April Newsletter - 2004
Center Survey
Many thanks to those of you who completed our survey that was
posted in late March 2004. If you haven’t taken our survey, we would really
appreciate hearing your opinions of our Center. There are only 12 questions,
it’ll take no more than five minutes, and you get our very big “thanks” in
advance. Please click here.
Smallpox Initiative Update
Simulated
television news broadcast among the exercise components. Read
the full story.
Mr. William Patrick, eminent
bioterrorism expert, visits CSB&EI
The dean of bioweapons
development in the United States for the past 30 years consults and gives presentation. Read
the full story.
West Nile Virus Research Study Begins
Study will evaluate if current surveillance methods are truly early
markers that can predict where human infections are most likely to occur. Read
the full story.
Continuing Education Partnership
for Disaster Preparedness
Center teams with
university Physician Assistant Program to develop Disaster Preparedness materials. Read
the full story.
Master’s Program
in Biosecurity to launch in late 2004
Center developing
a distance-learning Master’s degree in Biosecurity. Read
the full story.
Policy-directed Biosecurity
Conferences on the Drawing Board
Output of series will
be policy-based monographs. Read
the full story.
Center Staff present Infection Control Testimony before Missouri State
Bioterrorism Commission
Informational testimony
in Jefferson City is reported in the national media. Read
the full story.
Syndrome Surveillance
A new program can gather
data and locate a public health event in seconds. Read
the full
story.
Journal Article of Note
New England Journal of Medicine reports evidence of airborne
transmission of the SARS virus. Read
the full story.
NACCHO
Annual 2004 Conference
July 14-16, St. Paul, Minnesota
2004 Public Health Professional Conference
Public Health Challenges Working
Together for Our Future
May 16-20, 2004, Anchorage, Alaska
National Conference on the Science and Law of Combating Terrorism
October 21-23, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA
Summer Institute of Public Health Practice: Public Health Preparedness: Tools
for the Frontline
August 2-6, 2004, Seattle, WA.
Infectious
Disease Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting
September
30 – October 3, 2004,
Boston, MA.
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