Alphabet Soup AN OVERVIEW OF COORDINATION GROUPS AND MEETINGS

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1 Alphabet Soup AN OVERVIEW OF COORDINATION GROUPS AND MEETINGS

2 Coordination Groups CUEL EAG/UT-EPI UFSTF UT-NEDSS User Group

3 CUEL: Council of Utah Epidemiologists & Laboratorians This group provides training opportunities related to disease detection and remediation. It helps improve skills and processes through sharing of best practices and lessons learned while fostering communication and working relationships among participants

4 Participants: UDOH Epidemiologists UPHL Staff LHD Epis/Nursing/EH Anyone else interested When: Quarterly meetings on 2 nd Thursday of the month 9:00-12:00 Where: UDOH (sometimes UPHL) Go-to-Meeting Point-of-Contact: Laine McCullough (801) lmccullough@utah.gov

5 EAG/UT-EPI: Epidemiology Affiliate Group As an affiliate of UALHD, this group develops and recommends policy to the local health officers for adoption and is responsible for implementation of that policy. EAG establishes a unified local public health voice regarding epidemiology including communicable disease surveillance, prevention, and control.

6 Participants: Assigned representative from each LHD Guests from UDOH & other organizations When: Quarterly meetings on 1 st Thursday of the month + monthly conference calls Where: Varies (decided by group) Point-of-Contact: Local Epidemiologist or EAG President (

7 UFSTF: Utah Food Safety Task Force Created to improve information sharing and collaboration among food safety regulators, educators, consumers, and the food industry

8 Participants: UDAF Staff UDOH EH and Epis LHD EH staff FDA/USDA Industry, Educators, Consumers When: Bi-Annual meetings - dates and times determined by members Where: Location rotates Point-of-Contact: Jay Schvaneveldt (801) jschvaneveldt@utah.gov

9 UT-NEDSS Workgroup The workgroup serves as a venue for continued collaboration between UDOH and LHDs regarding NEDSS. Meetings provide an opportunity to demonstrate new functionality, facilitate training to maximize data quality, and give feedback on ideas for future system development.

10 Participants: UDOH staff (based on meeting topics) Representative from each LHD When: Monthly meeting on the 2 nd Monday of the month 11:00-12:00 Where: Conference Call with Go-to-Meeting Point-of-Contact: JoDee Baker (801) jodeebaker@utah.gov

11 Coordination Meetings Arbovirus Conference Call (formerly WNV) Combined Epidemiology Quarterly Meeting Lab Meeting Stand-Up Meeting

12 Arbovirus Conference Call The purpose of this call is to coordinate the surveillance and detection of arboviral diseases in Utah

13 Participants: Public Health Agencies (UDOH, LHDs, USAF) Animal Health Agencies (DWR & UDAF) MADs Blood Banks When: 2 nd and 4 th Thursday of the month at 2:30 Where: Conference Call Point-of-Contact: Dallin Peterson (801) ddpeterson@utah.gov

14 Combined Epi Quarterly Meeting This is an informal learning forum to discuss projects or relevant issues while enjoying a potluck lunch. The purpose is to share and hear about interesting epidemiologic work going on in Utah

15 Participants: UDOH Epidemiologists LHD Epis/Nursing Anyone else interested When: Quarterly meetings 11:30-2:30 Where: UDOH Point-of-Contact: Allyn Nakashima (801)

16 Lab Meeting Informal meeting to discuss laboratory-related issues of on-going or recent investigations

17 Participants: UPHL Staff UDOH Epidemiologists LHD Epis/Nursing Staff When: Bi-Weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 9:00 (30-60 minutes long) Where: UPHL (sign-in at front desk) Point-of-Contact: Kelly Oakeson (801)

18 Stand-Up Meeting Informal meeting to discuss on-going investigations, clusters, and outbreaks

19 Participants: UDOH Epidemiologists UPHL Staff LHD Epis/Nursing Staff When: Every Tuesday at 3:30 (30-45 minutes long) Where: UDOH (Rm 215) + Conference Call Point-of-Contact: Tonya Merton (801) tmerton@utah.gov

20 Questions or Comments Other groups or meetings we didn t discuss?