Missouri Opioid Overdose & Bloodborne Infection Vulnerability Assessments
Oct. 21, 2019
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Becca Mickels, Chief, Bureau of Reportable Disease Informatics
Julie Borders, Epidemiology Specialist, Bureau of Reportable Disease Informatics
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Innovative Linkage Projects with Enhanced Opioid Surveillance
June 17, 2019
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Chelsea Fife, Evan Mobley and Tanner Turley (Research Analysts with Bureau of Health Care and Data Dissemination)
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Enteric Infections: Epidemiology Update
April 25, 2019
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Pine Conference Room
Dr. George Turabelidze, State Epidemiologist
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The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Missouri
Feb. 11, 2019
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Erin Miller, Lead Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
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The Role of Coroners and Medical Examiners in Missouri Death Registration
Oct. 15, 2018
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Craig Ward, State Registrar, DHSS
Loise Wambuguh PHD, Chief, Bureau of Vital Statistics, DHSS
Pamela Xaverius, PhD, Director, Maternal and Child Health Program, SLU
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An Overview of Missouri’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
July 16, 2018
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Katie Long, MBA, Manager, Office of Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; Venkata PS Garikapaty, PhD, MPH, Chief, Office of Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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Tick-Borne Disease in Missouri
May 14, 2018
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Dr. Howard Pue, Chief, Office of Veterinary Public Health Karen Yates, Vector-borne Disease Surveillance Coordinator, Office of Veterinary Public Health
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The Opioid Epidemic in Missouri: What is new in Surveillance
March 12, 2018
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Whitney Coffey, Research Analyst, Tanner Turley, Research Analyst, Evan Mobley, Research Analyst, Andrew Hunter, Research Manager Bureau of Health Care Analysis and Data Dissemination, Department of Health and Senior Services
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Senate Bill 50: Levels of neonatal and maternal care designations in Missouri
Jan. 8, 2018
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Rebecca Lander, PhD; Public Health Epidemiologist
Senate Bill 50: Levels of neonatal and maternal care designations in Missouri
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Application of Whole Genome Sequencing for Disease Outbreak Investigation Epidemiology Grand Round
Dec. 11, 2017
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Pine Conference Room
George Turabelidze, MD, PhD; State Epidemiologist
Application of Whole Genome Sequencing for Disease Outbreak Investigation Epidemiology Grand Round
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A Multicomponent Local Campaign to Increase Cancer Screening and Decrease Smoking
Nov. 6, 2017
1:30 to 3:30 pm
Birch Conference Room
Sherri Homan, RN, FNP, PhD,
Philomina Gwanfogbe, MSPH, CHHC, PhD,
Melissa Hope, BBA
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Epidemiologic Profile of Viral Hepatitis in Missouri
Oct. 23, 2017
1:30 to 3:30 pm
Birch Conference Room
Linda Ball, ADN, RN,
Debby J. Hutton, MBA,
Zana Stephenson, BA, Angie McKee, BS,
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Zika Virus: Public Health Surveillance and Response
Aug. 7, 2017
1:30 to 3:30 pm
Birch Conference Room
Alex Berkley, MPH
John Bos, MPH
Loise Wambugh, Ph.D
Elizabeth McCarthy, MA
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention in Missouri: What the media doesn’t report
May 22, 2017
1:30 to 3:30 pm
Birch Conference Room
Jonathan Garoutte, Chief, Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology
Deb Bisges, Public Health Consultant Nurse, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Sharon Odom, Environmental Supervisor, Healthy Indoor Environments Unit
Scott Patterson, Research Analyst IV, Environmental Surveillance Unit
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Recently Funded Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Surveillance Grants: Rapid Response Opioid Surveillance and The National Violent Death Registry System
Nov. 7, 2016
1:30 to 3:30 pm
Birch Conference Room
Andrew Hunter, MA, Chief, Bureau of Health Care Analysis and Data Dissemination (BHCADD),
Venkata Garikapaty, MSc, MS, PhD, MPH; Public Health Epidemiologist, Office of Epidemiology;
Fei Wu, MD, PhD, Senior Epidemiology Specialist; and
Whitney Coffey, MA, Research Analyst III, BHCADD
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Epidemiology Grand Rounds: High Risk Behaviors but Low Injury-related Mortality Among Hispanic Youth
July 18, 2016
1:30 - 3:30
Birch Conference Room
Shumei Yun, MD, MPH, PhD, Team Leader, Chronic Disease & Nutrition Epidemiology Team, Office of Epidemiology
David Kelly, MA, Research Analyst, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Neelie Churchill, Deputy State Registrar, Bureau of Vital Records
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Epidemiology in Action:  An Ebola Response Deployment to Guinea
May 23, 2016
1:30 - 3:00
Birch Conference Room
Kate Henschel, MPH, Central District Communicable Disease Coordinator
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A Ticking Time Bomb of Rising Antibacterial Resistance
March 21, 2016
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Dr. George Turabelidze, State Epidemiologist, Department of Health and Senior Services
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems: An emerging public health concern in Missouri
