Agenda
Northeast Epidemiology Conference 2017
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
3:00- 6:00 pmEarly Registration - Lobby area
5:00 -6:30 pmReception (cash bar with appetizers)–Lobby area
6:30–7:30 pmDinner(optional and additional) – Grand Ballroom
7:30 – 8:30 pmPresentation - Grand Ballroom
Topic:“Around the World of Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship”
Speaker:Louise-Marie Dembry, MD, MS, MBA, FACP, FSHEA
Thursday, October 19, 2017
7:00-8:30 amRegistration– Lobby area
7:00 -8:30 amBreakfast -Wiggins Tavern
7:30 – 8:30 amBreakfast Roundtable Discussion – Executive Boardroom
Blood Safety and Surveillance
Moderator: Melissa Cumming, Tony Osinski, Al DeMaria(MA)
- Making a case for Hemovigilance
- The Massachusetts’ experience and how NHSN HV data is being used
- Suggestions for promoting HV in other jurisdictions
8:30- 8:45 amWelcome and Introductions– Grand Ballroom
8:45-9:30 amPlenary I
Dr. Jose Montero
CDC OSTLTS Director
9:30-10:15 amPlenary II
Michael Botticelli, BA, MA
Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine at Boston Medical Center and also a Distinguished Policy Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Formerly served as Director of National Drug Control Policy for the Obama administration.
10:15-10:45 amBREAK
10:45-12:15 pmConcurrent Session A
Grand BallroomOpioids
Moderators: Jessica Kattan (NYC)/Charlie Howsare (PA)
Comprehensive surveillance of drug-related morbidity and mortality in NYC
Sindhu Shamasunder, NYC DOHMH,
A multi-pronged approach to reducing drug-related harms: Data-informed initiatives
Jonathan McAteer, NYC DOHMH,
Public health detailing as a strategy to promote judicious opioid prescribing – Brooklyn, New York
Carla Foster, NYC DOHMH,
Buprenorphine waiver training initiative: Prescriber characteristics and reported barriers to offering buprenorphine care
Cristina Chin, NYC DOHMH, NYC DOHMH
The intersection of opiate use disorder, overdose, and infectious disease transmission in young adults in PA, 2017
Charlie Howsare, PA DOH,
Opioid use in women of childbearing age and the impact on their infants; Philadelphia, PA
Danica Kunicio, Philadelphia DPH,
The occupational pathway to opioid misuse
Devan Hawkins, Massachusetts DPH
Hampshire RoomVectorborne/Zoonotic
Moderators: Katie Brown/Randy Nelson (MA/CT)
Identification of EEE in new areas of New Jersey
Karen Worthington, MS, RN and Kimberly Cervantes, MA, MPH, CIC, NJ Department of Health
Northern Range Expansion of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus): Analysis of Mosquito Data from Connecticut
Phil Armstrong, ScD, CT Agricultural Experiment Station
Overview of the NE Center for Excellence in Vector-borne Disease Bryon Backenson, MS, NY Department of Health
Tick Bite Prevention Practices Among Reported Lyme Disease Cases, Philadelphia, 2015
Kerri Simone, MPH, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Investigation of a Cluster of Powassan Virus Cases in Saratoga CountyJamie Sommer, NY Department of Health
Three Severe Cases of Spatially and Temporally Clustered Human Leptospirosis in NYC, 2016-2017
Marc Paladini, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Wiggins TavernSurveillance/Informatics
Moderators: Gillian Haney (MA)
Validation of SaTScan for Cluster Surveillance.
Meagan Burns, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Mass Department of Public Health
Improving race and ethnicity completeness in reportable disease surveillance data by matching to external data sources
Maryam Iqbal, Bureau of Communicable Disease, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Making CP-CRE Nationally Notifiable: challenges and opportunities for surveillance
Richard Melchreit, Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Evaluating Twitter for Foodborne Illness Outbreak Detection in New York City
Katelynn Devinney, Bureau of Communicable Disease, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Integrated HIV, HCV, and STD counseling and testing sites: an untapped resource to improve hepatitis C virus (HCV) surveillanceSusan Soliva, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Mass Department of Public Health
Sensitivity of the Chief Complaint Component in Identifying Emergency Department Overdose Visits Through Syndromic Surveillance
Pennsylvania Department of Public Health
Executive BoardroomImplementing Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) assessments across healthcare settings to promote best practices, better outcomes and safer care
Moderator: Eileen McHale (MA)
This session provides an opportunity for health departments to share ICAR assessment results, strengths identified, opportunities for improvement and resources to support infection prevention and control programs across healthcare settings.
