International Society for Disease Surveillance

2009 Conference Abstracts
Oral Presentations

AuthorAbstract TitleAbstract DocumentType
Atar BaerUsing Biosurveillance Data to Monitor the 2009 Novel Influenza A H1N1 OutbreakView DocumentOral
Atar BaerUsing Automated School Absenteeism Data to Monitor Influenza: A Local Health Department's ExperiencesView DocumentOral
Clifton BarnettEvaluating the Validity of Emergency Department Data for BiosurveillanceView DocumentOral
Heather BrownSyndromic Surveillance for ILI during H1N1 ResponseView DocumentOral
Anna BuczakPrediction of Cholera Epidemics in AfricaView DocumentOral
Howard BurkomANALYZING ILINET DATA FOR INCREASED SPATIAL RESOLUTIONView DocumentOral
Howard BurkomUsing Severity Information to Bridge the Gap Between Statistics and EpidemiologyView DocumentOral
Genevieve CadieuxThe Accuracy of Physician Billing Claims for Syndromic and ILI SurveillanceView DocumentOral
Ta-Chien ChanSPATIO-TEMPORAL BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL FOR IN-FLUENZA SURVEILLANCEView DocumentOral
Wendy ChapmanCreating a Vocabulary from Consensus Syndrome DefinitionsView DocumentOral
Karen ChengSmall-World Network Models of Epidemic Spread for Bio-Defense ApplicationsView DocumentOral
Steven CohenThe Utilization of Administrative Surveillance Data to Assess Herd Immunity against InfluenzaView DocumentOral
Marcelo CostaA Space Time Clustering Method for Crime SurveillanceView DocumentOral
David CraryKalman Filter Based Anomaly Detection Technique for Biosurveillance ApplicationsView DocumentOral
Victor J Del Rio VilasSpatial Analysis of Hidden Scrapie in Great Britain: Capture-Recapture Estimation by Means of Empirical Bayesian SmoothingView DocumentOral
Mary DerbyImplementaion of a Novel Intervention to Enhance Public Health Waterborne Disease Surveillance: Initial FindingsView DocumentOral
Owen DevineUsing MSA-Specific Bayesian Predictive Distributions to Detect Outbreaks of Influenza-Like IllnessView DocumentOral
Artur DubrawskiDiscovering Possible Linkages between Food-borne Illness and the Food Supply Using an Interactive Analysis ToolView DocumentOral
Artur DubrawskiUsing Network Diagrams in Support of Food Safety InvestigationsView DocumentOral
Artur DubrawskiEfficient Visualization of Dynamic Networks in Food Safety AnalysisView DocumentOral
Artur DubrawskiMultivariate Analysis for Predicting Risk of Microbial Contamination of FoodView DocumentOral
Luiz DuczmalEndemic Disease Surveillance Using Bayes FactorView DocumentOral
Joseph DudleyONE HEALTH PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTICView DocumentOral
Scott DuVallThe ProMED-mail Coreference Corpus: Outbreak Detection Reports Annotated for Coreference ResolutionView DocumentOral
Joseph EggerThe Effect of School Closure on Rates of Influenza-like Illness in New York City (NYC) Schools during the Spring 2009 Novel H1N1 OutbreakView DocumentOral
Tewodros EgualeMagnitude and determinants of off-label prescribing in primary care using electronic prescribing dataView DocumentOral
Leah EisensteinSyndromic Surveillance of Pregnancy and Influenza-Like Illness from Emergency Department Chief Complaints during Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Compared to Seasonal Influenza, Florida 2008-2009View DocumentOral
Andrew FineSpatial Epidemiology Improves a Prediction Model for Lyme Facial PalsyView DocumentOral
Anne Gatewood HoenSurveillance of US Schools with Reported Cases of Novel Influenza A/H1N1View DocumentOral
Chris GoransonFlexible and Circular ILI Clusters During H1N1 Investigation in NYCView DocumentOral
Sharon GreeneTimely Detection of Localized Excess Influenza Activity across Multiple Data StreamsView DocumentOral
Joel GreenspanTracking Influenza Using a Multi-Sectoral Healthcare Data MartView DocumentOral
Adi GundlapalliDeveloping Social Networks of Patients and Healthcare Workers in the Emergency Department for Pandemic Influenza Surveillance View DocumentOral
Adi GundlapalliImplementing a Hospital-Based Enhanced ICU Surveillance System for H1N1 Pandemic InfluenzaView DocumentOral
Jennifer HaroonGoogle Flu Trends: A look at year oneView DocumentOral
John HsuPatterns of Medical Care for Patients with Influenza-Like IllnessView DocumentOral
Emily A. IarocciTaxonomy-Based Pandemic Influenza Surveillance Utilizing Media SourcesView DocumentOral
