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Avian Flu Workshop Program

  1. Opening Comments and Welcome
    1. 8:00 am – 8:15 am: Socializing, Continental Breakfast
    2. 8:15 am – 8:30 am : Welcome (Mukund Kulkarni, Craig Zumbrun, Steven Peterson)
  2. Session 1 – 8:30 am – 9:00am – Avian Flu: Starting Point
    1. Darcy Medica, Penn State Schuylkill, The biology of avian flu
    2. Steven A. Peterson, Penn State Harrisburg, Avian flu as a public policy issue
  3. Session 2 – 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Avian Flu: A Case Study of One Community – Middletown, PA (Organizer: Mike Behney, Penn State Harrisburg)
    1. Jeff Stonehill, Borough of Middletown
    2. Dr. Audrey Utley, Middletown Area School District
    3. Kevin Stoehr, Penn State Harrisburg
    4. Tim Edwards, Harrisburg International Airport
  4. Coffee Break – 10:00 am – 10:15 am
  5. Keynote Speaker – 10:15 am – 11:00 am
    1. Michael Huff, Director, Bureau of Community Health Systems, PA Department of Health, Pandemic influenza planning in Pennsylvania
  6. Session 3 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Health Care Challenges: Hershey Medical Center Avian Flu Task Force (Organizer: Dr. Christopher DeFlitch, Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
    1. Capacity and Management Challenges to Health Care Organizations, Chris DeFlitch, MD, Associate Professor
    2. History of Pandemics and the Avian Flu, Dr. Wallace Greene, PhD Associate Professor
    3. POD Model for Vaccine, Lee Groff
  7. Lunch – 12:00 pm – 12:45pm
  8. Session 4 – 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm – Emergency Response Plans: Does One Size Fit All? How Are Pandemics Different? (State, County, Municipal representatives) (Organizer: Craig Zumbrun, South Central Assembly for Effective Governance)
    1. George Giangi (Business & Industry Subcommittee, Regional Counter Terrorism Task Force)
    2. Jim Messinger, Senior Planner, PEMA
  9. Coffee Break – 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm
  10. Session 5 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Family and Individual Preparedness (Organizer: Sherrie Davis, American Red Cross)
    1. Dianne Clancy, Cumberland County American Red Cross
    2. John Farrell, Cumberland County American Red Cross
  11. Session 6 – 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm – Discussion and Conclusions: Focus – How to Develop County Level Task Forces Capable of Dealing with Problems Like Pandemics
    1. Facilitator: David Hawk, York County Health Department