Events

Epidemiology Chapter Meeting 2008

Scientific Program

Where: Morton Room, Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
When: Thursday 3 July 2008 - Saturday 5 July 2008

Thursday 3 July 2008

Time Speaker Title
1330 - 1415 John Edwards Disease Control - What the public expects and what we can deliver
1415 - 1500 David Kennedy Johne's Disease Control in Australia
1500 - 1530   Afternoon tea
1530 - 1610 Peter van der Logt Human disease, food and veterinary epidemiology
1610 - 1650 Michael Baker A medical epidemiologist's view of foodborne zoonoses
1650 - 1730 John Pearn Human disease control programmes - exotic and local experiences

Friday 4 July 2008

Time Speaker Title
0830 - 0900 John Seaman The NSW footrot control programme
0900 - 0930 Lee Skerratt Case study: Managing wildlife diseases in Australia
0930 - 1000 Evan Sergeant An introduction to the statistical package 'R'
1000 - 1030   Morning tea
1030 - 1050 Caryl Lockhart Social network analysis of the New Zealand poultry industry
1050 - 1110 Baden Pearse Results of national Cysticercus bovis abattoir survey
1110 - 1150 Sarah Palmer Producer perceptions of biosecurity
1150 - 1300   Annual general meeting
1300 - 1330   Lunch
1330 - 1430 Jenny Mumford Sense, science and compliance in the control of equine influenza
1430 - 1450 Barb Moloney Epidemiology of the 2007 equine influenza outbreak, NSW perspective
1450 - 1510 Nigel Perkins Epidemiology of the 2007 equine influenza outbreak, Qld perspective
1510 - 1530   Afternoon tea
1530 - 1550 Iain East Epidemiology of the 2007 equine influenza outbreak, national perspective
1550 - 1610 Roger Paskin Response of Victoria to the 2007 equine influenza outbreak
1610 - 1630 Naya Brangenberg New Zealand response to the 2007 equine influenza outbreak
1630 - 1650 Andrew McFadden Managing equine influenza risk, a New Zealand perspective
1650 - 1710   Equine influenza, a practitioner's perspective

Saturday 5 July 2008

Time Speaker Title
0820 - 0840 Jaime Glossop Farmer-diagnosed clinical Johnes's disease in deer in New Zealand
0840 - 0920 Terry Ryan Modelling pathogen populations on meat
0920 - 1000 Cord Heuer A new dawn of leptospirosis in New Zealand
1000 - 1030   Morning tea
1030 - 1050 Chris Morley Observational study of characteristics of livestock owners in Auckland
1050 - 1110 David Gardiner Public expectations for humane food and fibre animal production
1110 - 1150 Hume Field Hendra virus: Ecosystem disruption and disease emergence
1150 - 1240 Petra Buckley Risk factors for misbehaviour in pony club horses
1240 - 1330   Lunch