Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Welcome & Introductions
Speakers: Patty Lewandowski, Bureau Chief and Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Assistant Laboratory Director, Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories – Jacksonville
DFWED Leadership Opening Remarks
Speaker: Rob Tauxe (CDC)
Session I: The Future is Here: PulseNet/OutbreakNet Transition to WGS
Lessons Learned from an Outbreak: Listeria monocytogenes Infections Linked to Deli Ham
Moderator: Amanda Conrad (CDC)
Speakers: Katherine McCombs (VA), Lauren Turner (VA), Nicole Lee (NC) and Natasha Dowell (CDC)
PHAC Experience with WGS Transition: Successes and Pitfalls
Moderator: Ian Williams (CDC)
Speaker: Meghan Hamel (PHAC)
Open Discussion
Moderator: Ian Williams (CDC)
Session II: The Future is Here: Managing New Workflows
Moderators: Lauren Turner (VA) and Venkata Vepachedu (PA)
Managing New Workflows
Speakers: Jeannette Dill (TN), Katie Garman (TN), Bill Wolfgang (NY) and Amy Robbins (NY)
WGS Tools and Predicted Resistance
Speakers: Steven Stroika (CDC) and Ian Plumb (CDC)
Open Discussion
Moderators: Amanda Conrad (CDC) and Lauren Turner (VA)
PulseNet Track
Adapting Workflows for WGS: Where Are We Now and What’s to Come?
Moderators: Eric Vaughn (MA), Laurn Mank (CT) and Brain Sauders (NY Ag)
Open Discussion: Laboratory Workflow Presentations: Continued
Moderators: Eric Vaughn (MA), Laurn Mank (CT) and Brian Sauders (NY Ag)
OutbreakNet and Environmental Health Track
WGS Transition: Moving Forward
Moderator: Laura Gieraltowski (CDC)
Overview of WGS Transition
Speaker: Laura Gieraltowski (CDC)
Updates from the WGS Working Groups
Speakers: Mackenzie Tewell (AZ) and Lisha Constantine-Renna (TN)
State’s Perspective on Local Cluster Detection and Open Discussion
Speaker: Kelly Kline (PA)
WGS Transition: Moving Forward (Cont.)
Moderator: Laura Gieraltowski (CDC)
Communications Surrounding WGS and Other Communications Updates
Speaker: Natasha Dowell (CDC)
Breakouts
Applied Maths IT
Speaker: Kyle Kingsley
NCBI Pathogen Detection Pipeline Demo
Speakers: Amy Robbins (NY), Kate Purcell (NY) and Paula Pennell-Huth (NY)
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Message Mapping Guide Session
Speakers: Michael Hughes (CDC-NST), Nicole Kikuchi (FL) and Kelly Barrett (CDC)
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Sunrise Sessions
BioNumerics 7.6 Q&A
Speaker: CDC PulseNet Staff
One Health
Speaker: Zachary D. McCormic (NH)
Updates on Efforts for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in Retail Delicatessens
Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in Retail Delicatessens
- FSIS document and associated in-commerce surveillance
Multistate Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak Linked to Multiple Retail Delis in the Northeast-Perspectives from NYC and CDC
Speakers: HaeNa Waechter (NYC) and Amanda Conrad (CDC)
Retail Deli Food Safety Practices: Data from an Observational Study
Speaker: Laura G. Brown (CDC - NCEH)
PulseNet Track
Guidance for Implementing & Conducting PN Surveillance Using WGS: What You Need to Know
Moderators: Kelley Hise (CDC) and Laurn Mank (CT)
Updates from CDC: Clustering Schemes & Interpretation of cgMLST Data
Speaker: Beth Tolar (CDC)
Guidance for Implementing & Conducting PN Surveillance Using WGS
- BioNumerics v7.6 Transition: Perspectives from Pilot Labs
Speakers: Deb Baker (NY Pilot Lab), Lauren Turner and Kelsey Holloman (VA Pilot Lab), Lisha Constantine-Renna (TN Pilot Lab)