Jan. 25, 2016
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Wild Birch Conference Room
Victoria Warren, MS, Bureau of Community Health and Wellness, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Janet Wilson, MEd, MPA, Office of Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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Individual-Based and Simulation Modeling: Introduction and Applications to Public Health
Nov. 16, 2015
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Wild Birch Conference Room
Dr. Rebecca Lander, PhD, Research Analyst III/Data Manager Office of Epidemiology
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Epi Grand Rounds: (MoCHAPS) PRAMS Toddlers at Two Years Old
Sept. 21, 2015
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Wild Birch Conference Room
David G. McBride, Ph.D., MoCHAPS Coordinator
Mary Mosley, M.A., MoCHAPS Data Manager
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Missouri Asthma Collaborative: Integrating Public Health and Health Care Interventions and Data
July 20, 2015
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Wild Birch Conference Room
Peggy Gaddy, RRT, MBA, Program Coordinator, Missouri Asthma Prevention and Control Program
Sherri Homan, RN, FNP, PhD, Epidemiologist, Office of Epidemiology
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Samar Muzaffar, MD, MPH, Medical Director, MO Health Net
Missouri Department of Social Services
Benjamin Francisco, PhD, PNP-BC, AE-C
Director, Asthma Ready Communities©
Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy
Department of Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia
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The State of Childhood Obesity in Missouri
June 8, 2015
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Wild Oak Conference Room
Shumei Yun, MD, PhD. Team Leader, Chronic Disease and Nutrition Epidemiology Team, Office of Epidemiology
Pat Simmons, MS, RD, LD, Assistant Chief, Bureau of Community Health and Wellness
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Evaluation of Missouri’s Public Health, Community and Health Care Linkage Pilot Project
Nov. 17, 2014
1:30-3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Shumei Yun, MD, PhD, Team Leader, Chronic Disease and Nutrition Epidemiology Team and Barbara Brendel, Health Program Representative III, Bureau of Cancer and Chronic Disease
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Missouri Electronic Vital Registration (MoEVR): Foundational Changes in Vital Statistics
Sept. 22, 2014
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Birch Conference Room
Craig B. Ward, State Registrar and Chief of the Bureau of Vital Statistics
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Medical Certification of Death in Missouri
June 16, 2014
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Oak Conference Room
Jennifer Lloyd and Dr. George Turabelidze, Missouri State Epidemiologist
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Health Risk Behaviors among Missouri Middle and High School Students
Presented Jan. 13, 2014
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Wild Birch Conference Room
Janet Wilson, Survey Manager in the Office of Epidemiology
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Epidemiology of Pertussis in Missouri
Presented Nov. 5, 2013
10:30 am to 12:00 noon
Multi Purpose Room, Lower Level, Kansas City Health Department
Dr. George Turabelidze, Missouri State Epidemiologist
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Preterm Births in the US and Missouri:  An Overview
Presented June 24, 2013
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Birch Conference Room
Venkata Garikapaty, Public Health Epidemiologist
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Tickborne Diseases in Missouri
Presented May 6, 2013
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Wild Pine Conference Room
Dr. George Turabelidze, Missouri State Epidemiologist
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What’s New in Tick-Borne Diseases
Presented July 19, 2012 at Clay County Health Department
By George Turabelidze, MD, PhD, Missouri State Epidemiologist
Karen Yates, MSc, Vector-borne Disease Program Coordinator
and Susan Little, Executive Director, DEET Education Program, Washington, DC
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STOP - Stop Transmission of Polio
Presented July 2012
by Drew Pratt, Senior Epidemiologist Specialist
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Chronic Disease in Missouri: Progress and Challenges
Presented April 2012
by Dr. Shumei Yun
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Understanding epidemiological research: p-values and confidence intervals
Presented January 2012
by George Turabelidze, PhD, MD
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Missouri PRAMS Report 2007-2008
Presented: Feb. 2011
by Venkata Garikapaty and Jennifer Collins
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New Emerging Infections: Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics
Presented: January 2011
by George Turabelidze, MD, PhD
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The Burden of Cancer and Cancer Programs in Missouri
Presented: Dec. 2010
by David McBride, PhD, Philomina Gwanfogbe, PhD, MSPH and Susan Thomas, BS
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Dental Care Use During Pregnancy
Presented: October 2010
by Mei Lin, MD, MPH, MSc and Marie Peoples, MA, MPH, CSACII
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Acute Lead Poisoning Outbreak - Zamfara State, Nigeria, 2010
Presented: Sept. 2010
by Philip Lo, MD
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Results from the Missouri Youth Tobacco Survey, 2003-2009
Presented: Aug. 2010
by Janet Wilson, Youth Tobacco Survey Coordinator
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The Missouri Tobacco Quitline Report, 2010
Presented: July 2010
by Noaman Kayani, PhD and Victoria Warren
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