Save the Date - CDC Grand Rounds Presents “Beyond the Blood Spot: Newborn Screening for Hearing Loss and Critical Congenital Heart Disease,” on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 1 p.m. (EDT)

 

Save the Date

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Beyond the Blood Spot: Newborn Screening for Hearing Loss and Critical Congenital Heart Disease”

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT

Global Communications Center (Building 19)

Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Roybal Campus

Presented By:

Stuart K. Shapira, MD, PhD

Associate Director for Science and Chief Medical Officer

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC

“Advancing the Science of Newborn Screening”

   

Marci K. Sontag, PhD

Associate Professor, Colorado School of Public Health

University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

“The Federal Partner Perspective”

Kim Van Naarden Braun, PhD

Epidemiologist, Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health

Division of Congenital and Developmental Disorders

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC

“Implementing and Evaluating CCHD Screening in New Jersey”

Craig A. Mason, PhD

Professor, Education and Applied Quantitative Methods

University of Maine

“From Data to Action: The EHDI Experience”

     

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

For non-CDC staff interested in viewing the session:

A live external webcast will be available via the Webcast Links section of our website. For individuals who are unable to view the session during the scheduled time, a video of the session will be posted to our archives 2-3 days after the presentation. 

For non-CDC staff who wish to attend in person:

Due to security measures at CDC’s Roybal campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend these sessions in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, US passport). Names of non-CDC staff (both domestic and international) who wish to attend in person should be submitted to the Grand Rounds Team. Please note that all information for international visitors must be submitted at least 10 business days in advance.

For individuals requiring reasonable accommodations:

It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored events. Employees are asked to submit RA requests at least 5 business days prior to the event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov.

For questions about this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session.