Addressing QA/QC: Looking Through the Magnifying Glass
Moderators: Bill Wolfgang (NY) and Lavin Joseph (CDC)
Overview: Wet Lab Sequence Quality
Speaker: Eija Trees (CDC)
Overview: Dry Lab (BioNumerics) Sequence Quality
Speakers: Lavin Joseph (CDC) and Heather Carlton (CDC)
Discussion: Experience at the Public Health Labs Producing Good/Bad Quality Sequence Data
Speakers: Kevin Libuit (VA), Bill Wolfgang (NY) and Brain Sauders (NY Ag)
CDC Guidance/Experience with CLIA
Speakers: Maryann Turnsek (CDC) and Rebecca Lindsey (CDC)
OutbreakNet and Environmental Health Track
Outbreak Successes and Challenges: Part I - Interesting and Local Outbreaks
Moderator: Amy Robbins (NY)
Outbreak of Vibrio in Imported Lump Crab Meat
Speakers: Jordan Cahoon (MD) and Erin Stokes (CDC)
ETEC/EAEC Outbreak
Speakers: Genevieve Caron (RI)
Chicken and Rice E. coli Outbreak
Speakers: Emily Harvey (MA), Frank Gyan (MA) and Tracy Stiles (MA)
Outbreak Successes and Challenges: Part II -Challenging Outbreaks
Moderators: Nkuchia M’ikanatha (PA) and Aimee Krauss (CT)
E. coli Linked to Ground Beef in Florida
Speakers: Natasha Dowell (CDC) and Jamie Dement (FL)
Salmonella Reading Infections Linked to Raw Turkey Products
Speakers: Rashida Hassan (CDC) and Kossia Dassie (DC)
Drug Resistant Shigella Surveillance in NYC and Multi-drug Resistant Shigella sonnei Outbreak in a Retirement Community, Vermont
Speakers: Vasudha Reddy (NYC), Veronica Fialkowski (VT) and Valerie Devlin (VT)
Foodborne Outbreak Investigation from an Environmental Health Perspective
Moderator: Beth Wittry (CDC)
CDC’s Foodborne Outbreak National Environmental Assessment Reporting System: Improving Outbreak Investigation and Prevention (NEARS)
Speaker: Laura Brown (CDC)
Using Environmental Sampling to Solve and Stop Outbreaks
Speaker: Margaret Mahoney (NYS)
Luster Dust Bust
Speaker: Brendalee Viveiros (RI)
Outbreak Successes and Challenges: Part III
Restaurant Outbreaks and Environmental Assessments
Moderator: Beth Wittry (CDC)
A Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis Associated with Shell Eggs
Speakers: Amanda Ingram (AL) and Danny Ripley (TN)
Salmonella Montevideo, Restaurant Recidivist
Speaker: Mackenzie Tewell (AZ)
Perspectives in Exclusion
Speakers: HaeNa Waechter (NYC), Liz Hannapel (GA) and David Young (SC)
Breakout
Outbreaks and Sensitive Populations: Hepatitis A Among Drug Users, Food Handlers and the Homeless Population
Speaker: Traci Hudson (WV)
Thursday, January 17, 2019
The Future is Here: Where Are We Now with CIDTs?
Moderators: Ellyn Marder (CDC) and Kelley Hise (CDC)
FoodNet Perspective
Speaker: Ellyn Marder (CDC)
EDLB Isolate Recovery Studies
Speaker: Heather Carleton (CDC)
Panel Discussion
Speakers: Vasudha Reddy (NYC), Sharon Hurd (CT), Heather Carleton (CDC), Steffany Cavallo (TN), David Young (SC) and Megan Davis (SC)
ELC Panel Discussion
Moderators: De’Lisa Simpson (CDC) and Kristy Kubota (APHL)
ELC Update
Speaker: Anna Newton (CDC)
Discussion from High and Low Burden Laboratories
Speakers: Stacy Reeves (GA) and Christopher Benton (NH)
Discussion from the Epi Perspective in High and Low Burden States
Speakers: Zach McCormic (NH), Hope Dishman (GA), and Katie Garman (TN)
Wrap Up Outbreak: Lessons Learned from E. coli O157:H7 Linked to Romaine Lettuce
Moderators: Anna Newton (CDC) and Frances Tilashalski (CDC)
Speakers: Laura Gieraltowski (CDC), Natasha Dowell (CDC) and Mackenzie Tewell (AZ)
Closing Remarks
Speaker: Rob Tauxe (CDC)
CoE Resources
Speakers: Katie Garman (TN)