Market*Access International - Fundamentals of Medical Intelligence Workshop

Fundamentals of Medical Intelligence

March 29, 2005
NRECA Executive Conference Center
Arlington, VA

Please note that pre-registration for this event is now closed but we have made space for onsite registrations. Simply complete the attached registration form and bring it with your payment to the registration desk.

Medical Intelligence—the products of collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of medical, infectious disease, bio-scientific and environmental health information—is now a vital commodity to help support strategic policy formulation, medical planning and tactical operations. Access to good medical intelligence products helps to assess the strength and weaknesses of our medical and health service support infrastructure, and—most importantly in this “Era of Asymmetrical Threats”—helps to prepare our response resources to enhance our preparedness and survivability when major events (whether natural or man-made) occur.

The Fundamentals of Medical Intelligence Workshop will teach you about the aspects of medical intelligence to help your organization enhance its preparedness and risk management posture. This workshop will help you understand the role and importance of medical intelligence; how medical intelligence is processed; what agencies can be used for MEDINT resources; and how you can access their products.

What You Will Learn

Daniel S. Shapiro, M.D. (Course Chairman) has directed clinical microbiology laboratories in the Boston area where he is also a faculty member of the Boston University School of Medicine and a board-certified infectious disease physician. In addition, he has worked in the area of global surveillance of emerging diseases, most notably by serving as the managing editor of ProMED-mail, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases. For more information on Daniel Shapiro, please click here.

Timothy R. Coté serves as the CDC-assigned Senior Federal Advisor to the Director of the DC Department of Health with a special role in responding to bioterrorist threats. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in the medical literature. Over the past 15 years he has served in a variety of positions at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Food and Drug Administration, and the US Department of Agriculture. As part of his ten years at the NCI he completed a residency in Anatomic Pathology and is also Boarded in that specialty.

After finishing a transitional internship and a residency with Board-certification in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Dr. Cote began Federal service as an officer in the Center for Disease Control's Epidemiology Intelligence Service (EIS) a cadre of Federal scientists trained to conduct field investigations of rapidly developing epidemic disease. Tim Cote is a 1987 MD graduate of Howard University College of Medicine and he concurrently received a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health

Lisa M. Kirk, DrPH is the Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). She reports directly to the Deputy Secretariat for Public Health Services. Her most recent research completed in conjunction with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine is titled, “The Military Deployment Human Exposure Assessment Study: Blood and urine exposure biomarkers as surveillance tools for assessing military personnel exposure to environmental contaminants during deployment.” Previously, Lisa conducted research on new methods to assess dermal contact exposures through wipe-sampling of smooth surfaces. Related to her research, she has written a strategic plan for the use of exposure biomarkers in the DoD.

Workshop Agenda

11:15-12:00pm: Accessing and Leveraging Medical Intelligence Products: Perspectives from a State Health Department

Corporate Sponsors:

Medical Planning Resources, Inc. provides consultative services for medically managing the threats associated with complex emergencies, natural and man-made disasters and asymmetrical events. Medical Planning Resources is dedicated to the mission of providing expert medical advice to help Prepare, Respond, and Recover from Complex Emergencies, Disasters, and Asymmetrical Threats…Worldwide.

Organizational Sponsors:

INPUT is the essential market intelligence resource for companies doing business with government. INPUT provides market development services, advisory services, and software solutions to help clients secure new business, address new markets, and manage business development. For more information about INPUT, visit www.input.com or call (703) 707-3500.

Founded in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association, International (WCA) is the principal non-profit trade association representing the wireless broadband industry. WCA membership, which includes the industry's leading carriers, vendors and consultants, has grown to over 530 member companies spanning six continents.

The WCA organizes the world's largest annual business conference and exhibition devoted exclusively to wireless broadband. This conference and exhibition annually convenes experts from around the world to discuss market strategies, emerging technologies, new applications and financing/regulatory options.

Become a Sponsor or Exhibitor

If you would like to become a sponsor or exhibitor at this event, please download and complete our set of sponsorship forms. (Forms require Acrobat Reader.) For more information on exhibitor or sponsor arrangements, please contact Cara Lombardi, (703) 807-2743.

Registration Fee

Registrations are payable by credit card, check or government purchase order.

CANCELLATION POLICY: You may designate a substitute in writing any time before the workshop. If you need to cancel your registration, you must send your notice in writing and will be subject to a $50 processing fee. No refunds are given for cancellations received 3 business days prior to the event start date or later.

The conference will be held at the Executive Conference Center, NRECA Headquarters Building, 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203. The Conference Center is one block from the Ballston Metro stop on the orange line.

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4301 Wilson Boulevard
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Arlington, VA 22203
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