USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium: Engineer Category Agenda
08:00
a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Global Role of Public Health Service Engineers
RADM Richard Barror, PhD, PE, USPHS, Chief Engineer of the U.S. Public Health Service
Donald Slack, PhD, PE, Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems, The University of Arizona
Presentation (pps, 3.31 MB)
CDR Dan Beck, USPHS, Deputy Director, Office of Force Readiness and Deployment, Office of the Surgeon General
This session will provide an overview of the varied roles public health service (PHS) engineers play in global public health.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the various roles PHS engineers presently fulfill in providing public health expertise globally
• Outline the key traits necessary to successfully work as an engineer in other countries
• Describe the areas of opportunity for further PHS engineer involvement globally to address public health needs
10:15
a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Engineering Outreach/Engineers Without Borders
LCDR Nathan Epling, PE, USPHS, Civil Engineer, National Park Service
Presentation (pps, 376 KB)
Paul Trotta, PhD, PE, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northern Arizona University
This session will provide an introduction to engineering organizations doing outreach and look at key components related to providing public health engineering in developing countries
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe project engineering needs with various engineering organizations and possibilities for outreach by PHS engineers • List standard procedures for implementing sustainable water supply projects in developing countries
• Outline typical limiting factors that are often overlooked in providing public health infrastructure in developing countries
02:00
a.m. – 03:00 a.m. USPHS Engineers: Protecting Public Health Locally and Globally
CDR Gretchen Cowman, PE, MPH, USPHS, Senior Environmental Engineer, Navajo Area Indian Health Service
Presentation (pps, 1.84MB)
LCDR David Farley, ME, PE, USPHS, Environmental Engineer, Indian Health Service Spokane District Office
LCDR Mathew Martinson, PE, USPHS, Acting Director, Division of Health Facilities Engineering, Portland Area Indian Health Service
This session will describe how USPHS engineers protect and promote public health domestically through water and wastewater projects, facilities engineering and operation, and occupational health and safety engineering.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Highlight how the federal-state-tribal response in a water supply emergency can be coordinated without a formal federal disaster declaration
• Present two methods for reducing arsenic levels in potable water supply
• Illustrate the critical contributions of local tribal responders and local tribal officials in the response to a water or wastewater public health concern
03:15 p.m. – 04:45 p.m. Panel: Building on the USS Peleliu & USNS Comfort Engineer Deployments
Presentation (pps, 7.42MB)
LCDR Andrew Sallach, PE, USPHS, Inspector and Enforcement Case Developer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Southwest Office
LCDR Mike MarcAurele, PE, USPHS, Engineer, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
LT Nazmul Hassan, PE, USPHS. US Food and Drug Administration
CAPT Chris Brady, PE, USPHS, Indian Health Service
CAPT Phil Rapp, PE, USPHS, District Engineer, Indian Health Service, Bangor, Maine
This panel discussion will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the Peleliu and Comfort deployments and address strategies for improving future deployments.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Identify the key strengths that PHS engineers bring to these deployments
• Discuss recommendations on how future deployments can best utilize PHS engineering expertise
• Inform PHS engineers of the unique requirements of such deployments