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57th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference
April 14–18, 2008
Purpose
The primary purpose of the EIS Conference is to
provide current EIS officers with experience in making
scientific presentations in addition to
- providing an opportunity for scientific exchange regarding current epidemiologic topics;
- highlighting the breadth of epidemiologic activities at CDC;
- providing a setting for strengthening the EIS professional network among new, current, and former EIS officers;
- providing a forum for CDC programs to recruit new EIS officers.
Call for Abstracts
The deadline for submitting abstracts has passed.
Deadline: Friday, January 11, 2008.
2008 Call for Abstracts
(MS Word doc  and
PDF  ) including
- Peavy Award Application
- Mackel Award Application
- Continuing Education Information
- Bio Form
- Disclosure Form
Guidelines for submitting manuscripts for the Langmuir Memorial Prize
Accessibility Information/Needs
If you are disabled and
would like information on conference accessibility, please contact
Erica Lowe at 404-498-6110 or ELowe@cdc.gov.
CE Credits
Continuing education credit will be offered.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 32 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity for 32 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 34.5 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 2.95 CEU's for this program.
This program was reviewed and approved by the AAVSB RACE program for continuing education. Please contact the AAVSB Race Program at race@aavsb.org should you have any comments/concerns regarding this program’s validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 32 Contact Hours in pharmacy education. The Universal Program number is 387-000-08-009-L04-P.
Conference Disclosure Statement
CDC, our planners, and our presenters wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the exception of Tai-Ho Chen whose spouse was previously employed by Select Medical Corporation and is currently employed by Maxim Healthcare, and Sarah Schillie who received an honoraria from American College of Preventive Medicine. Dr Schillie is also a Monsanto stockholder, Pfizer stockholder, Abbott stockholder, Lilly Stockholder and General Electric stockholder.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
Contact Information
For further information about the
conference, please contact Erica Lowe at 404-498-6110 or ELowe@cdc.gov.
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