Amy IsingEvaluation of Triage Note Negation Processing for Syndromic SurveillanceView DocumentOral
Amy IsingNC DETECT Disaster Modules Facilitate Efficient Population Monitoring View DocumentOral
Amy IsingPoison Center Data Use for Enhanced Public Health SurveillanceView DocumentOral
Cynthia JohnsonData Analysis and Fusion When Using Multiple Data Sources for Emerging Animal Disease SurveillanceView DocumentOral
Mikaela KellerInfluenza A H1N1 incubation period: Early Insights from informal surveillance of university-based transmissionView DocumentOral
Amy KelseyHow Do Temperature, Relative Humidity and Heat Index Compare to Trends in Heat-Related Chief Complaints Captured by ESSENCE?View DocumentOral
Amy KelseyA Comparison of Syndromic Surveillance and Mortality Statistics for Heat-Related Illness in MissouriView DocumentOral
Aaron Kite-PowellOutbreak Detection based on the Time Patients Present to the Emergency Department View DocumentOral
Michael KlompasAutomated surveillance for herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia using structured electronic medical record dataView DocumentOral
Krista KnissAre Areas Hit Hard by Pandemic H1N1 in the Spring Seeing Elevated Activity in the Fall?View DocumentOral
kevin kontyIdentifying Age Clusters of Influenza during nH1N1 in New York City, 2009View DocumentOral
kevin kontyUsing a syndromic surveillance system to generalize estimates derived from repeated surveys and a sentinel system to the population: nH1N1 in New York Fall 2009View DocumentOral
Fermin LeguenAutomated and Customized Report System for Enhanced Emergency Department Influenza SurveillanceView DocumentOral
Bryan Lewisin silico Surveillence: Realistic Surveillance Data Streams Created with a Detailed Agent-Based Model View DocumentOral
Wayne LoschenMulti-Jurisdictional Aggregate Data Sharing through GIPSE Grid ServicesView DocumentOral
Wayne LoschenInformation Sharing During the 2009 Inauguration and H1N1 OutbreakView DocumentOral
Cynthia LuceroSurveillance for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza in Veterans Affairs Medi-cal Facilities Using the VA ESSENCE Biosurveillance SystemView DocumentOral
Pamela MannEmergency Department Visits for Assault and Abuse in Miami-Dade County, 2007-2008View DocumentOral
Cinzia MaranoDisease Surveillance in Travelers View DocumentOral
Cinzia MaranoGeoSentinel Surveillance Network View DocumentOral
Colleen MartinUse of the National Poison Data System (NPDS) for National Public Health Hazardous Exposure and Illness SurveillanceView DocumentOral
Zaruhi MnatsakanyanBayesian Models for General Water Quality and Public Health Information Fusion ModelView DocumentOral
Zaruhi MnatsakanyanDisease Severity Estimation for Respiratory Outbreak Early DetectionView DocumentOral
Linda MonizDeterministic and Random Effects in the Construction of Synthetic Electronic Medical RecordsView DocumentOral
Pia MuchaalEnahanced Surveillance of the H1N1 VirusView DocumentOral
Daniel NeillFast Subset Sums for Multivariate Bayesian Scan StatisticsView DocumentOral
Daniel NeillFast Graph Scan for Scalable Detection of Arbitrary Connected ClustersView DocumentOral
Noele NelsonEvent-based Biosurveillance of Respiratory Disease in Mexico, 2007-2009: Connection to Swine-origin Influenza A(H1N1)? View DocumentOral
Noele NelsonA Plant Epidemic is Key to HPAI Outbreak in Vietnam and ChinaView DocumentOral
Joan NeyraDevelopment and implementation of an electronic surveillance system using open source software in Peru: A preliminary descriptive report.View DocumentOral
Erin OConnellUtility of the Exposure Syndrome in ESSENCEView DocumentOral
Erin OConnellUsing Poison Control Data to Identify Pesticide Exposure in Miami-Dade CountyView DocumentOral
Yasushi OhkusaEnhanced Surveillance for the Early Detection of the Novel Influenza A/H1N1pdm in JapanView DocumentOral
Ian PainterAn Agile Technical Infrastructure for Syndromic Surveillance: DiSTRIBuTEView DocumentOral
Marc PaladiniSyndromic Surveillance of NYC Emergency Departments by the NYCDOHMH during the Novel H1N1 Influenza Outbreak, 2009; View DocumentOral
Darouny PHONEKEOInfluenza-like Illness (ILI) Case Monitoring Using the Early Warning Recognition System (EWORS) in Lao PDR: The Early Recognition of a 2009 Novel H1N1 OutbreakView DocumentOral
Marlena PlagianosH1N1 in New York City: Where did patients seek treatment – Emergency Departments or Ambulatory Clinics?View DocumentOral
