Featured Speakers:

Sarah Mbaeyi, MD, MPH 

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) Updates and Shared Clinical Decision Making

Dr. Mbaeyi is the Medical Officer in the Office of Vaccine Policy, National Center for Immunization   and Respiratory Diseases, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Mbaeyi serves as the CDC Lead for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meningococcal Vaccine Work Group, a sub-committee comprised of over 20 external expert consults, to develop meningococcal vaccine policy in the United States.

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Debra Blog, MD, MPH 

Measles Resurgence and Response - Examining  2018-19 New York State Measles Outbreaks

Dr. Blog is the Director of the New York State Department of Health’s Division of Epidemiology. This division contains the Bureau of Immunization and the state’s immunization program.  

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Breakout Sessions:

•    Vaccine Storage and Handling: A New Jersey Vaccines for Children (VFC) 

      Program Perspective  

•    Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Vaccine Readiness

•    How Social Media Left me at Risk for Vaccine Preventable Diseases

•    Quality Improvement Strategies and Best Practices for Immunization Across the Lifespan 

•    Vaccine Hesitation: Legislative Actions to Shore Up Community Immunity

•    New Jersey Immunization Information System (NJIIS)

•    Project HPV ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes): Innovation in Advancing 

      HPV Immunization Rates Throughout New Jersey

•    Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak Surveillance in New Jersey