42nd National Immunization Conference (NIC)
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42nd National Immunization Conference (NIC)

Monday, March 17, 2008

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7:00 AM-5:00 PM


Registration

7:30 AM-8:30 AM


Welcoming Continental Breakfast and Networking Opportunity

9:00 AM-10:30 AM


PL1
Opening Plenary and Awards
Anne Schuchat

10:30 AM-11:00 AM


Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


A0
Featured Session: Making News — A Look Inside the News Room
Glen Nowak

A1
Innovative Ways to Vaccinate Healthcare Personnel
Patsy Stinchfield

A2
Playing Well with Others: The Benefits of Data Sharing between and Outside Immunization Information Systems
Laura J. Williams, MPH

A3
Post-Partum Vaccination: Perspectives from Hospital Programs and Obstetricians
Tejpratap Tiwari

A4
Vaccine Safety: New Findings and Future Directions
Beth Hibbs

A5
Quality Improvement Strategies and Tools 1
Nathan Crawford

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Lunch (on your own)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


Immunization Q&A Session #1

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


B0
Featured Session: Using Your Immunization Information System to Assess Immunization Coverage
Alan Hinman

B1
Vaccine Safety 101
PerStephanie Thompson

B2
Status of Varicella Surveillance and Epidemiology As We Enter a New Era of the Varicella Vaccination Program
Adriana Lopez

B3
Healthy People 2020: Developing National Objectives for the Next Decade
Abigail Shefer and Susan Van Aacken

B4
Making Mass Vaccination Clinics Work
Tom Shimabukuro

B5
State HPV Legislation: Issues and Successes
Melinda Wharton

3:00 PM-3:30 PM


Break

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


C0
Featured Session: Vaccinating School-Age Children against Influenza
Anthony Fiore

C1
Status of Adolescent Vaccination Coverage: National and Local Perspectives
Abigail Shefer

C2
Improved Perinatal Hepatitis B Case Identification
Lisa Jacques-Carroll

C3
Preventing Rotavirus Gastroenteritis through Vaccination: Progress and Potential for 2008
Margaret Cortese and Umesh Parashar

C4
Community Solutions to Under Immunization
Vicki Evans

C5
Immunization Information Systems as Tools for Increasing Immunization Coverage Rates
Bobby Rasulnia

6:00 PM-7:30 PM


HL
Hilleman Lecture

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM


Fitness Event

7:00 AM-5:00 PM


Registration

9:00 AM-10:00 AM


PL2
Special Plenary: One World — Immunization and Global Health
Anne Schuchat

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


PS
Exhibit and Poster Viewing Session (and Break)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


D0
Featured Session: Vaccine Safety Topics for Programs and Practitioners
Dixie Snider

D1
Overcoming Barriers to Vaccinating Groups at Risk for Severe Influenza
Anthony Fiore

D2
Eliminated but not Eradicated: Challenges in Controlling Imported Measles Outbreaks
James Alexander and Preeta Kutty

D3
Provider Recruitment and Immunization Information Systems: What Works?
Angela Salazar

D4
Healthcare Provider Attitudes and Practices Regarding Adolescent Vaccination
Allison Kennedy

D5
Using Partnerships at Local, State, and National Levels to Address Immunization Needs
Vicki Evans

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Lunch (on your own)

Lunch Rounds

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


E0
Featured Session: Alternate Vanues for Vaccinating Adolescents — Examples of School-Based Vaccination Activities
Shannon Stokley

E1
What Do Parents Think About Immunization?
Michelle Basket

E2
Taking a Measure: Uptake and Impact of Meningococcal and Pertussis Vaccines
Amanda Cohn

E3
Providers and Childcare Users: Immunization Information System Recruiting and Retention Strategies
Dontanette Cohill

E4
Strategies to Reduce Influenza Vaccination Declinations among Healthcare Personnel
L.J. Tan

E5
Quality Improvement Strategies and Tools 2
Nathan Crawford

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Exhibit and Poster Viewing Session (and Break)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


F0
Featured Session: Vaccines for Prevention — Successes and Challenges in the U.S.A. and Globally
Rana Hajjeh

F1
Vaccine Finance: Medical Provider and State Perspectives
Margaret Coleman

F2
Key Ingredients for Enhancing Data Reliability and Immunization Information System Effectiveness as a Tool for Patient Services Support
Carl Phillip

