Speaker Presentations

1. Whole Genome Sequencing - How It's Changing Clinical Practice (PDF) - William Wolfgang PhD
2. Emerging Pathogens (PDF) - Maroya Walters PhD, ScM
3. Session A: Culture Wars: A Plate Awakens (PDF) - Richard Danforth SM (ASCP)
4. Session B: Introducing the New Blood Lead Module of ImmPact (PDF) - Andrew E. Smith SM ScD
5. Session C: Advancements in HIV Testing Technologies & Interpretation of Lab Reports (PDF) – Philip Chan MD, MS
6. Session A: Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreaks and Challenges in Vaccination (PDF) – Candice Robinson MD, MPH, LCDR
7. Session B: Tuberculosis Updates (PDF) - Elizabeth A. Talbot MD
8. Session C: HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis and Treatment as Prevention (PDF) – Douglas Krakower MD
9. Session A: Tick-borne Diseases (PDF) - Paige Armstrong MD, MHS, LCDR
10. Session B: Foodborne Outbreak Investigations Panel (PDF)
    • Stephen Combes MS, MPH, Epidemiologist, Maine CDC, Maine DHHS
    • Heather Grieser BS, MB (ASCP), Molecular Biology, Bacteriology and Blood Lead Sections Supervisor, Maine CDC, Maine DHHS
    • Kohl Kanwit, MS, Director, Bureau of Public Health, Maine Department of Marine Resources
    • Lisa Silva, DTR LD, Health Inspection Program Manager, Maine CDC, Maine DHHS
11. Case Presentations (PDF)
    • Stuck with STEC – Patty Carson, BA, SM (ASCP), CIC, Field Epidemiologist, Division of Disease Surveillance, Maine CDC
    • Measles in Maine - Sarah Bly, BA, Field Epidemiologist, Division of Disease Surveillance, Maine CDC
    • Public health Implications of Varicella in Group Settings - Kate Colby, MPH, Field Epidemiologist, York District Division of Disease Surveillance, Maine CDC
    • Multidrug-Resistant Organism Outbreaks in Healthcare Facilities - Brittany Roy, MPH, HAI Project Specialist, Division of Disease Surveillance, Maine CDC