department | ||
8:30-12 | Surveillance and Epidemiology at the state level | Allen S. Craig and Timothy Jones, with staff from the TN State Dept. of Health |
HIV/AIDS/STD Section | ||
Tennessee Emerging Infections Program | ||
Epidemiological Surveillance and Alert System for Communicable Diseases | ||
Public Health response to Bioterrorism | ||
August 17 TN Health Department | ||
TBD | HIV/AIDS in China | Xinhua Sun and colleagues |
8:30-5:00 | Field trips to Mid-Cumberland Dept. of Health and Nashville Metro Dept. of Health | Allen Craig and Tim Jones coordinators |
August 18 Vanderbilt University | ||
8:30-10:00 | HIV/AIDS work at Vanderbilt U: the Center for AIDS Research | David Haas and Timothy Sterling |
10:15-11:15 | Cancer epidemiology research in China | Wei Zheng |
11:15-12:00 | Molecular Biology research at Vanderbilt U. | Yiwei Tang |
12:00-1:30 | Lunch | Peter Wright |
1:30-4:00 | Tour of Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College | Yujiang Jia |
7:00-10:00 | Evening activity in Nashville | Yujiang Jia and Yan Xiao |
August 19 Vanderbilt University | ||
8:00-9:45 | Global HIV/AIDS control and prevention | Sten H. Vermund |
10:00-11:00 | HIV/STD collaborations between Vanderbilt and China | Sten H. Vermund |
11:00-12:00 | HIV/AIDS in China (all invited, hosted by Institute for Global Health) | Xinhua Sun and colleagues |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch in the Dean’s Suite (hosted by the Dean and the Chief of Staff) | Steven Gabbe and Lynn Webb |
1:00-5:00 | Course feedback and visit to Nashville sites of interest | Yujiang Jia and Yan Xiao |
Host faculty from Vanderbilt, Meharry, and TN Dept. of Public Health
Sten H. Vermund | Professor and Chair, Institute of Global Health, Vanderbilt University |
William Shaffner | Professor and Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
Marie R. Griffin | Professor and Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
Kathryn M Edwards | Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University |
Timothy R. Sterling | Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
Mark R Denison | Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University |
Allen S. Craig | State Epidemiologist, Tennessee Department Health |
Timothy Jones | Deputy State Epidemiologist, Tennessee Department Health |
Richard D’Aquila | Professor and Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
George Hill | Associate Dean for Diversity in Medical Education, Vanderbilt University |
xxxx | Meharry Medical College |
Wei Zheng | Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
Yi-Wei Tang | Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University |