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
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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)
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Moderator: |
Yank Coble, President-Elect, World Medical Association |
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8:50 a.m. |
Communicating Science to the Public Julie Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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9:10 a.m. |
Health Effects Following Terrorism Lynn Goldman, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
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9:30 a.m. |
Questions and discussion |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
SESSION 1: LINKING HAZARDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH (PART 2)
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Moderator: |
Joseph Barbera, Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University |
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10:20 a.m. |
Disaster–Public Health Nexus1 Linda Bourque, Associate Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters, University of California, Los Angeles |
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10:40 a.m. |
Social and Health Effects During Heat Waves Eric Klinenberg, Assistant Professor, New York University |
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11:00 a.m. |
Infrastructure Loss as a Public Health Risk Rae Zimmerman, Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York University |
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11:20 a.m. |
Complex Disasters and Public Health Jean-Luc Poncelet, Chief, Emergency Preparedness, Pan American Health Organization |
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11:40 a.m. |
Questions and discussion |
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12:10 p.m. |
Lunch break |
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: CAPACITY BUILDING AND LESSONS LEARNED (PART 1)
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Moderator: |
Ann-Margaret Esnard, Cornell University |
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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 |
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2:15 p.m. |
Public Health Monitoring and Training Needs Samuel Wilson, Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
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2:35 p.m. |
Capacity Building to Respond Lew Stringer, Senior Medical Advisor, Department of Homeland Security |
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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 |
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3:15 p.m. |
Questions and discussion |
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3:45 p.m. |
Break |
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: CAPACITY BUILDING AND LESSONS LEARNED (PART 2)
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Moderator: |
Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., Manager, City of Los Angeles, Emergency Preparedness Department |
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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 |
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4:25 p.m. |
NGO’s Role in Capacity Building of the Public Rocky Lopes, Manager, Community Disaster Education, American Red Cross |
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4:45 p.m. |
Displaced Children and the Community J. R. Thomas, Director, Emergency Management Office for Franklin County, Ohio |
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5:05 p.m. |
Questions and discussion |
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5:35 p.m. |
Wrap-Up Bernard D. Goldstein, Dean School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh |
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6:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
