Public Health Grand Rounds: Ebola: What We Need to Know in Southwest Ohio
Friday, November 14, 2014, 3 pm to 4:30 pm
Center for Health Education, Greene Memorial Hospital, Xenia
Audience:
The public
Event Webpage:
Ebola: What We Need to Know in Southwest Ohio
Speakers: Steven D. Burdette, M.D., FIDSA, Professor of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Director, Boonshoft School of Medicine; and Amy Schmitt, R.N., B.S.N., Public Health Nurse, Greene County Combined Health District
Topic: This program will present information about Ebola, the current outbreak and the public health response affecting Ohio. Speakers will:
- Review current epidemiology of the Ebola outbreak
- Discuss protection of health care workers and patients
- Describe casual/close contacts and contact tracing
- Discuss lessons learned from cases of infection in the United States
Target Audience: Health professionals, health care workers, educators, students, and interested community members.
Location: Herman N. Menapace Center for Health Education, Greene Memorial Hospital, 1141 N. Monroe Drive, Xenia OH 45385
Registration: The program is free and open to the public. Free parking is available. For more information, contact Cyneca Reed, cyneca.reed@wright.edu or (937) 258-5555.
Public Health Grand Rounds are presented by the Master of Public Health Program, Center for Global Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, to inform health professionals about public health topics related to prevention and workforce development.
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