Symposium:
120. Late Breaker Symposium
Friday, October 9, 2015: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room: 6--AB

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

  • summarize the effects to increase rates of immunizations in children in the U.S.
  • discuss the significance of the WHO Guinea Ring Vaccine Trail

Target Audience: Vaccinologists, Public health practitioners, Pharmacists, Nurses, Microbiologists, Members-in-training, Infectious diseases physicians, Infectious diseases pediatricians, Infection preventionists, Hospital epidemiologists, Fellows, Epidemiologists, Clinicians

Tracks: Pediatric ID, Global ID, Epidemiology and Infection Control, Adult ID

Moderators:  David W. Kimberlin, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Larry K. Pickering, MD, FIDSA, Emory University School of Medicine

Presentations:
10:30 AM
710
CDC's Emerging Infections Program at 20 Years
Monica Farley, MD, FIDSA

11:00 AM
711
From Measles to Mandates: Public Health Response and Vaccine Advocacy
Erica Pan, MD, MPH

11:30 AM
712
WHO Guinea Ring Vaccine Trial
Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo, MD

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM

ACPE Credits:

ACPE Number:

Disclosures:

D. W. Kimberlin, None

L. K. Pickering, None

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