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CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to...

Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • Travel Scholarships: Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM)...

    Travel scholarships are currently available for the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) 2017 Conference....

    Jul 31, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Travel Funding Available: Central/Midwest Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet Meeting

    With support from the CDC and FDA, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health...

    Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Travel Funding Available: Joint Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet PulseNet Meeting

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are pleased to offer a...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    • Antibiotic Resistance, Food Safety & Inspection, National Environmental Public Health Tracking, Research & Reports

    CDC Using Advanced Technology to Detect Foodborne Disease Outbreaks

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its public health partners in all 50 states are tracking and classifying foodborne illness in a new way, using advanced technology called whole genome sequencing (WGS) to detect and stop outbreaks and combat drug-resistant bacteria. PulseNet, the national network of laboratories that detects outbreaks of foodborne […]

    Aug 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection, Informatics

    Updates on PulseNet’s Transition to Whole Genome Sequencing for Foodborne Surveillance in 2019

    The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) received a letter from CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB) regarding the following updates and modifications to the timeline for implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for PulseNet. Updates: As of January 3, 2019, up to 24 laboratories have either started the process or have finished the BioNumerics […]

    Jan 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet 2019 Regional Meetings

    Two Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings will be held in 2019: West Coast: February 5-7, 2019 in San Diego, CA Central: March 6-8, 2019 in Omaha, NE The meetings will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric...

    Nov 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Environmental Health Travel Scholarships Available for Food Safety Meeting

    Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL.  This meeting will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases. Combined and...

    Oct 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Seeking Food Safety Professionals for PulseNet/OutbreakNet Meetings Planning Committees

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the USDA  Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in planning a series of PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings...

    Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic Resistance

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to improve program integration and enhance their ability to detect, investigate, and report foodborne, waterborne, and fungal disease outbreaks. Of the total, $12 million is funded through CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative. The grants support the...

    Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang

    Travel Scholarships: Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) 2017 Conference

    Travel scholarships are currently available for the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) 2017 Conference. Scheduled for November 6-9, 2017 in Garden Grove, CA, this event will convene food safety professionals from across the country to discuss surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases, focusing on illness caused by contaminated food, water, and animals.The...

    Jul 31, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Travel Funding Available: Central/Midwest Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet Meeting

    With support from the CDC and FDA, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are offering travel funds for environmental health specialists interested in attending the joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet regional meeting for the Central/Midwest region. This in-person event is scheduled to take place on March 7-9, 2017 in Chicago, IL....

    Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Travel Funding Available: Joint Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet PulseNet Meeting

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are pleased to offer a limited number of travel scholarships intended to offset attendance costs for the Joint Mountain/West Regional PulseNet & Outbreak Meeting to be held in San Francisco, CA, February 8-10, 2017. Environmental health specialist focused on foodborne illness outbreak...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

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