Core competencies for health professionals in identifying and managing patients affected by domestic violence.Critical Incident Stress in health responders.Prehospital Care & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) – Professional Practice, Optimization of Systems, and Outcomes: Core competencies for and roles of health professionals in emergency management.Risk Assessment and Communication (environmental and other emergencies).Responding to the opioid epidemic, a public health emergency.Mass gatherings preparedness and response.Optimization of Emergency and Disaster Management Systems, Practice, and Outcomes: Syndromic surveillance and early warning systems for infectious and environmental illness.Performance Indicators in Public Health Emergency Preparedness.Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Influenza including pH1N1, COVID-19, Other Communicable Diseases) Planning, Preparedness and Response (e.g.Pandemics, Epidemics and Environmental Emergencies: My research activities support and integrate emergency management principles and practice into public health and health care, with the goal of improving emergency preparedness and response in these domains. Schwartz’s presentation will bring the College’s Lyme Symposium to a close.Email Address(es) (at)utoronto.ca Division(s)/Institute(s) Clinical Public Health Division Position Professor Appointment Status Status Only Currently Accepting Doctoral Students? No Research Interests Schwartz’s talk will include some of the latest epidemiological research on Lyme disease, and perhaps a glimpse of what needs to happen in the future.” Schwartz received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Tufts University, a degree in medicine from Northwestern University, and a Master of Science degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. While the previous three talks in Lycoming’s Lyme Symposium focused on an individual’s main concerns - preventing and treating Lyme disease, Dr. “Epidemiology also involves disease prevention and, as such, it has a major impact on public policy. “Epidemiology is the core science that allows us to understand what causes a disease and how the disease is transmitted,” explained Briggs. Michelle Briggs, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, noted the importance of Schwartz’s emphasis on the epidemiology of Lyme disease, and how she believes his presentation will round out the topics presented throughout the symposium. I will next present recent research findings from the first year of a three-year study with the Geisinger Health System using electronic health records, where over 25,000 cases were diagnosed from 2006 to 2016.” “My presentation will first review the epidemiologic and clinical features of the disease - how it is diagnosed and treated, and the interpretation of the persistent symptoms after treatment. “Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infectious disease in the United States, and Pennsylvania has more cases than any other state,” said Schwartz. Through Geisinger, he evaluates how environmental and community conditions impact the health of residents in counties throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania - an area that faces several health challenges, including exposure to infected organisms that carry Lyme disease. Schwartz also serves as professor for the department of epidemiology and health services research at the Geisinger Center for Health Research, and as the director for the Geisinger Environmental Health Institute, in Danville, Pa. Schwartz is a professor and associate chair for the department of environmental health sciences in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Md. The event is free and open to the public. in Heim, Room G-11, on the Lycoming College Campus. Schwartz’s speech, “Lyme Disease: Epidemiologic & Clinical Overview and Our Research,” will take place on Monday, Nov. Brian Schwartz, M.D., M.S., will provide the fourth and final presentation of Lycoming College’s Lyme Symposium.
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