Presenters include:
- Gloria Airall-Simon, PhD, MPHE, MSN, BSN, Senior Nurse Educator, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Bureau of Healthcare System Readiness, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Lauren A. Backman, RN, MHS, Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Kayla Donohue, MPH, CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow, Vermont Department of Health Infectious Disease Epidemiology – Healthcare Associated Infections ;
- Carol Ann Genese, MBA, Communicable Disease Service, New Jersey Department of Health
- Eileen McHale, RN, BSN, Healthcare Associated Infection Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
12:15-1:30 pmLUNCH - Wiggins Tavern
1:30-3:00 pmConcurrent Session B
Grand BallroomAntibiotic Resistance
Moderator: Jennifer Liao (ME), Molly Kratz (NYC)
Public Health Response to Infection Control Breaches in Pennsylvania: What can we do if there are no infections?”
Cara Bicking Kinsey, PhD, MPH, RNC
Sharon Watkins, PhDPennsylvania Department of Health
Yeasty in New Jersey: Candida auris in New Jersey Healthcare Facilities, 2015-2017
Patricia M. Barrett, MSD, New Jersey Department of Health
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections Associated with Medical Tourism
Vivian Leung, MD, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in CT: Collaborative Development of a Characterization Panel and Testing of Carbapenemase Genetic Markers, 2017
Noelisa Montero, MPH, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Containment & Response of MCR-1
Alexandra De Jesus, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Seth Peters, MPH, Rhode Island Department of Health
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Task Force
Richard Melchreit, MDConnecticut Department of Public Health
Hampshire RoomHepatitis C
Moderators: Dan Church (MA), Angelica Bocour (NYC)
Hepatitis C perinatal transmission provider interviews in New York City
Rachel Webster (NYC)
Identifying recurrent hepatitis C events in previously cured patients using the New York City Surveillance Registry
Kevin Guerra (NYC)
Acute hepatitis C identification methods and intervention opportunities in Philadelphia, PA
Danica Kuncio (Philadelphia)
Massachusetts HCV care cascade, 2007-2015
Quynh Vo (MA)
Using emergency department syndromic surveillance to measure injection drug use as an indicator for hepatitis C risk
Mark Bova (MA)
Wiggins TavernLegionella
Moderator: Matt Cartter (CT)
State representatives will be invited to participate in a discussion session
Executive BoardroomBRFSS
Moderators: Stephanie Poulin/Justin Peng (CT)
Comparing BRFSS Suppression Guidelines for Statistical Reliability – A State Example
Caitlin Pizzonia, MPH, University of Southern Maine / Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
To Suppress or Not to Suppress… That is the Question
Tara Cooper, MPH, Rhode Island Department of Health
Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification Approach for Small-Area Estimation of Population Outcomes at Local Geographic Areas Using Single State BRFSS via Parametric Bootstrapping
Xi Zheng, MPH, MS, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Using Raking to Reweight the New Hampshire BRFSS for Substate Estimates
Michael Laviolette, Ph.D., MPH, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Calculating BRFSS Small Area Estimates with Limited Staff and Other Resource Capacities
Jessie Hammond, MPH, Leslie Barnard, MPH, Vermont Department of Health
3:00- 3:30 pm BREAK
3:30-5:00 pmConcurrent Session C
Grand BallroomCIDTs/Foodborne & Waterborne
Moderators: Corinne Thompson (NYC)/Quyen Phan (CT)
CIDT is rapidly changing the landscape of food and waterborne disease surveillance as sporadic adoption at different times by different clinical laboratories create new challenges in the areas of case ascertainment, interpreting changes in disease trends, outbreak detection, and public health follow-up and control.
