Workshop Sessions
Orientation
Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance: Forging Ahead - Wayne Dauphinee, PNWBHA
Public Health Preparedness and Response Across Borders in the Pacific Northwest - Wayne Turnburg, WA DOH
Workshops
Emergency Medical Services Working Group Update - Mike Smith, Washington State Department of Health
ASTHO Directors of Public Health Preparedness Overview - Mike Harryman, Oregon Department of
Federal Nuclear Preparedness and Consequence Management - Herbert Antill, Health Canada
Plenary
Welcome Address
Challenges and Lesson Learned: Bi-National/Joint/Combined Integrated Operations in Support of the 2010 Winter Olympics - Maj Gen Timothy Lowenberg, Adjutant General, Washington State
Keynote Presentation
Influenza H1N1: Mexico Experience - Isabel Vieitez , MD, Ministry of Health, Mexico
H1N1 - The States’ and Provinces’ Experiences
Great Spinaffs - Tony Marfin, MD, Washington State Department of Health
Perspectives on H1N1: Some Lessons Learned Jay Butler, MD, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Pandemic H1N1 Influenza: What We Have Learned in British Columbia - Perry Kendall, MD, Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia
A Northern Territory’s Response to H1N1 - Brendan E. Hanley, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Yukon
The 2010 Olympics and Paralympic Games: A Health Perspective
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Patty Daly, MD, Vancouver Coastal Health
BCAS 2010 Olympics - Mike Sanderson, BC Ambulance Services, Lower Mainland Region
Preparing for the 2010 Olympic Games - The WCHD Experience: Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude - Marcus Deyerin, Whatcome County Health Department, WA
Haitian Earthquake Response
Haiti’s Disaster: Past, Present, Future Captain Andrew Stevermer, USPHS Health Emergency Preparedness Liaison, Public Health Agency of Canada
Community Resilience
Community Resilience at the Nexus of Health and Security Julie Sadovich, DHS Office of Health Affairs
Developing a Holistic Strategy to Achieve Community Health Resilience Paula Scalingi, PNWER Regional Center for Disaster Resilience
North Dakota and Manitoba: Cross Border Flood Response Experience
Responding to an International Request for Assistance - And You Haven’t Done Your Homework , Gerry Delorme, Director, Office of Disaster Management, Manitoba Health
Innovations and Initiatives Panel
Using Sentinel Surveillance to Rapidly Assess Critical Care Capacity During Fall 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, Washington - Marisa D’Angeli, MD, Washington State Department of Health
Public Health Preparedness – Returning to Public Health Core Values; Lane County Oregon Preparedness Mentoring Demonstration Project Brian Johnson, Lane County (OR) Public Health; Emergency Preparedness Program
Poster Presentations
Off-the Shelf Program for Enhanced Hospital Influenza Surveillance during the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic - Barbara Smith, Donna Fearey & Louisa Castrodale, Sue Anne Jenkerson, Alaska Health and Social Services
The Northwest Preparedness & Emergency Response Research Center (NWPERRC) - Dr Susan Allan, NWCPHP
Public Health Laboratory Planning for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games - Neil Chin, BCCDC
V2010 Contingency Response Medical Materiel Initiative - Wayne Dauphinee, BC MoHS
CHEMPACK Cross-Border Agreement and Exercise - Mike Harryman, OR PHD
Universal Biological and Chemical Agent Environmental Sampling Kits for First Responders in Alaska - Tricia Franklin, AK PHL
Integration of Health – Getting it right the first time!- Susanne Mackinnon, BC PHSA
Understanding Personal Preparedness and Risk Perception to Storm Surge Events at High Tide in the Community of Oak Bay, BC - Emily Nixon, BC MoHS
New Tools for Epidemiology & Surveillance - Barbara Progulske, OR PHD
Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Planning- Therese Quinn, WA Snohomish HD
