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L.J. Tan, MS, PhDPrior to joining the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), Dr. Tan was the director of medicine and public health at the American Medical Association (AMA) a position he held since 2008. From 1997 to 2008 he was the AMA's director of infectious disease, immunology, and molecular medicine.
Dr. Tan is a voting member of the Department of health and Human Services' National Vaccine Advisory Committee, where he served on the adult immunization vaccine safety and health care worker immunization working groups, and is currently chair of the immunization infrastructure working group. He also served for more than ten years as the AMA's liaison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, where he currently serves on the influenza, pneumococcal, zoster, and adult immunization working groups. He co-founded and currently co-chairs the National Adult Immunization Summit and the National Influenza Vaccine Summit. He serves or has served on the steering committees of the 317 Coalition, the National Network for Immunization Information, and the National Viral Hepatitis Round table and on the IAC scientific advisory board. In 2007, he founded the National Immunization congress and organized its 2007 and 2010 meetings. A skilled and sought-after speaker, Dr. Tan has been invited to address international, national, and state immunization audiences on issues ranging from vaccine financing to risk management in vaccine safety to emerging infectious diseases. He serves or has served on a host of expert and technical advisory panels, including panels for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Joint commission, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition he is the author or coauthor of many peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. During his tenure at the AMA, he wrote numerous scientific reports to guide the Association's policies on a diverse range of public health topics. Dr. Tan has received several awards for his advocacy work and most recently was awarded the American Pharmacists Association's national Friend of Pharmacy Award. As a part-time faculty member at the Institute for Science Education and Science Communication, Columbia college, Chicago, he received the 2000 Excellence in Teaching Award. Keynote Presentation: Maintaining the Future of Immunizations |
Dr. Michelle BerlinMichelle Berlin, M.D., M.P.H. is Co-Director of the OHSU Center for Women’s Health and Vice-Chair of Public Health and Faculty Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine, and OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. She is also on the board of the Academy of Women’s Health in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Berlin is one of the few obstetrician-gynecologists in the United States who is also fully trained in preventive medicine. She was as an Associate Editor at the Annals of Internal Medicine from 1996-2002 and has performed work for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Among her current responsibilities, she teaches evidence-based medicine to fellows, residents and other trainees, and provides mentorship and research opportunities to students and faculty throughout the university. Dr. Berlin is Program Director of the Center’s Policy Advisory Towards Health (PATH for women), focusing on health policy issues within women’s health, and provides technical assistance to Oregon Women's Health and Wellness Alliance (a bipartisan group of legislators, health care personnel, state and local agency staff and citizen advocates dedicated to promoting the health, safety and economic well-being of women). She is also a primary author, in partnership with the National Women’s Law Center, of Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card. Her research and clinical interests converge in addressing screening and prevention services for women, especially for minority and disadvantaged populations. Her clinical work focuses on Pap screening and follow-up evaluation of abnormal Pap smears for the prevention of cervical cancer. She serves on the Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program Medical Advisory Committee. She has been a member of the American Society for Cervical and Clinical Pathology (ASCCP) since 1995 and a certified Mentor for ASCCP since 2003. Dr. Berlin received her A.B. and M.P.H. from the University of California, Berkeley; her M.D. from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; and completed her residency at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and University of California, Berkeley. |
Virginia Chambers, CMA (AAMA), BS, MHAVirginia Chambers is the current Medical Assisting Program Director at Portland Community College. She has been a Medical Assistant for over 20 years in Family Medicine, Immediate Care, and Endocrinology Research. For the past six years she has been working on developing new PCMH curriculum and is focused on enhancing the training and skills of Medical Assisting students. Virginia is the immediate past-president of the River Cities Chapter of Medical Assistants (RCCMA) and the current Educator’s Forum Chair for the state and is currently serving as an educator on the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) continuing education board.
