Mia Israel • Jun 05, 2018 at 12:20 PM Final Evaluation Emails — Hi all- you should have received your final evaluation emails yesterday afternoon from the Qualtrics email address "Workforce CSTE." Please email misrael@cste.org if you did not receive your evaluation email. You will receive your certificate after completing the evaluation. As we are sending t... Laura Ann Nicolai • Jun 01, 2018 at 2:57 PM NYT article series on Public Health Funding — Good Morning, I'd like to pass along links to two articles on public health funding recently published in the New York Times. It Saves Lives. It Can Save Money. So Why Aren’t We Spending More on Public Health? (May 28, 2018) The Next Great American Public Health Campaign? Readers Make Their Pi... 1 Mia Israel • May 31, 2018 at 12:51 PM Presenting at CSTE AC in West Palm Beach? — Hi everyone, If you are presenting at conference, please post your abstract number, title, and/or session info below. We would love to make it to as many participant presentations as possible. Come out and support your fellow mentors and mentees! 21 Mia Israel • May 23, 2018 at 7:27 PM Invitation to meet-up at CSTE AC in West Palm Beach — Greetings all, During the Mentor check-in call today, mentor Dora Dumont (dora.dumont@health.ri.gov) mentioned planning a dinner/meet-up with her mentees and invited those mentees attending without their mentor to join! Posting here so mentees looking to be "adopted" by a mentor can coordinate... Taishayla Mckitt • May 11, 2018 at 1:35 PM Norovirus Transmission via Reusable Grocery Bags — Interesting study regarding transmission of norovirus via reusable grocery bags. [Norovirus and RGBs.pdf] 1 Jessica Arrazola • Apr 30, 2018 at 1:54 PM How humble leadership really works — When you’re a leader — no matter how long you’ve been in your role or how hard the journey was to get there — you are merely overhead unless you’re bringing out the best in your employees. Unfortunately, many leaders lose sight of this. https://hbr.org/2018/04/how-humble-leadership-really-works 3 Mia Israel • Apr 26, 2018 at 8:16 PM Conference Tips & Tricks — The 2018 CSTE Annual Conference is fast approaching! We'd like to hear from you on some of the ways you prepare for conferences. See some of the talking points listed here, and please feel free to add your own or ask specific questions. 1. There are so many interesting sessions offered- how do y... 6 Jessica Arrazola • Apr 04, 2018 at 5:38 PM NY Times Article on NJ State Epi — New Jersey State Epidemiologist explains her own career path to becoming an epidemiologist: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/business/new-jersey-epidemiologist.html?smid=li-share Mia Israel • Mar 26, 2018 at 3:03 PM Doodle Polls Open for May Group Check In Calls — It is time to plan our May group check-in calls! On these calls we will check in, provide some updates and information regarding CSTE Annual Conference, and incorporate any discussion topics you suggest via Basecamp (thread will be posted once dates are confirmed). Please complete the Doodle pol... Mia Israel • Mar 26, 2018 at 12:11 PM April 2 Interviewing for Epi Jobs Webinar- Questions for Discussion — In preparation for our upcoming webinar on April 2, Interviewing for Epidemiology Jobs, we are starting this thread to solicit questions ahead of time. Post any questions here so we can make sure they get answered during the webinar. Feel free to also post any tips you want to share with others i... 1 Jessica Arrazola • Mar 14, 2018 at 2:42 PM Epi Info Training — Do you work with epi info? Interested in a free week of training? CSTE is providing Epi Info training May 15-18, apply by March 30th. More details here: https://mailchi.mp/3ee9a8891c1f/vbdregistration-821501?e=71c7b776e8 5 Jon Rosenberg • Feb 12, 2018 at 11:36 PM Mentee Travel Sponsorship to Annual Conference — While I received my sponsorship notification a few weeks ago, neither of my mentees have received a response. Does anyone have any information on mentee travel sponsorship responses? Jon Rosenberg 5 Mia Israel • Feb 05, 2018 at 1:44 PM Podcast on Amazon's Healthcare Annoucement — The latest episode of the podcast Exponent explores Amazon's healthcare announcement and why the industry is so challenging. From a joint press release from Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase: "Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced today that they are partn... 1 Mia Israel • Jan 16, 2018 at 3:24 PM Applied Epidemiology Competencies (AECs) — CSTE and CDC developed the Competencies for Applied Epidemiologists in Governmental Public Health Agencies (Applied Epidemiology Competencies, or AECs) to improve the practice of epidemiology within the public health system. The goal of the AECs is to improve the practice of epidemiology among pu... Mia Israel • Jan 11, 2018 at 2:13 PM Basecamp FAQs — See some frequently asked questions about Basecamp here. 3 Abby Beerman • Jan 10, 2018 at 9:16 PM Conferences and Professional Organizations — Outside of CSTE, what conferences or other professional organizations do you feel are beneficial to attend/join? 6 Robert Orellana, PhD MPH • Jan 10, 2018 at 9:08 PM Mentor/Mentee Group Areas — What groups are out there? Are there any other healthcare-associated infections (HAI) or antimicrobial resistance (AR) groups? We have a great group but we would like to connect with others in the field too! - Robert 4 Mia Israel • Dec 18, 2017 at 3:05 PM Start thinking about your personal leadership journey... — What events/milestones led you to where you are now? What do you most value as a leader? Comment your thoughts/ideas as they come to you. This will relate to the upcoming program activities in February/March, the Leadership Journey Line and Values Exercise. Mia Israel • Dec 13, 2017 at 3:05 PM Want more book/film/podcast/etc. recommendations? — You all are awesome and are sharing so many great inspirational/interesting content from a variety of topics. Overflow content will be shared here so we can keep up with all of your Mentor Connection recommendations. Feel free to share more in the comments! Book recs, movie recs, podcasts, arti... 3 Mia Israel • Dec 12, 2017 at 8:52 PM Benefits of CSTE Membership — Some mentors and mentees are not members of CSTE. Now is a great time to become a member or renew your membership because dues will soon increase. Support from member dues adds value to the services and activities provided by CSTE. For more information about student memberships, click here. As... Mia Israel • Nov 21, 2017 at 1:27 PM Attention Mentees! — Mentees: Comment on this thread so suggest some discussion topics before the January group check-in call! Mia Israel • Nov 21, 2017 at 1:26 PM Attention Mentors! — Mentors: Comment on this thread so suggest some discussion topics before the January group check-in call! 4 Mia Israel • Nov 01, 2017 at 6:31 PM New platform for Mentors and Mentees! — Hi all! Due to a high volume of mentors and mentees requesting a platform where they can engage with each other, we decided to put together a group here on Basecamp. Participation in this group is strongly encouraged, but it is not required. We'll keep all the to-dos, important deadlines, and ...
