CSTE COVID-19 Response Membership Webinar Series
The CSTE COVID-19 Response Membership Webinar Series provides the latest information on best practices and lessons learned on a broad range of emerging issues in the COVID-19 response. Participants hear from subject matter experts and have the opportunity to ask questions. Previously held webinar descriptions and recordings are posted below. If you have a topic suggestion for a future webinar, please email preparedness@cste.org.
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| Webinar Title | Webinar Date | Speakers | Description | Recording Link | Order | Details | |
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| CDC Travel Planner | 10/27/2020 | Abbey Wojno, Karin Pivaral and Neha Sood, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC Travel Planner can be used to reach travelers and share jurisdiction-specific COVID-19 policies and information. The webinar includes a step-by-step guide to inputting your state's information into Travel Planner via CDC's Secure Access Management Service (SAMS). | 1 | More details | ||
| One Abbott Solution | 11/17/2020 | Audra Stubbs, National Enterprise Account Innovation Manager, Abbott Informatics; Karla Paulson, Senior Product Manager, Life Sciences, Abbott Informatics; Terrie Molin, Clinic Administrator, Hillsboro Pediatric Clinic, LLC | Representatives from Abbott Laboratories detail the One Abbott Solution for ID NOW COID-19 testing and reporting. The One Abbott Solution offers speed and performance of ID NOW COVID-19 testing and reporting with an automated process for CARES Act reporting requirements for decentralized environments to efficiently manage data. | 2 | More details | ||
| Exposure Notification Technologies | 11/19/2020 | Randy Marsden, Health Technology Special Projects Manager, Apple; Kathryn Rough, Clinical Research Scientist, Google Health; Scott Becker, Chief Executive Officer, APHL; Emma Sudduth, Project Manager, Exposure Notification, APHL; Suresh Soundararajan, Chief Information Officer, Virginia Department of Health; Ginger Stringer, Epidemiology Response Program Manager, Communicable Disease Branch, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment | Representatives from Apple, Google, Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), Colorado and Virginia present on the implementation of exposure notification technologies in response to COVID-19. | 3 | More details | ||
| Moderna Therapeutics COVID-19 Vaccine | 12/4/2020 | Richard Hughes IV, JD, MPH: Vice President of Public Policy, Moderna Carla Talarico, PhD, MPH: Senior Director and Lead Epidemiologist Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Patricia Novy, PhD: Senior Director, Medical Affairs, Moderna | Representatives from Moderna Therapeutics share information about the development and trials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine candidate | 4 | More details | ||
| Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine | 12/15/2020 | Dr. David Swerdlow: Senior Director, Clinical Epidemiology Lead, Vaccines, Medical Development & Scientific/Clinical Affairs, Pfizer | Representatives from Pfizer vaccines share information on the newly deployed Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine | 5 | More details | ||
| COVID-19 in Pregnancy | 1/29/2021 | Van Tong, Co-lead Pregnancy & Infant Linked Outcomes Team Dr Susan Manning Pregnancy & Infant Linked Outcomes Team | Current evidence on COVID-19 infection in pregnancy women and their babies and an overview of current surveillance efforts. Efforts to improve identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy in Massachusetts data linkages to existing sources will also be discussed. | 6 | More details | ||
| Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine | 3/18/2021 | Dr. Richard Nettles: Vice President of Medical Affairs, Lead of United States Infectious Diseases & Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies | Presenters discuss the replication-deficient adenovirus vector platform and the Johnson & Johnson-Janssen COVID-19 vaccine candidate, vaccine production and clinical trial data. | 7 | More details | ||
| Unpacking the CDC COVID-19 Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit | 3/25/2021 | Greg Armstrong, Director Office of Advanced Molecular Detection, NCEZID; Michael Weigand, Bioinformatics Health Scientist, NCIRD; Nancy Chow, Data & Quality Team Lead, NCEZID, Shatavia Morrison, Bioinformatics Unit Lead, NCEZID; Hayley Yaglom, One Health Genomics Epidemiologist, Translational Genomics Research Institute; Nicholas Lehnerz, Medical Specialist, Minnesota Dept of Health | The COVID-19 Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit is designed to help epidemiologists use genomic data to track and investigate SARS-CoV-2 in their jurisdictions, and consists of brief, modular video presentations with audio transcripts. Currently available modules include tutorials, case studies, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, along with reference documents and external links. The Toolkit was developed by CDC scientists in collaboration with public health practitioners at state and local health departments and other partner organizations. During this webinar, featured presenters will showcase toolkit features and answer questions. | 8 | More details | ||
| Exposure Notification One Year Later | 6/11/2021 | Melanie Taylor, CDC; Celeste Espinoza, USDS; Jess Alekseyev & Adam Norige, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Pamela Mukaire, Khalil Hassam, Will Still, Washington, DC; Katherine Feldman, MD; Jeff Stover, VA; Mohsen Malekinejad, CA | Presenters from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Digital Service (USDS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory, and multiple jurisdictions share their exposure notification experiences over the last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 9 | More details | ||
| Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19 | 6/29/2021 | Amy Kirby, PhD MPH; Wiley Jennings, PhD; Zachary Marsh, MPH Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne & Environmental Diseases | Presenters from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) share experiences and lessons learned using wastewater surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic response. | 10 | More details | ||
| SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing | 9/29/2021 | Krisandra Allen & Lauren Frisbie, Washington; Kylie Sage, Utah; Em Stephens, Virginia | This webinar provides an overview of publicly available SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variant dashboards along with recommended best practices for sharing sequence and variant information. Summaries of the content and format of data available on state and local dashboards and reports will be provided, as well as in-depth presentations from several states showcasing their reports or dashboards. Discussion time will allow states to share their successes and challenges in combining case data and sequencing data and reporting this data in an accessible manner to the public. | 11 | More details | ||
| COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Vaccination, and Approaches for Maternal Mortality Surveillance | 11/2/2021 | Van Tong, CDC; Jennifer Beauregard, CDC | Participants hear the latest data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in pregnancy and evidence on safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. Participants will also learn about CDC efforts related to surveillance of maternal mortality due to COVID-19, focusing on the role of Maternal Mortality Review Committees and best practices that have been developed for identification of pregnancy-associated deaths with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection. | 12 | More details |
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