Communicable Diseases Webinar for Health Care Providers: Friday, February 2, at 7 a.m.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Division of Public Health Information Update

Communicable Diseases Webinar for Health Care Providers

This bulletin is being sent to these lists: Health Alert Network, Local Health Officers, Tribal Health Directors, Public Health Nurses, Local Public Health Department Staff, Enterics, Infection Preventionists, Assisted Living Forum, and DQA Notifications.

Meeting details

When: Friday, February 2, 7–8 a.m.

Our monthly webinar series provides timely updates on public health issues that are relevant to health care providers and other members of the public health community in Wisconsin.

Our topics this month are: Applying harm reduction approaches in clinical care and other timely public health updates 

Join the webinar

Or dial: 669-254-5252 Webinar ID: 160 772 1298

Presenters

Ian Pray, CDC Career Epidemiology Field Officer, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services 

Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency; Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Medical Director of Harm Reduction Services, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Jordan Ramsdell, Harm Reduction Outreach Specialist, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services


Upcoming webinar dates

Please join us on Friday, March 1 for the next communicable diseases provider webinar.


Send us your questions and webinar topic suggestions ahead of time!

Email your questions to Johanna Melton (johanna.melton@dhs.wisconsin.gov) using the subject line: "COMMUNICABLE DISEASES PROVIDER WEBINAR," by 2 p.m. Thursday, February 1.

Questions sent ahead of time will be prioritized during the Q&A part of the webinar.


Webinar recordings

Access recordings of previous communicable diseases provider webinars on the DHS Provider Webinar Series recordings webpage.


Accommodations

The Bureau of Communicable Diseases is committed to ensuring equal access for all of our monthly provider webinars. If you require an accommodation to participate such as a sign language interpreter, captioning, or materials in an alternate format please contact Johanna Melton  (johanna.melton@dhs.wisconsin.gov) at least two weeks prior to the next scheduled webinar.