Small Scientific West Coast Epidemiology Conference

摘要 内华达州公共和行为健康分部公共卫生办公室 信息学和流行病学正在向FDA科学会议申请资金 赠款计划，使内华达州能够主办西海岸EPI会议。这 会议是每年10月举行的年度非正式聚会。该计划的目的是 会议的目的是让公共卫生专业人员分享他们最近的经验， 目前的项目，并讨论共同的问题和新出现的问题。与会者 由地方、州、联邦和部落卫生专业人员组成，在前线 食品、生物和传染病预防、暴露评估、 应急准备和灾害流行病学。 由于缺乏资金，内华达州前几年一直无法主办这次会议。 可用性。每年的会议都由不同的西部地区州主办， 主要是华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和加利福尼亚州。如果我们收到这笔资金，它将使 内华达州首次能够主办西海岸EPI会议。它是 重要的是，内华达州成为公共卫生伙伴关系的一部分，并轮到我们 主持这个非常重要的会议。 会议目标： 1.制定一项议程，其中包括与食源性食品相关的广泛内容 疾病、食品安全、生物恐怖主义和食源性疾病的最佳做法 调查。 方法：邀请西部地区公共卫生代表出席 关于他们所在地区的食源性疾病话题。 2.建立机构之间的合作，为常见食源性疾病提供解决方案 疾病问题。 方法：鼓励各机构分享涉及执法和 使用联邦食品安全法规和建议。 3.讨论与食源性疾病有关的科技进步。 方法：邀请机构介绍和讨论新方法和新技术 用于促进食品安全和食源性疾病调查。

Abstract The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health's Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology is requesting funding from the FDA Scientific Conference Grant Program to enable Nevada to host the West Coast Epi Conference. This conference is an annual informal gathering that is held each October. The purpose of the conference is to allow public health professionals to share their recent experiences, current projects, and to discuss mutual problems and emerging issues. The attendees are made up of local, state, federal, and tribal health professionals on the front lines of food, biological, and communicable disease prevention, exposure assessment, emergency preparedness, and disaster epidemiology. Nevada has been unable to host the conference in previous years due to lack of funding availability. Each year the conference is hosted by different western regional states, mainly Washington, Oregon and California. If we receive this funding, it will enable Nevada, for the first time, to be able to host the West Coast Epi Conference. It is important that Nevada be part of the public health partnership and takes our turn in hosting this very essential conference. Conference objectives: 1. Develop an agenda that includes a wide scope of content related to foodborne illness, food safety, bioterrorism, and best practices for foodborne illness investigations. Methods: Invite public health representatives from the western region to present on foodborne illness topics in their region. 2. Create collaboration among agencies to provide solutions to common foodborne illness issues. Methods: Encourage agencies to share success stories involving enforcement and use of federal food safety regulations and recommendations. 3. Discuss scientific/technological advances related to foodborne illness. Methods: Invite agencies to present on and discuss new methods and techniques used in promoting food safety and foodborne illness investigations.