The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Global Health Task Force will co-host the 11th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) in person from August 7-10, 2022, in Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel in Atlanta, GA.
Held every 3 years, the conference brings together more than 1,500 public health professionals from around the world to exchange the latest information on issues affecting the emergence, spread and control of infectious diseases.
Keynote speakers for the opening session, Sunday 7 August at 5.30pm, include:
- Welcome and opening words
- Rochelle Walensky: Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Communicating science in a changing media environment
- Josh Sharfstein: Associate Dean of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the Black Coalition Against COVID
- Reed Tuckson: Co-Founder, Black Coalition Against COVID
- Lessons from the pandemic for future global health
- Soumya Swaminathan: Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
The three-day program includes plenary sessions and panels with guest speakers, oral abstract and poster presentations, and multiple scientific and public health presenters; all this focused on emerging and re-emerging infections. Selected oral presentations include:
- The role of the environment: how mask use varies in different environments
- Evaluating Processes in Emergency Response: Evaluating COVID-19 Screening Testing Programs in K-12 Schools
- Strategies to maximize immunization coverage against COVID-19 among the general population
- Performance of a commercial rapid diagnostic test for influenza A and B in a community sample of school-aged children: ORCHARDS – Wisconsin 2015-2020
- Turning farmers into disease detectives: how participatory surveillance can prevent future pandemics
- Advances in monitoring safety in vaccination -; Globally, 2010-2019
- Fatal melioidosis in a child -; Georgia, 2021
- Intercontinental movement of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 2.3.4.4 (H5N1) in the United States, 2021
- Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among working dogs in Arizona, 2021
- Risks associated with reusable bronchoscopes and urological endoscopes
- Integration of health equity principles in public health communication and scientific products
- A New Paradigm for Pandemic Preparedness: War Games with Pathogens
Journalists interested in attending the conference should register here. Many presentations during the conference will also be streamed live. For more information on streaming, visit the ICEID Virtual Platform.
Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention