Orientation Session

 

PNWBHA Overview: Who We Are and What We Do - A Collaborative Approach to Healthcare and Public Health in the Pacific North West (Wayne Dauphinee)

 

International Border Response–A Collaborative Approach that is Simple, Works, and Saves Lives (Mike Smith and Dan Banks)

 

A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Emergency Support Functions (Andy Stevermer and Caitlin Harrison)

 

 

 

 

Day 1

Plenary Sessions

 

Raising Funds for Disaster Preparedness: Tongue-in-Cheek (Richard Stanwick)

 

 

 

Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Looking Back, Moving Forward (Julie Shouldice, Maria Julia Marinissen , and Jean Luc Poncelet

 

 

Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance – The Past, Present & Future (Mary Selecky and John Wiesman)

 

 

Pacific Northwest Health Sector Critical Infrastructure Protection: A Dialogue with the Stakeholders (Andy Stevermer, Shawn Carby and Wayne Dauphinee)

 

Breakout Sessions

 

 

Session 1 - Strategies for Successful Public Health Messaging (Tim Church, Laura Blaske, Donn Moyer)

 

 

Session 2 - Canadian and United States Medical Surge Strategies – Discussion (Sally Abbott)

 

 

Session 3 - Pertussis Epidemic Response, Washington State 2013 (Chas DeBolt)

 

 

Session 4 - Indigenous People and Public Health Emergency Preparedness in the Northwest (Evan Adams) and Elizabeth Buckingham)

 

 

Session 5 - BCAS – a Provincial Approach to Preparedness – E Team (Christine Grist and Rod Salem)

 

 

Session 6 - Port of Entry /Border Crossing Issues (Tanya Traverse, and Charles Cunningham)

Day 2

Plenary Sessions

Environment Canada and US National Weather Service (Ted Buehner and David Jones)

Hospital Evacuations – Perhaps not as Rare as Once Thought (Graham Dodd)

 

Breakout Sessions

 

Session 7 - Laboratory Preparedness on a Global Scale (Eric Blank and Chris Mangal)

 

 

Session 8 - Crossing the Line: Planning for Health Care Volunteer Deployment (Akiko M. Berkman, Scott Carlson, Moji Obiako and Eric Gebbie)

 

 

Session 9 - Regional Cascadian Seismic Zone Planning: An International Catastrophe (Dan Banks)

 

 

 

Pre-Workshop Working Group Sessions

 

Surveillance of Infectious Diseases at the BC Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory (Yin Chang)

 

 

Lyme Disease and Tick Surveillance in British Columbia (Muhammad Morshed)

 

 

Laboratory Testing for Avian Influenza A(H7N9) (Patrick Tang)

 

 

Engaging Indigenous Peoples in Disaster Risk Reduction (John C. Scott on behalf of Pan American Health Organization/WHO)

 

American Indian Health Commission for Washington State: Improving Indian Health Through a Collective Tribal Voice and Tribal-State Collaboration (Lou Schmitz, Consultant)

 

Poster Presentations

 

 

A Fast Find: A System for Searching Public Health Trainings, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington, Primary Presenter: Barbara Rose, MPH, Outreach and Training Design Specialist

 

 

 

Evaluation of Community-Based Immunization Campaign: Challenges and Lessons Learned, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington, Primary Presenter: Dacey Storzbach, MPHc, Research Assistant, Team member: Luann D’Ambrosio, Med , Associate Director, Megan Rogers, MS, Evaluation Specialist

 

 

 

Applications in Health Emergency Management & Business Continuity: British Columbia’s Provincial Mobile Medical Unit, Provincial Health Services Authority, Primary Presenter: Robin Gardner, Manager, Deployment & Logistics; Team members: Peter Hennecke, Clinical Operations Director, Ross Brown, MD, Medical Director, Jesse Veenstra, Project Coordinator

 

 

 

Shake Out: Past, Present and Future, Shake Out British Columbia Organizing Committee, Primary Presenter: Lise Anne Pierce, Canadian Red Cross

 

 

 

Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance, Washington State Department of Health: Primary presenter, Laura Blaske, Public Awareness and Emergency Communications Manager; Team members: Greg Nordlund, Emergency Communications Specialist, Cindy Marjamaa, Publications Specialist, Larry Champine, Senior Emergency Communications Specialist

 

 

Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance, Looking Back 2004-2012, Washington State Department of Health, Primary presenter: Laura Blaske, Public Awareness and Emergency Communications Manager; Team members: Greg Nordlund, Emergency Communications Specialist, Cindy Marjamaa, Publications Specialist, Larry Champine, Senior Emergency Communications Specialist

 

 

 

Emergency Medical Services Work Group Capabilities and Auxiliary Transport Matrix, Provincial Programs British Columbia Ambulance Service, Emergency Management Office and Washington State Department of Health: Primary Presenters: Rod Salem, Emergency Medical Services Workgroup Group, Director, Emergency Management Unit, Ministry of Health, Mike Smith, Emergency Medical Services Workgroup Co-Chair EMS Coordinator, Emergency Medical Services, Terrorism and Disaster Response, Washington State Department of Health

 

 

Advancing Radiological Preparedness through Collaboration, The National Alliance for Radiation Readiness, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO): Primary Presenter: John Erickson, Special Assistant Washington State Department of Health, Director, Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

 

 

 

Regional Provider Opinion on Triage of Pediatric Patients During Emergency Mass Critical Care, Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine: Primary Presenter: Mary A. King, MD, MPH, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children’s; Team Members: Erin Johnson MD, Mithya Lewis-Newby MD, Douglas Diekema MD, MPH,Erica Bourget MPH, Helene Starks PhD, MPH