Marlena PlagianosComparison of Forecasting Methods for Influenza-like-Illness SurveillanceView DocumentOral
Michael PrietulaAwareness at the Edges: How Informal Networks Complement View DocumentOral
Katherine PurvianceExperience Using Syndromic Surveillance Systems During the Novel H1N1 Influenza Outbreak, Connecticut, 2009View DocumentOral
Judith RacoosinFDA's Sentinel InitiativeView DocumentOral
Gabriel RainischNational Heat-Related Illness Surveillance Using ED DataView DocumentOral
Jaideep RayStatistical methods for the classification of partially observed outbreaksView DocumentOral
Simon ReadCalculating the benchmark spatial-temporal accuracy of scan statisticsView DocumentOral
Frederic ResnicThe DELTA Medical Product Safety Multi-Hospital Surveillance Evaluation StudyView DocumentOral
Carla RodriguezA natural experiment to evaluate the effect of school closure on subsequent absenteeism during a seasonal influenza epidemicView DocumentOral
Maheshkumar SabhnaniDetection of Disjunctive Anomalous Patterns in Multidimensional DataView DocumentOral
Maheshkumar SabhnaniT-Cube Web Interface for Real-time Biosurveillance in Sri LankaView DocumentOral
Erika SamoffUse of Syndromic Surveillance for Outbreak Detection and Management, North Carolina 2008-9View DocumentOral
Matthew ScholerOptimizing Syndromic Classification in Biosurveillance SystemsView DocumentOral
Alan SiniscalchiYes We Can! Use of Multiple Syndromic Surveillance Systems for View DocumentOral
Karl SoetebierGeorgia Flu Trends: Developing a concise, accessible spatial-temporal visualization of influenza like illness data from open source toolsView DocumentOral
Nicholas SoulakisClinical Characteristics of Ambulatory H1N1 PatientsView DocumentOral
Brett SouthAutomated Classification of Pneumonia Cases using Chest X-ray Reports for Hospital and Public Health Surveillance View DocumentOral
William Storm“I Just Got an Anomaly Notification by E-mail. Now What Do I Do?”View DocumentOral
Michael StotoDid Advances in Global Surveillance and Notification Systems Make a Difference in the 2009-H1N1 Pandemic?View DocumentOral
Sithu SudarsanMachine Assisted Signal Detection Framework using Text Mining Techniques for Medical DevicesView DocumentOral
Cees van den WijngaardQ fever outbreaks: a syndromic approach for detection of hidden clusters.View DocumentOral
Delphis VeraValidation of Algorithms for the detection of Acute Diarrheal Disease Outbreaks, Alerta JESAL System 2008-2009View DocumentOral
Isabel VieitezScreening influenza H1N1 in Travelers to MexicoView DocumentOral
norman vinsonIdentifying ILI Cases from Chief Complaints: Comparing Keyword and Support Vector Machine MethodsView DocumentOral
norman vinsonPreferred Workflows for Syndromic Surveillance SystemsView DocumentOral
Wolf WeberDevelopment of an Animal Health Monitoring System Based on Slaughter Condemnation DataView DocumentOral
Ellen WhitneyEvaluation of Syndromic Surveillance: Influenza-Like IllnessView DocumentOral
Michael WilliamHotel-Based Disease Surveillance System in JamaicaView DocumentOral
Elisha WilsonUse of a School Nurse Syndromic Surveillance System during the Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak in New York CityView DocumentOral
Clara WittPredictive Infectious Disease Surveillance: A Multidisciplinary Approach for the Early Detection and Response to Disease OutbreaksView DocumentOral
Guoyan ZhangEfficiency and Productivity of Improving Passive Surveillance Using ESSENCEView DocumentOral
Kathy ZurbriggDo submissions to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory accurately reflect incidence or prevalence in the catchment area?View DocumentOral

Poster Presentations

AuthorAbstract TitleAbstract DocumentType
Judy AkkinaMonitoring of Open-Source Surveillance Data on Emerging Animal Disease Events Using an Aberration Detection AlgorithmView DocumentPoster
Gillian AltonRisk Factors Influencing Condemnation Rates in Provincially Inspected Abattoirs in Ontario: Implications for Food Animal Syndromic SurveillanceView DocumentPoster
PATRICIA ARAKIUsing Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza-like Illness Reporting in Los Angeles CountyView DocumentPoster
Sadia AslamSyndromic Surveillance for Historical 2009 Presidential InaugurationView DocumentPoster
David AtrubinAnalysis of a Spike in Emergency Department Influenza Visits In View DocumentPoster
