Communicable Diseases Webinar for Health Care Providers
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Meeting details
When: Friday, June 7, 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 topic this month is: Updates on avian influenza (H5N1): current outbreak, clinical recommendations, and considerations for farm worker health
Or dial: 669-254-5252 Webinar ID: 161 710 1187
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
Thomas Haupt, Infectious Disease Research Scientist for Respiratory Diseases, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
William Kinsey, Medical Director for Mobile Services at Family Health La Clinica, Chair of the Wisconsin Farmworker Coalition's Community Response Subcommittee
Mariah Hennen, Farmworker Project Program Manager and Paralegal for Legal Action of WI, Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Farmworker Coalition's Dairy and Vulnerable Worker Subcommittee
Upcoming webinar dates
Please join us on Friday, July 12, for the next communicable diseases provider webinar.
Note: The next communicable disease provider webinar will be held on Friday, July 12, (not July 5) to avoid the 4th of July holiday weekend.
Send us your questions and webinar topic suggestions ahead of time!
Email your questions to Johanna Melton at johanna.melton@dhs.wisconsin.gov using the subject line: "COMMUNICABLE DISEASES PROVIDER WEBINAR," by 2 p.m. Thursday, June 6.
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@dhs.wisconsin.gov at least two weeks prior to the next scheduled webinar.
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