CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Subcommittee

Kacey Ingalls, Disaster Epidemiologist Supervisor at Washington State Department of Health Epi Response Team Go-Kits — Hello Disaster Epis,  We are putting together go-kits for our Epi Response Team and wondering what others have included in their go-kits.. Would anyone be willing to share what they've prepared? Thanks in advance! Kacey Ingalls (WA DOH) 2
Kacey Ingalls, Disaster Epidemiologist Supervisor at Washington State Department of Health Disaster Epidemiology Strategic Plan — Hello! Are there any states that would be able to share their disaster epi program strategic plan?  Thank you! 1
Alesha Thompson, Program Analyst I at CSTE New Syndromic Surveillance Definitions — There have been 3 new syndrome definitions added to the NSSP Community of Practice’s Knowledge Repository Syndrome Definition Library – links and background information have been included below. Medication Refill vs – CDC  • Intended use: monitoring visits for Rx refills, useful for post-disast...
Alesha Thompson, Program Analyst I at CSTE CDC EH COVID-19 Website — https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/eh-practitioners.html
Alesha Thompson, Program Analyst I at CSTE Announcement: Emergency Management Collaboration Workgroup — Due to the ongoing COVID-19 response and the involvement of many DE members engaged in their respective jurisdiction responses, the CSTE Emergency Management Collaboration Workgroup call is canceled until after the May Disaster Epi Workshop. Please see below for more information:   • Please revie...
Alesha Thompson, Program Analyst I at CSTE Opportunities from the Hurricane Response Hub — Two learning opportunities and a funding opportunity were just shared from the NNPHI Hurricane Response Hub - Read here.
Svetlana, Disaster Epidemiologist Emergency Management collab. workgroup - resource typing ideas — Hi everyone interested in the Emergency Management collaboration workgroup, Hayleigh recently posted FEMA's "Epidemiologist" resource typing to the documents folder.  Here are some thoughts for your consideration. FEMA’s typing for "epi" and "epi response team" is based on CDC/CSTE epi competen...
Joanne Amlag, Disaster Epidemiologist 2018-2019 CSTE DE Workgroups — CSTE's Disaster Epidemiology subcommittee plans to convene new workgroups in the 2018-2019 year. To avoid member fatigue and ensure CSTE staff support, the workgroups will begin in waves - the workgroups' wave numbers have been listed below with their workgroup descriptions. Once the Shelter Sur... 1
Hayleigh McCall, Program Analyst III, Syndromic Surveillance at CSTE Welcome! — Hello - Welcome to the CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Basecamp Portal.  Please feel free to look around and familiarize yourself with the site features. This portal will serve as a platform for sharing materials and resources as well as communicating between workgroup members. Please feel free to (...