UC Berkeley Journalism - Events

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Covering Infectious Diseases

This event took place September 29 - October 3, 2003 and was webcast live from this page. Archived video of the speeches and panels, and links to some of the PowerPoint and other presentations, can be accessed by clicking the links in the schedule below. Video is streamed in real time, but note that many of the PowerPoint presentations are very large. File sizes are given (in parentheses). We apologize that video is somewhat dark through the first two hours of the conference.

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Webcast Schedule

Tuesday, September 1
	9:00 - 10:15 am	Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases Dr. Duc Vugia, Chief, California Department of Health Services, Infectious Diseases Branch PowerPoint (2 MBs)
	1:45 - 2:45 p.m.	Diagnostic Testing Methods Jane Wong, Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley PowerPoint (7.5 MBs)
	3:00 - 4:15 p.m	Public Health Surveillance Dr. Arthur Reingold, Professor, Epidemiology Division Head, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley PowerPoint (.5 MBs)
Wednesday, October 1
	9:00 - 10:15 am	Tracking Anthrax: What We Learned Dr. William Wong, Epidemiologic Intelligence Service Officer, San Francisco Health Department Video
	11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m	AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases Dr. Gail Bolan, Chief of the STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health Video \| PowerPoint (1.2 MBs)
	11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Chasing the SARS Virus Dr. William Wong, Epidemiologic Intelligence Service Officer, San Francisco Health Department Video \| PowerPoint (56 MBs)
	2:15 - 3:00 p.m	Reporters as First-Responders: The Risks and Challenges of Frontline Reporting on Infectious Diseases Renata Simone, Reporter, Frontline/World and Producer of “Chasing the SARS Virus” Video
	3:00 - 3:45 p.m.	Infection Control for First-Responders: Protecting Against Exposure to Infectious Diseases and Hazardous Toxins Dr. Tomas Aragon, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley Video
	7:00 - 8:30 pm	West Nile Virus Dr. Lyle Petersen, Acting Division Director, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Video \| PowerPoint (8 MBs)
Thursday, October 2
	10:45 - 12:00 am	Pandemic Influenza and Ebola Dr. Scott Harper, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Video \| PowerPoint (140 MBs)
	12:45 - 1:45 pm	Ecological Decline and Rise in Zoonotic Infections Dr. Mark Walters, Veterinarian and Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, University of South Florida, Author of “Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them” Video
	2:00 - 3:15 pm	New Technological Developments in Diagnostic Testing Dr. David Relman, Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Ommunology, Stanford University Video \| PowerPoint (12 MBs)
	3:30 - 4:30	Sourcing: Overview of agencies, experts, publications, web sites and other resources such as Open Access for future reporting Debbie Jan, Head Librarian, UC Berkeley School of Public Health HTML document
Friday, October 3
	9:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Public Health Law Dr. Anthony Iton, Public Health Officer, Alameda (CA) County Health Services Agency PowerPoint (18 MBs)
	11:00 - 12:15 p.m.	Interface of Public Health and Public Policy Dr. Poki Namkung, Director of Public Health, City of Berkeley, CA PowerPoint (38 MBs)
	12:30 – 1:45 pm	Luncheon, Keynote Address Dr. James Hughes, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Video \| PowerPoint (67 MBs)

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