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Working Agenda ? DRAFT 1-17-02

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service

Applied Epidemiology and Other Vital Public Health Tools to Inform Food Safety Actions

January 29 ? 30, 2002
Atlanta, Georgia

 

Day 1 Morning Session

8:30 Welcome

Ms. Margaret O?K. Glavin, Acting Administrator

8:40 Opening Remarks

Dr. Elsa Murano, Under Secretary for Food Safety

9:00 Purpose of Meeting

Ms. Margaret O?K. Glavin

9:20 The Public Health Imperative

Dr. I. Kaye Wachsmuth, Deputy Administrator, OPHS

9:40 The Regulatory Framework

Mr. Philip Derfler, Deputy Administrator, OPPDE

10:00 Break
10:30 "The Public Health Approach to an Outbreak: Using Applied Epidemiology and Molecular Subtyping"

Dr. Robert Tauxe, Chief, Foodborne and Diarrheal Disease Branch,
DBMD, NCID, CDC

Dr. Efrain Ribot, Chief, PulseNet Methods Development and Validation Laboratory, FDDB Laboratory Section, Foodborne and Diarrheal Disease Branch,
DBMD, NCID, CDC

12:00 Lunch

Day 1 Afternoon Session

The Epidemiological Approach to Foodborne Outbreak Investigations

1:00 Audience Questions on Morning Session

Ms. Margaret O?K. Glavin

1:30 Background and Introduction of Afternoon Segment

Ms. Margaret O?K. Glavin

1:45 "When Epi is all we have??"

Dr. Craig W. Hedberg, Associate Professor
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2:15 Break
2:35 Scenarios in Foodborne Outbreak Investigations

Dr. Denise Lewis, FSIS, OPHS

3:00 Discussant Panel ? Epidemiology to Inform Foodborne Outbreak Investigations and Actions

Moderator, Dr. I Kaye Wachsmuth

4:30 Audience Questions and Comments

Ms. Margaret O?K. Glavin

5:00 Adjourn

Day 2

8:30 Recap of Day 1 and Introduction of Day 2

Ms. Margaret O?K. Glavin

8:45 Background and Introduction of Day 2 Segment

Dr. Kristin Holt, FSIS Liaison to CDC

9:10 Break
9:20 Scenarios in In-plant Investigations and Environmental Assessments

Mr. Lynvel Johnson, FSIS, OFO, TSC

9:40 Discussant Panel ? In-plant Tools and Methods

Moderator, Dr. Barbara Masters, Assistant Deputy Administrator, DIO

11:10 Break
11:30 Audience Questions and Comments

Ms. Margaret O?K. Glavin

1:15 Wrap-Up and Closing

Ms. Margaret O?K Glavin

1:30 Adjourn

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