Chambers was recently awarded the Golden Apple Award from the American Association of Medical Assistants, which is its educator of the year honor (2015). She also received Instructor of the Year award from the Oregon Society of Medical Assistants in 2015, demonstrative of her continued work as a superior educator and a fortunate addition to the Oregon Flu Summit & More. In addition to teaching, Chambers is a Department Chair, Subject Area Committee Chair and Clinical Coordinator. She is a member of the Oregon Public Health Association, Oregon Medical Group Managers Association, American Association for Women in Community colleges. Chambers serves on the committee of the Health Professionals Task Force at Portland Community College. She received her M.H.A (Master's in Health Administration and Management from the University of Phoenix; her Bachelors of Science in Sociology from Portland State University and her Medical Assisting Certificate from Concorde Career Institute. |
Dr. Paul CieslakDr. Paul Cieslak earned both his bachelor and medical degrees at The Ohio State University, finishing the latter in 1986. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle and then completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Washington University in St. Louis, with his research focused on amebiasis. During 1992–1994 he worked as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. While there, he investigated outbreaks of E. coli O157 infection, salmonellosis, shigellosis, cholera, and botulism; and he also researched the association between reptiles and infection with certain serotypes of Salmonella.
To learn something about public health at the state level, Dr. Cieslak came to Oregon as a CDC preventive medicine resident in 1994. Afterwards, he stayed on to direct the State Public Health Division’s communicable disease epidemiology section and Oregon’s Emerging Infections Program. Since July 2014 he has served as Medical Director for the Oregon Public Health Division’s Communicable Disease and Immunization programs. Dr. Cieslak has published articles on amebiasis, E. coli O157 infection, vancomycin use, Clostridium difficile infection, severe Group A strep infections, shigellosis, chickenpox, hepatitis C, norovirus, hospital-associated infections, and pertussis. He holds adjunct clinical faculty positions with OHSU’s Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases. He served on CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices during 1997–2011. On weekends he does a little infectious disease consulting for Legacy System, Portland Adventist, and PeaceHealth hospitals. In 1988, Dr. Cieslak married a gal from Enterprise, Oregon; they have 6 children and live in northeast Portland, where they are active members of St. Rose Parish. |
Bob DannenhofferEducation:
B.S. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1980 MD - Albany Medical College 1980 Resident in Pediatrics – Massachusetts General Hospital 1980-83 Chief Resident in Pediatrics – Massachusetts General Hospital 1983-84 Medical Practice United States Navy, service in Bethesda, Maryland and Okinawa, Japan 1984-89
Medical administration: DCIPA, Medical Director 1993-2001
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Bryan GoodinBryan Goodin is currently the Manager of Employee Health department at Legacy Health. His position works to protect the health of over 15,000 employees, staff, and contractors across 6 medical centers and dozens of offsite clinics or labs. His favorite part of this role is the variety. The department provides a range of services, including: chronic disease management, immunizations & health screenings, occupational safety, community outreach, ergonomics, infection control, and emergency preparedness.
Bryan holds a Masters of Public Health with focus on policy and non-profit management, and a BS with minors in Sociology & Community Health, both from Portland State University. He recently completed the LPN and is currently working towards his RN degree in evening classes. Prior to his role at Legacy Health, Bryan was Coordinator for the Oregon Public Health Authority Immunization Program. His volunteer and professional interests include public policy, addressing health disparities, immunization and infectious disease, and environmental health. Bryan is a current member of the American Public Health Association, Oregon Public Health Association, and the Association of Occupational Health Professionals. |
Angela HeckathornAngela Heckathorn is currently the Manager of Environment of Care at Legacy Health. She has been with Legacy for going on 13 years and oversees safety and emergency management system wide. The best part of her job is the fact that every day is different and she gets to work with and learn from so many talented individuals. Environment of Care leaders work to ensure a safe and secure healthcare setting for patients, staff and visitors. Angela is responsible for regulatory compliance with a variety of entities, program and policy development, disaster readiness, employee safety and education related to the environment of care. Her position works closely with Employee Health, Facility Operations and Security along with community partners including first responders and Public Health. Angela is a current member of the Oregon Emergency Management Association.
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Bridget KieneBridget Kiene is a Health System Manager with the American Cancer Society. In her role she partners and consults with health systems and works to improve population health through prevention and early detection efforts state wide. Her oversight includes relationships with the state health department, QIOs, CCO’s and commercial health plans. Her passion to end cancer as a major public health problem drives her work in this area.
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Nicole O'KaneNicole O’Kane is the Clinical Director at HealthInsight Oregon, a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving the quality, safety, and value of health care. Her expertise is focused on safe medication use and addressing the needs of people who have complex medical conditions. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of New Mexico.
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Steve RobisonSteve is an epidemiologist in the Oregon Immunization Program, where he develops novel methods for using immunization registry information. Accomplishments include improving methods for looking at child and adolescent immunization rates, and implementing a near-real time surveillance system for influenza immunization rates during the season. Steve holds a master’s degree in public health (honors degree), and guest lectures at local universities on vaccine preventable diseases and immunizations.