F3
Parent and Teen Attitudes about Adolescent Vaccination
Bayo Willis

F4
Innovative Approaches to Health Communication
Janine Cory

F5
Vaccinating Young Children against Influenza
Karen Broder

6:00 PM-7:00 PM


Fitness Event

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM


Walk/Run Fitness Event

7:00 AM-5:00 PM


Registration

9:00 AM-10:00 AM


G0
Featured Session: Applying the Boy Scout Motto — Flu "Preparedness" Efforts with Immunization Information Systems
Jeanne Santoli

G1
So Many Vaccines, So Little Time: Increasing the Capacity for Vaccine Delivery
Megan Lindley

G2
Challenges in Investigation and Control of Mumps Outbreaks
James Alexander and Amy Parker

G3
Promoting Adolescent Vaccination: Highlights from State and Community-Based Projects
Shannon Stokley

G4
Communicating in a Crisis: Outbreaks, Recalls, and Vaccine Safety Concerns
Kristine Sheedy

G5
Getting to Yes: Healthcare Worker Vaccination Strategies
Mark Sawyer

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


Exhibit and Poster Viewing Session (and Break)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


H0
Featured Session: Communicating Immunization Science to the Public
Melinda Wharton

H1
Influenza Vaccine Distribution Delays
Angela Calugar

H2
Pharmacists: Public Health Immunization Partners
Mitchel Rothholz

H3
Pertussis: What's Hot!
Ryan Novak

H4
Vaccine Storage and Handling
Gregory Wallace

H5
Using an Immunization Information Systems to Improve Vaccines for Children Program Accountability and Assess School Exemption Rates
Janet Kelly

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Lunch (on your own)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


Immunization Q&A Session #2

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


I0
Featured Session: Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
Anthony Fiore

I1
Immunization Grantees Update
Nancy Fasano

I2
How Can Immunization Information Systems Help the WIC Program?
Alton Reddick

I3
Targeting Adolescents Outside the Medical Home
Robin Curtis

I4
Catching the Cases
Stacey Martin

I5
Media Training for Immunization Spokespeople Part I
Kristine M. Sheedy, PhD

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Exhibit and Poster Viewing Session (and Break)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


J0
Featured Session: Making It Happen — State and Local Immunization Programs
Lance Rodewald and Jeanne Santoli

J1
HPV Vaccines: New Developments and Current Assessments
Lauri Markowitz

J2
Immunization Information System Data Quality Improvements in the Provider Practice
Roberta Lewis

J3
The Time is Now: Preparing for the Next Generation of Pneumococcal Vaccines
Matthew Moore

J4
Worksite Vaccination
Faruque Ahmed

J5
Media Training for Immunization Spokespeople Part II
Kristine Sheedy

6:00 PM-7:00 PM


Fitness Event

Thursday, March 20, 2008

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM


Fitness Event

7:00 AM-11:00 AM


Registration

9:00 AM-10:00 AM


K0
Featured Session: Adult Immunization Programs: Private and Public Sector Perspectives
Gina Mootrey

K1
Understanding, Identifying, and Preventing Vaccination Administration Errors
William Atkinson

K2
Problem Solving for Immunization Information System Participation
Amanda Bryant

K3
Surveillance for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Sandra Roush

K4
Beyond Cost-Effectiveness Studies: What Can Economic Analysis Tell Us That Evaluation Can't?
Margaret Coleman

K5
Hot Topics in Vaccine Coverage Assessment
James Singleton

10:00 AM-10:30 AM


Break

10:30 AM-11:30 AM


L0
Featured Session: What's New with Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them?
Larry Anderson

L1
School-Based Influenza Vaccination Strategies
Richard Schieber

L2
Building Stakeholder Confidence: Methods for Improving Immunization Information System Data Quality
Melissa Jones

L3
Disease Surveillance, Coverage Assessment, Implmentation: Three Aspects of Adult Immunization
Aisha Jumaan

L4
Using Program Evalution to Enhance Your Program: The Experience of Two Grantees
Pascale Wortley

L5
Successfully Partnering with School and University Systems on Immunization Issues
Achal Bhatt

11:30 AM-12:30 PM


PL3
Closing Plenary
Melinda Wharton