Save the Date - CDC Grand Rounds Presents “Staying Ahead of the Curve: Modeling and Public Health Decision-Making,” on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 1 p.m. (ET).

Save the Date

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Staying Ahead of the Curve: Modeling and Public Health Decision-Making”

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET

Global Communications Center (Building 19)

Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Roybal Campus

Presented By:

Lauren Ancel Meyers, PhD

Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

Department of Statistics and Data Sciences

University of Texas at Austin

“Modeling to Support Outbreak Preparedness, Surveillance and Response” 

Martin Meltzer, PhD

Lead, Health Economics and Modeling Unit

Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC

“What Do Policy Makers Expect from Modelers during a Response?”

Daniel Jernigan, MD

Director, Influenza Division

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC

“Application of Modeling and Forecasting for Preventing Influenza”

Richard Hatchett, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Deputy Director for Strategic Sciences

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

“Explaining Phenomena, Providing Foresight, and Making Predictions”

     

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

For CDC staff unable to attend the event:

The session will be available on IPTV and Envision.  To join by Envision, reserve a conference room and make the Envision request or use your local room scheduling process to schedule Envision.

For non-CDC staff interested in viewing the session:

A live external webcast will be available.  For individuals who are unable to view the session during the scheduled time, the archived presentation will be posted 48 hours after each session. 

For non-CDC staff who wish to attend in person:

Due to security measures at CDC’s Roybal campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend these sessions in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, US passport).

Names of non-CDC staff (both domestic and international) should be submitted to the Grand Rounds Team.  Please note that all information for international visitors must be submitted at least 10 days in advance.

For individuals requiring reasonable accommodations:

It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored events. Employees are asked to submit RA requests at least 5 business days prior to the event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov.

For questions about this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session.