Alameda County-Sponsored Educational Events

Sign Up! Free Immunization Skills Trainings for Medical Assistants

The Immunization Skills Trainings for Medical Assistants class offers hands-on training on vaccine preparation and administration, storage and handling, and patient entry into the California Immunization Registry (CAIR).

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2019 Immunization Update

Our June 5^th, 2019 Immunization Update focused on new pediatric ACIP recommendations, roles that vaccines play toward decreasing antibiotic resistance and strategies to increasing immunization rates within a clinical practice.  Thank you all for a great event.

Presentations

• Alameda County Update - Erica Pan, MD; Director, Division of Communicable Disease Control & Prevention; Interim Health Officer; Alameda County Public Health Department
• The Pediatric Immunization Schedule and Changes in 2019 – Cora hoover, MD; Public Health Medical Officer III; California Department of Public Health
• The Roles Played by Vaccines at Decreasing Antibiotic Resistance – Brian Lee, MD; Division Director, Infectious Disease; UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
• The Making of an Immunization Champion – Irene Landaw, MD

Highlights Adult Immunization Update 2018

Our June 6th, 2018 conference featured three presentations from three distinguished physicians covering clinical guidelines for Adult Immunizations. The conference was a big success with attendees from all over the Bay Area.

Presentations

• Vaccinations for Adults – Lisa Winston, MD; Professor, Department of Medicine; Vice Chief, Inpatient Medical Services and Hospital Epidemiologist; UCSF at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital
• Effective Communication without Confrontation – Ken Hempstead, MD; Regional Vaccine Communication Lead; Kaiser Permanente in Northern California
• Alameda County Initiatives and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Data – Erica Pan, MD; Director, Division of Communicable Disease Control & Prevention; Interim Health Officer; Alameda County Public Health Department

Thank you to our sponsors and collaborators:

• California Department of Public Health
• CARDEA
• Dynavax
• Glaxo Smith Kline Vaccines
• Merck Vaccines
• Pfizer Vaccines
• Sanofi Pasteur

Highlights 2018 Bay Area Infections Disease Conference for Prenatal and Pediatric Providers