Taj AzarianSeverity Comparison of Influenza-like Illness Syndrome Category Between Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza PeriodsView DocumentPoster
Rene BorrotoUsing ESSENCE to Identify a Seasonal Pattern of Gastrointestinal Syndrome in Miami-Dade View DocumentPoster
Ian BrooksINDICATOR: A Cyberenvironment for BiosurveillanceView DocumentPoster
Heather BrownMaryland ESSENCE Expansion to Achieve Statewide CoverageView DocumentPoster
Emily ChanLarge-Scale Evaluation of Informal Online Reporting for Outbreak DetectionView DocumentPoster
Hwa-Gan ChangThe Availability of Data Elements in an Existing Emergency Department Electronic Medical Record SystemView DocumentPoster
Sang-Cheon ChoiThe Applicapability and Usefulness of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Using Computed Data Source for Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis and Meningitis View DocumentPoster
Kin-Wing ChoiA hospital ward – based syndromic surveillance system using fever as an indicatorView DocumentPoster
Natasha CloseUtilization of Washington State’s Public Health Emerging Event Detection System (PHEEDS) for 2009 H1N1 Surveillance View DocumentPoster
Jacqueline CoberlyDengue SMS Surveillance Project in the PhilippineView DocumentPoster
Steven CohenDisease Surveillance and Rate Estimation: The Choice of Population Denominator Impacts Estimation of Disease RatesView DocumentPoster
Kenneth CoxDoD Workshop on Electronic Surveillance System UsageView DocumentPoster
Victor J Del Rio VilasApproaches to Emerging Threats to UK's Animal Health: a Multi-Criteria-Decision-AnalysisView DocumentPoster
Mary DerbyEvaluation of Poison Control Centers in a Public Water Contamination Warning and Response SystemView DocumentPoster
Thomas DokerA Novel Approach to Zoonotic Populuation Health Monitoring: The Zoonoses Integration ProjectView DocumentPoster
Luiz DuczmalIndividual Level Syndromic Surveillance of Dengue Fever in BrazilView DocumentPoster
Joseph DudleyComparative Analysis of the 2009 Novel H1N1 (Swine Flu) Pandemic and 1957 H2N2 (Asian Flu) Pandemic: First Wave, February-October 2009View DocumentPoster
Cary FanAutomated Mortality Surveillance for Pandemic Influenza PreparednessView DocumentPoster
Cary FanEnvironmental Heat Monitoring and Heat Illness SurveillanceView DocumentPoster
Shantini GamageA Comparison of Syndromic Surveillance Systems during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Event in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical CentersView DocumentPoster
Shantini GamageSituational Awareness during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Event in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Facilities Using BioSenseView DocumentPoster
Teresa HambyEnhanced Emergency Department (ED) Surveillance for Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection Outbreak in New JerseyView DocumentPoster
Monique HernandezThe Hispanic Monograph – A Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) Publication of Hispanic Cancer Trends in FloridaView DocumentPoster
Amy IsingBridging the Gap: Incorporating Data Entry for Lab-based and Inpatient Surveillance in NC DETECTView DocumentPoster
Amy KaronGoogle Flu Trends® versus ED Syndromic Surveillance, Wisconsin 2009View DocumentPoster
Diana KaufmanFood and Drug Administration Adverse Event Problem Codes: An Enhanced Classification of Device and Patient Problems associated with Medical Device Use: A Center-wide initiative to enhance existing taxonomyView DocumentPoster
Amy KelseyUtility of Syndromic Surveillance for Evaluating Influenza TrendsView DocumentPoster
Aaron Kite-PowellEvaluating the Timeliness, Sensitivity, and Completeness of Three Different Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality Surveillance Systems, Florida View DocumentPoster
David LeeNational Health Interview Survey (NHIS)-Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) Data Linkage ProjectView DocumentPoster
David J LeeSpatial Modeling of Pancreatic Cancer and Proximity to Arsenic-Contaminated Well SitesView DocumentPoster
Nikolay LipskiyThe Response of Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Vocabulary and Access Distribution System (VADS) in Supporting Electronic Health Transactions Related to Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza OutbreakView DocumentPoster
