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Seminar's program PDF version for printing (62 KB)
09:30 Arrival
09:45 Opening Remarks,
Boaz Carmeli, IBM Haifa Labs
10:00 Information for Public Health Decision-Making: The Influenza Pandemic Case,
Dr. Ran Balicer, Consultant, Pandemic influenza planning, Israel
10:30 Today's US Public Health Lab and Common Reporting Challenges,
Sondra R. Renly, IBM Almaden Research Lab
10:50 Public Health: From Data to a Wealth of Information,
Dr. Alex Leventhal, Director, Public Health Services, and Dr. Ruthi Yishai, Director, Central Labs, Jerusalem, MOH Israel
11:30 Break
11:45 Biomedical Information Integration for Clinical Genomics,
Simona Cohen, IBM Haifa Labs
12:15 IBM's Global Pandemic Initiative (GPI) and the Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM),
Dr. Daniel Ford and Dr. James Kaufman, IBM Almaden Research Lab
12:45 Online Linkage to World Outbreaks,
Dr. Lea Valinsky, R&D Director, Central Labs, Jerusalem, MOH Israel
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13:15 Lunch
14:15 Keynote: Biological Threats: The Need for Cooperation, Collaboration, and Transparency,
Mark S. Smolinski, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Global Health and Security Initiative, Vice President, Biological Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative
14:45 Using Information Technology for Epidemiological Research of Infectious Diseases,
Tomer Ziv, MHA, MBA, PhD Candidate, Tel Aviv University
15:15 Mosquitoes and West Nile in Israel: A Five Year Survey (2001-2005),
Dr. Laor Orshan, Director, Entomology Lab, Central Labs, Jerusalem, MOH Israel
15:45 Break
16:00 HL7 V3 Standards for Public Health and the Clinical-Genomics Standard for the CDC NHANES Nutrition Project,
Dr. Amnon Shabo, IBM Haifa Labs
16:30 Public Health System Based on Present and Future IHE Initiatives,
Boaz Carmeli, IBM Haifa Labs, and Sarah Knoop, IBM Almaden Research Lab
17:00 Concluding Remarks,
Oded Cohen, Director, IBM Haifa Labs
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