Recent publications include: Impact of Immunizing Pharmacists on Adolescent Influenza Immunizations. Steve G. Robison: Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (July/August 2016). NIS vs. Immunization Registry Measles Rates for Counties in Oregon. Steve G. Robison: Public Health Reports, Volume 131.3 (2016). Differences in Pertussis Incidence by Income among Oregon Teens during an Outbreak. Steve G. Robison, Juventila Liko, Paul Cieslak; Journal of Vaccines, (2015). Addressing Immunization Registry Population Inflation in Adolescent Immunization Rates. Steve G. Robison: Public Health Reports, Volume 130.2 (2015). Pertussis Vaccine Performance in an Epidemic Year- Oregon 2012. Juventila Liko, Steve Robison, Paul Cieslak: Clinical Infectious Disease (2014) doi 10.1093/cid/ciu273 Sick-Visit Immunizations and Delayed Well-Baby Visits. Steve G. Robison: Pediatrics, Volume 132(1), (2013). Priming with Whole-Cell versus Acellular Pertussis Vaccine. Juventila Liko, Steve G. Robison, & Paul R. Cieslak: New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 368.6 (2013): 581-582. Incomplete Early Childhood Immunization Series and Missing Fourth DTaP Immunizations; Missed Opportunities or Missed Visits? Steve Robison: ISRN Preventive Medicine Volume 2013 (2013). Frequency of Alternative Immunization Schedules in a Metropolitan Area. Steve Robison, Holly Groom & Collette Young : Pediatrics, Volume 130(1), (2012). Risk Factors Associated with Parents Claiming Personal-Belief Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements: Community and Other Influences on More Skeptical Parents in Oregon. James Gaudino & Steve Robison: Vaccine, Volume 30, Issue 6, (2012). Immunization Milestones: A More Comprehensive Picture of Age-Appropriate Vaccination. Steve Robison, Samantha Kurosky, Collette Young, Charles Gallia, Susan Arbor: Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Volume 2010. (2010). |
Dr. Mark Slifka
Dr. Slifka obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA in 1996 and completed his post-doctoral fellowship at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA in 2001. He is currently a Professor at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University with a joint appointment in the Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Department at OHSU. In addition, he is the President and CSO of Najít Technologies, Inc. (NTI) a small vaccine development company.
Dr. Slifka studies the mechanisms involved with maintaining immunological memory and has published >90 articles with primary research papers in journals including Immunity, Nature, Nature Immunology, Nature Medicine, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Slifka has received the Robert I. Larus Award and the Geraldine K. Lindsay Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Young Investigator Award from the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). He has been quoted in >200 news articles including leading newspapers such as USA Today and the Washington Post. He has reviewed scientific manuscripts for >50 different journals, and is on the editorial board for the Journal of Virology, Virology, Vaccine, and the Journal of Immunology. Dr. Slifka has served on committees for the CDC, the IOM, and the FDA. He has also served on several grant review committees for the NIH as well as international agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Australian Science Fund, the Israel National Institute for Health Policy & Health Services Research, the Israel Science Foundation, The Wellcome Trust, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Dr. Slifka studies the mechanisms involved with maintaining immunological memory and has published >90 articles with primary research papers in journals including Immunity, Nature, Nature Immunology, Nature Medicine, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Slifka has received the Robert I. Larus Award and the Geraldine K. Lindsay Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Young Investigator Award from the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). He has been quoted in >200 news articles including leading newspapers such as USA Today and the Washington Post. He has reviewed scientific manuscripts for >50 different journals, and is on the editorial board for the Journal of Virology, Virology, Vaccine, and the Journal of Immunology. Dr. Slifka has served on committees for the CDC, the IOM, and the FDA. He has also served on several grant review committees for the NIH as well as international agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Australian Science Fund, the Israel National Institute for Health Policy & Health Services Research, the Israel Science Foundation, The Wellcome Trust, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
David SmithDavid Smith is the HIT Manager at HealthInsight Oregon, a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving the quality, safety, and value of health care. His expertise is in the utilization of health information technology, quality improvement and practice transformation. He has experience certifying electronic health record systems. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in from the Brigham Young University and received a Masters in Business Administration degree from the Westminster College.
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