Anthoni LlauPool-Related Injuries among Children Aged 1 – 17 Years, Miami-Dade County, 2007 - 2008View DocumentPoster
Jose LojoEmergency Department (ED) Utilization During Peak Influenza Activity: Do Non-Emergent ED Visits Decline During Peak Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Activity in Philadelphia?View DocumentPoster
Wayne LoschenmyAlerts: User-Defined Detection in Disease Surveillance SystemsView DocumentPoster
Pamela MannDifferences in ILI Chief Complaints among Patients Visiting the Emergency Department in Miami-Dade County from April-July 2008 to April-July 2009 View DocumentPoster
Robert MathesAssessing Syndromic Surveillance of Cardiovascular Outcomes from Emergency Department Chief Complaint Data in New York CityView DocumentPoster
Colleen McCulloughValidation of Summarized Reporting for Syndromic Surveillance of Influenza-Like IllnessView DocumentPoster
Michael McDonaldLessons from the U.S. H1N1 Second Wave for the Southern HemisphereView DocumentPoster
Jean-Baptiste MeynardEvaluation of the NATO Disease Surveillance System by its users in Kosovo in 2008View DocumentPoster
Trang NguyenUsing Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Disposition Data to Estimate Influenza-related Severity during Novel H1N1 Outbreak, 2009 — New York CityView DocumentPoster
Erin OConnellTrends of Teen vs. Adult pregnancy-related Emergency Department Visits, Miami-Dade CountyView DocumentPoster
Anya OkhmatovskaiaSSO: The Syndromic Surveillance OntologyView DocumentPoster
Al OzonoffInternet Search Terms to Predict Influenza Mortality: an EvaluationView DocumentPoster
Dina PassmanImpact of Electronic Surveillance Data Quality on Hurricane ResponseView DocumentPoster
Camille PelatLimitations of Epidemiologic Surveillance based on Search Engine Query Data in Pandemic TimesView DocumentPoster
Elayne PhillipsTracking Blood Exposures Using Standard Surveillance Data View DocumentPoster
Darouny PHONEKEOThe Use of Syndromic Surveillance in Triggering An Outbreak Investigation: Example from Lao PDRView DocumentPoster
Paul PiccianoDeveloping Open Access Visualization and Collaboration Tools for Resource-Challenged Public Health StakeholdersView DocumentPoster
Cynthia RacerNovel H1N1 Flu, Type A: the media, and Syndromic Surveillance, April-July 2009View DocumentPoster
Elizabeth RadkeActive Surveillance in Key West, Florida Following a Locally-Acquired Case of Dengue Fever View DocumentPoster
Maria RangelLessons Learned from the Investigation of Clusters of Influenza-Like-Illness Detected at Veterans Affairs (VA) Facilities Using the Biosense and ESSENCE Syndromic Surveillance SystemsView DocumentPoster
Kristen ReidelTemporal Trends in Opioid Prescriptions in Quebec, CanadaView DocumentPoster
Patricia SchirmerICD-9-CM Coding Trends During 2008-2009 Influenza Season in Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities Using the VA ESSENCE Biosurveillance SystemView DocumentPoster
Richard SeagravesA Prototype Implementation of an Alert Knowledge RepositoryView DocumentPoster
Lone SimonsenUsing Claims Data for Timely Tracking of Infant Vaccine CoverageView DocumentPoster
Wendy SmithAN EVALUATION OF THE GEORGIA SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM USING CDC’s GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMSView DocumentPoster
Wendy SmithAn Evaluation of the Georgia Syndromic surveillance Program Using CDC's Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems View DocumentPoster
William StormDoes Poison Control Center Call Volume Data Correlate with Emergency Department Registration Data?View DocumentPoster
Robyn TamblynThe Risk of Injury Associated with Opioid Use in Older AdultsView DocumentPoster
Nathan TrenholmeIncidence of Influenza Like Illness in Oregon 2006 to 2009 Measured by Kaiser Permanente, CDC Sentinel Providers, and Google Flu TrendsView DocumentPoster
Kristina WeisExamining Mushroom Exposures in Florida Using Poison Control and Hospital Discharge Data, 2003-2007View DocumentPoster
Tippa WongstitwilairoongRestructuring an Application for an Influenza Surveillance System using the SAFE FrameworkView DocumentPoster
Xiaohui ZhangComprehensive Public Health Surveillance with EMR Data for EPSDT ServicesView DocumentPoster
Guoyan ZhangInnovative Alert System to Detect Possible School-Based Outbreaks of Novel H1N1 InfluenzaView DocumentPoster