2018 EIS Digital Press Kit Archive
Digital Press Kit
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 67th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 16-19, 2018, in Atlanta. The event showcases recent groundbreaking and often life-saving investigations by EIS officers—better known as CDC’s disease detectives.
This year, the conference includes several special sessions that will explore critical public health topics, including the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh, the need for innovative use of “big data” in public health, the 1918 influenza centenary, and the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic. Also featured will be four TED-style talks that give a unique, behind-the-scenes look at using geographic information systems (GIS) to conduct a vaccination campaign in Somalia, tracking, testing, and building lab capacity for Legionella, preventing HIV and the untold story of men who have sex with men in rural America, and discovering the inadequate nutritional value of food among incarcerated people during a foodborne outbreak investigation.
CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, M.D. (RADM U.S. Public Health Service), will open the conference with remarks on Monday morning, April 16. On April 18, the 20th Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., will give this year’s Alexander D. Langmuir Lecture on “Better Health through Better Partnerships.”
Below you’ll find more information on more than 20 featured presentations from this year’s conference, each with a photo of the officer, quote, and other resources for your use.
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Injury: Violence and Opioid Overdose
- Occupational Patterns in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths –– United States, 2007–2012
- Childhood Exposure to Violence and Forced Sexual Initiation — Malawi, 2013
Occupational and Environmental Health
Poster Symposium 1
Ted-Style Talks: Behind the Scenes with Officers and Fellows
Laboratory Leadership Service
Poster Symposium 2
One Health
Preconception, Pregnancy, and Maternity Care
Food and Water
Child Health
Notes from the Field
Emerging and High Consequence Pathogens
Late-breaking Reports
- Outbreak of Acute Poisonings Associated with a Counterfeit Cannabidiol Product — Utah, 2017–2018
- An Emerging Zoonosis: Monkeypox — Nigeria, 2017
- Public Health Emergency Risk Communication and Social Media Reactions to an Errant Warning of a Ballistic Missile Threat in Hawaii — United States, January 2018
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Spokespersons
Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS)
“CDC’s EIS officers are our modern-day disease detectives. They work on the front lines, around the clock and around the world, applying 21st century tools to help protect Americans from deadly threats. We’re proud to showcase their groundbreaking, life-saving investigations at the annual EIS conference.”
Anne Schuchat, MD – Principal Deputy Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Rear Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service; EIS Officer, Class of 1988
Eric Pevzner, PhD, MPH (CAPT, USPHS)
“When we think of the major public health emergencies of the last 50 years from the emergence of the HIV pandemic to the Ebola virus in west Africa to the ongoing opioid crisis affecting communities across the United States, CDC’s epidemic intelligence service officers have always been among the first on the scene. They serve as CDC’s disease detectives and go on to assume essential roles in public health.”
Eric Pevzner, PhD, MPH – Branch Chief of the Epidemiology Workforce Branch; Chief of the EIS Program; EIS Officer, Class of 2005