Summary of a survey to states in the northeastern US regarding their application of CIDT
Dr. Madhu Anand, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health
Use of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Diagnostic Testing for Enteric Infections in New York City, 2014-2016
Ms. Julia Latash, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
EPEC/EAEC –What the heck? An Outbreak Investigation Using Culture-Independent Diagnostic Testing (CIDT), Connecticut, 2017
Ms. Christina Turner, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Hampshire RoomVaccine Preventable Disease
Moderators: Steve Fleming (MA)/Susan Lett (MA)
National Overview
Nakia Clemmons, MPH, Epidemiologist, Measles Mumps Rubella and Polio Team, CDC
Challenges of Managing a Community Mumps Outbreak in New York State
Dylan Johns, Epidemiologist, New York State Department of Health
Investigation of an Increase in Mumps in NYC, 2016-2017
Beth Isaac, MPH, and Robert Arciuolo, MPH, Bureau of Immunization, NYC DOHMH
News Media, Math Modeling, and the 2016-17 Arkansas Mumps Outbreak
Maia Majumder, MPH, HealthMap, Children’s Hospital, Harvard and MIT
Measles Outbreak Resources
Robert Arciuolo, MPH, and Antonine Jean, MPH, Bureau of Immunization, NYC DOHMH
Congenital Rubella Syndrome in Massachusetts: A Case Study
Joyce Cohen, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
The Rubella Algorithm for Ruling Out Asymptomatic Rubella InfectionBeth Isaac, MPH, Bureau of Immunization, NYC DOHMH
Wiggins TavernSTDs: What’s love got to do with it? Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Epidemiology in the Northeast
Moderators: Lynn Sosa/Daniel Daltry (CT/VT)
Using Incentives to Improve Partner Outcomes Among Early Syphilis Patients, Connecticut—2017
Lynn Sosa, MD, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Exploring trends in reportable STDs within the Massachusettspopulation
Heather Elder, PhD, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Online use and transmission of STDs among men who have sex with men
Philip A. Chan, MD, MS, Brown University
Shigella Infections with Decreased Susceptibility to Azithromycin and Association with Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in New York City, 2014–2016
Katelynn Devinney, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
STDs and Healthy Equity: An Exploration of the Distribution of Omnipresent Chlamydia and the Disproportionate Impacts of Gonorrhea in Vermont
Jillian Leikauskas, MPH
Daniel Daltry, MSW
Vermont Department of Public Health
Executive BoardroomEvaluation of Public Health Programs
Moderators: Sungwoo Lim/Nana Mensah (NYC)
An evaluation of a large-scale supportive housing initiative in New York City – successes, challenges and the road ahead
Sarah Walters
Identifying Inappropriate Antibiotic Use Among Massachusetts Children Diagnosed with Otitis Media Using Claims Data, 2012
Joy Vetter
Evaluation of Pregnancy Reporting Among Laboratories for Hepatitis B and Syphilis, in New York City
Tim Liao and Ariba Hashmi
Understanding the membership characteristics of Citi Bike, New York City’s bike share program
Aldo Crossa (NYC BES)
5:30-7:00 pmRECEPTION(cash bar with appetizers) - Atrium
DINNER (on your own in Northampton)
Friday, October 20, 2017
7:00-8:30 amBREAKFAST – Wiggins Tavern
Breakfast Roundtable Discussion for State Epidemiologists
Executive Boardroom
8:30-9:15 amPlenary III- Grand Ballroom
Dr. Arthur Kim
Director of the Viral Hepatitis Clinic in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital andAssociate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
9:15-10:30 amLate Breakers: Outbreaks
Kissing a Chick Will Make You Sick: A Fowl Case of Salmonella
Kayla Donohue, MPH, Vermont Department of Health
Increase in Cyclospora cayetanensis Infections, Connecticut, 2017
Blake Acquarulo, Yale Emerging Infections Program/Connecticut Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Surveillance of Opioid-Involved Morbidity and Mortality
Stefanie Albert, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness among Festival Attendees — Pennsylvania, 2017
Patrick Mitchell, ScD, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Investigation of Rash Associated with a Nursing Home — New York, July 24-31, 2017
Erin Gustafson, MD, MPH, New York State Department of Health
10:30 – 10:45 amBREAK
10:45 – 11:15 amPartner updates (EIS, CSTE, ELC)
11:15 – 12:30 pmLate Breakers: Potpourri
Mortality among Refugees Compared to Immigrants and U.S.-Born Decedents, Massachusetts, 1995–2014
Laura Smock, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Increasing hospitalizations for infective endocarditis among individuals with current or prior history of opioid use in Philadelphia, 2008–2015
Lia N. Pizzicato, MPH, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Identifying opportunities to increase childhood lead testing and immunization rates in New York State using sub-county level data
Sanjaya Kumar, BVSc&AH, MS, New York State Department of Health
Assessing indoor environmental control practices by race and ethnicity among children with asthma in 14 states and Puerto Rico, 2013–2014
Faye Rozwadowski, MD, New Jersey Department of Health
Sex Difference in Meningococcal Disease Mortality, New York City, 2008–2016
Danielle Bloch, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
12:30 – 12:45 pm Closing remarks/2018 NE Epi host announcement
BOXED LUNCH