USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium: Veterinary Category Agenda
08:00 a.m. – 08:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks
CDR Jennifer Wright, DVM, MPH, USPHS, Category Day Representative
08:15 a.m. – 08:45 a.m. Gulf Coast Deployment: Formaldehyde and FEMA Trailer Residents
LCDR Alicia Anderson, DVM, MPH, Dipl ACVPM, USPHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch
Presentation (pps, 1.94 MB)
This session will review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study to evaluate formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers used to house Katrina victims
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the CDC study to evaluate formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers used to house Katrina victims
• Discuss the relevance of these findings to veterinarians
08:45 a.m. – 09:15 a.m. NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluations in Veterinary Medicine
LCDR John Gibbins, USPHS, EIS Officer, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation (pdf, 1.14 MB)
This session will examine the role of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) evaluations in veterinary medicine.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Explain NIOSH procedures in conducting health hazard evaluations in workplaces and technical assistance to other agencies
• Discuss selected prior HHE's involving issues related to veterinary medicine
• Discuss current issues facing the profession
09:15 a.m. – 09:45 a.m. CDC Anthrax Vaccine Trial
CDR Jennifer Wright, DVM, MPH, USPHS AVRP Study Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation (pps, 2.75 MB)
This session will discuss data from the anthrax trial and efforts to prepare the meningitis belt for a mass vaccination campaign with a newly licensed vaccine.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Discuss CDC's role as the sponsor and IND holder for the currently licensed anthrax vaccine being used in a non-licensed manner
• Describe the goal of the ongoing trial
• Discus efforts to demonstrate that route change and a reduced number of doses of anthrax vaccine are non-inferior to the currently licensed regimen
09:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CDC’s EIS Program from 1990–2006 — How Many Veterinarians are Accepted Annually?
CAPT Kristine Bisgard, DVM, MPH, USPHS, Supervisor, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation (pps, 576 KB)
This session will discuss how a majority of veterinarians who work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) begin their CDC career through the two-year Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Program. The EIS Officers can elect to become civil service fellows or join the PHS Commissioned Corps. From 1990–2006, data on the number and demographics of veterinary EIS Officers were compared with EIS Officers who have other professional degrees.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the number and proportion of veterinarians entering Federal service via the 2-year EIS applied epidemiology training program
• Describe the proportion of veterinarians in EIS who chose the Commissioned Corps
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Health Diplomacy: One Veterinarian's Experience Aboard the USNS Comfort, 2007
CDR Princess Campbell, DVM, MS, USPHS Environmental Health Specialist, Risk Integration, Minor Use and Emergency Response, Office of Pesticide Program
pps (17.22 MB) | pdf (13.61 MB)
This session will examine the lessons learned while serving a tour of duty on a humanitarian mission.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the importance of the CMT (California Mastitis Test) to herd health
• Discuss how to recognize equine coital exanthema
• Describe the components of a Post Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA)
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Preventing Importing Zoonoses
CAPT Gale Galland, DVM, MS, USPHS, Team Lead for Zoonoses Team, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation (pps, 3.68 MB)
This session will review current regulations regarding the importation of animals into the U.S. and offer a brief discussion of the proposed changes in those regulations.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the current regulatory authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Discuss the regulatory process and the proposed changes to CDC's current import regulations
• Describe the risks involved with the importation of animals that are restricted by CDC
12:30 p.m. – 02:00 p.m. LUNCH
02:00 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. Welcoming Comments from Chief Professional Officer
CAPT Hugh Mainzer, DVM, MS, USPHS, Chief Professional Officer
02:30 p.m. – 03:15 p.m. Multi-Agency & Multi-Disciplinary Response to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Arizona
Craig Levy, MS, Program Manager of the Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases Program, Arizona Department of Health Services
This session will discuss a cross-agency response to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the brown dog tick ( Rhipicephalus sanguineus) as a new vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever ( Rickettsia riskettsii )
• Discuss RMSF challenges on Indian Reservations
• Describe a serosurvey of dogs to determine distribution of RMSF in Arizona
03:15 p.m. – 03:30 p.m. BREAK
03:30 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. The Roles of and Educational Opportunities for Veterinarians Working in Public Health
Marguerite Pappaioanou, DVM, MPVM, PhD, Executive Director, Association of American Veterinary Medical College
Presentation (pps, 752 KB)
This session will review public health career opportunities for veterinarians, the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to work successfully in a public health career, and educational opportunities and programs that exist for the interested veterinary student/graduate.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the roles of veterinarians working in public health
• Discuss the knowledge, skills, competencies needed to work successfully in a public health career
• Describe the educational opportunities and programs that exist for veterinarians interested in pursuing public health careers
04:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m. Expansion Workforce Act and Meeting the Need for Public Health Veterinarians
Greg Hammer, DVM, President, American Veterinary Medical Association
This session will discuss the role of the Expansion Workforce Act.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the Expansion Workforce Act
• Discuss how the AVMA is working to expand job opportunities for public health veterinarians
04:30 p.m. – 05:00 p.m. Update on AVMA One Health Initiative
RADM William Stokes, USPHS, Director, National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Method, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
This session will provide an overview of the AVMA One Health Initiative.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Discuss the purpose of the AVMA One Health Initiative
• Describe One Health participants, implementation and goals
05:00 p.m. – 05:15 p.m. Closing Remarks