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NIVS Presentations
NIVS Presentations 2010
Session One
The 2009-2010 Influenza Pandemic
Overview of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic (coming)
Speaker: Beth Bell, MD, CDC-NCIRD
2009-10 Influenza Season Vaccination Coverage
Speaker: Gary Euler
SDI (coming)
Speaker: Laurel Edelman
The RAND Corporation
Speaker: Katherine Harris
Department of Defense
Speaker: Wayne Hachey
After Dinner Presentations
Updates from Manufacturers and Distributors
Healthcare Industry Distributors Association (HIDA)
Speaker: Ashley Fishburn
GlaxoSmithKline
Speaker: Tosh Butt
MedImmune
Speaker: Kathy Coelingh
CSL Biotherapies & Merck Vaccines
Speakers: Paul Perreault (CSL) and Eddy Bresnitz (Merck)
Novartis Vaccines
Speaker: Nima M. Farzan
sanofi pasteur
Speaker: Phil Hosbach
Session Two: Perceptions
A National View
Speaker: Glen Nowak, CDC
A State View
Speaker: Paul Jarris, ASTHO
A City and County View
Speaker: Bob England, Maricopa Co Dept of Public Health
From the Pharmacists' Viewpoint
Speaker: Mitch Rothholz, American Pharmacists Association
From the Community Immunizers Viewpoint
Speaker: Steve Allred, GetAFluShot.com
From the Long-term Care Facilities' Viewpoint
Speaker: Janice Zalen, American Health Care Association
Private Providers Panel:
The Nurses' Perspective
Speaker: Nancy Hughes, American Nurses Association
The Pediatricians' Perspective
Speaker: Geoffrey Simon, American Academy of Pediatrics
The Family Practitioners' Perspective
Speaker: Andrew Eisenberg, Texas Medical Association
The Internists' Perspective
Speaker: Tim Vavra, Loyola University Medical Center
Special Summit Awards Lunch Program
Introduction to Awards Luncheon
Speaker: Mitch Rothholz, APhA
Overall Season Activities
Award Recipient: Savita Kumar, Palm Beach County Health Department
Healthcare Personnel Campaign
Award Recipient: Mary Cooney, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Immunization Coalitions / Public Health / Community Campaign
Award Recipient: Tim Heath, South Dakota Department of Health
Corporate Campaign
Award Recipient: Ed Cohen, Walgreens
Session Three: Progress
Vaccine Delivery Technology
Speaker: Chris Colwell, Becton-Dickinson
Moving forward into 2010 - 2011 and beyond
Future Public Health Strategies for Influenza
Speaker: Cindy Weinbaum, CDC-NCIRD
Future Federal Policy Direction for Influenza
Speaker: Bruce Gellin, DHS-NVPO
Influenza Message Map for 2010-2011
Speaker: Kris Sheedy, CDC-NCIRD
Session Four: Prevention
Healthy People 2020 Update
Speaker: Abby Shefer, CDC-NCIRD
ACIP Update - Moving Toward Universal Vaccination
Speaker: Greg Poland, Mayo Clinic
Groups that we are still not protecting well:
Healthy Adults: Engaging "Hard to Reach" Populations
- Stacey Mortenson, ALA of Arizona
- Heather McKenzie, VNAA
Adults with Chronic Illnesses
Speaker: Rebecca Sunenshine, Maricopa Co Dept of Public Health
Children: School-Placed Immunizations
- Cindy Weinbaum, CDC-NCIRD
- Susan Rehm, CIIC and NFID
Health Care Workers: IAC's Honor Roll for Patient Safety
- Deborah Wexler, Imm Action Coalition
- Deborah Dooley, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
- Nancy Gemeinhart, BJC HealthCare
Why Are We Doing This?
Speaker: Laura Scott, Families Fighting Flu

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