Public Health Risks of Disasters: Communication, Infrastructure, and Preparedness: Workshop Summary (2005)
Chapter: Appendix A Workshop Agenda
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS OF DISASTERS: BUILDING CAPACITY TO RESPOND
Co-Sponsored by
The Disasters Roundtable
and
The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine
The National Academies, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
JUNE 22, 2004
8:30 a.m. | Welcome, Introductions, and Workshop Objectives William Hooke, Chair, Disasters Roundtable Paul Rogers, Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine |
SESSION 1:LINKING HAZARDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH (PART 1)
Moderator: | Yank Coble, President-Elect, World Medical Association |
8:50 a.m. | Communicating Science to the Public Julie Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
9:10 a.m. | Health Effects Following Terrorism Lynn Goldman, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
9:30 a.m. | Questions and discussion |
10:00 a.m. | Break |
SESSION 1:LINKING HAZARDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH (PART 2)
Moderator: | Joseph Barbera, Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University |
10:20 a.m. | Disaster–Public Health Nexus1 Linda Bourque, Associate Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters, University of California, Los Angeles |
10:40 a.m. | Social and Health Effects During Heat Waves Eric Klinenberg, Assistant Professor, New York University |
11:00 a.m. | Infrastructure Loss as a Public Health Risk Rae Zimmerman, Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York University |
11:20 a.m. | Complex Disasters and Public Health Jean-Luc Poncelet, Chief, Emergency Preparedness, Pan American Health Organization |
11:40 a.m. | Questions and discussion |
12:10 p.m. | Lunch break |
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: CAPACITY BUILDING AND LESSONS LEARNED (PART 1)
Moderator: | Ann-Margaret Esnard, Cornell University |
1:55 p.m. | Which Part of “Emergency” Didn’t You Understand? William Raub, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services |
2:15 p.m. | Public Health Monitoring and Training Needs Samuel Wilson, Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
2:35 p.m. | Capacity Building to Respond Lew Stringer, Senior Medical Advisor, Department of Homeland Security |
2:55 p.m. | Rapid Assessment of Health Effects During Disasters Carol Rubin, Chief of the Health Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control |
3:15 p.m. | Questions and discussion |
3:45 p.m. | Break |
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: CAPACITY BUILDING AND LESSONS LEARNED (PART 2)
Moderator: | Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., Manager, City of Los Angeles, Emergency Preparedness Department |
4:05 p.m. | Practical Look at Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management: Protecting Workers and Continuing Essential Services Jack Azar, Senior Vice-President, Health and Safety, Xerox Corporation |
4:25 p.m. | NGO’s Role in Capacity Building of the Public Rocky Lopes, Manager, Community Disaster Education, American Red Cross |
4:45 p.m. | Displaced Children and the Community J. R. Thomas, Director, Emergency Management Office for Franklin County, Ohio |
5:05 p.m. | Questions and discussion |
5:35 p.m. | Wrap-Up Bernard D. Goldstein, Dean School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh |
6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
