Communicable Disease Webinar Archives
The Bureau of Communicable Diseases (BCD) holds monthly webinars on timely communicable disease topics. Webinars are led by subject matter experts from the Department of Health Services (DHS).
Please see below for an archive of webinars organized alphabetically by topic. If you have ideas for new topics, please email BCD.
Slides and handouts are included in the recording links below. To download the slides and handouts, when you open the recording go to the "files" box on the left hand side of the screen. Click on the files you would like to download, and then click "download files" at the bottom of the box. The files will then be downloaded to your computer.
Looking for the most recent webinars?
- Tick and Mosquito Updates, recorded March 10, 2020
- Update on Novel Coronavirus Outbreak, recorded January 23, 2020
- Investigating Foodborne Outbreaks, recorded January 14, 2020
Topic: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Update
Presenter: Susann Ahrabi-Fard, MS
Date: 8/13/2019
Topic: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN)
Presenters: Nijika Shrivastwa, PhD, MHSA, MPH, and Megan Lasure, MPH
Date: 5/8/2018
Topic: Brain-Eating Ameba and Other Emerging Waterborne Public Health Threats
Presenters: Sarah Koske, DVM, MPH
Date: 8/11/2017
Topic: Carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CP-CRE) Updates
Presenter: Megan Lasure, MPH
Date: 7/9/2019
Topic: Carbapenem-Resistant ;Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Presenters: Nijika Shrivastwa, PhD, MHSA, MPH
Date: 5/8/2018
Topic: Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data for Public Health Impact (begins at minute 8)
Presenters: Christine Muganda, PhD, and Lola Awoyinka, MPH
Date: 4/9/2019
Topic: Investigating Foodborne Outbreaks
Presenter: Anna Kocharian, MS
Date: 1/14/2020
Topic: Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
Presenter: Lynn Roberts, DVM
Date: 12/10/2019
Topic: Foodborne and Waterborne Illness Complaint Form
Presenters: Julia Jensen, MPH
Date: 4/9/2019
Topic: The Fungus Among Us
Presenter: Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, DVM, PhD
Date: 2/13/2018
Topic: Health Communications: Theory and Applications
Presenter: Amy Shumacher, PhD, MS
Date: 12/11/2018
Topic: The Intersection of Opioids and Hepatitis C
Presenter: Sheila Guilfoyle
Date: 3/13/2018
Topic: Perinatal Hepatitis B
Presenters: Sarah Born, RN
Date: 5/12/2017
Topic: Advances in Biomedical Interventions for HIV
Presenter: Jacob Dougherty
Date: 12/12/2017
Topic: HIV Integration with WEDSS
Presenter: Casey Schumann, MS
Date: 5/12/2017
Topic: HPV Disease and Prevention Activities
Presenters: Elise Balzer, Gail Johnson, and Sarah Born, RN
Date: 1/9/2018
Topic: HPV Vaccine Schedule Update
Presenter: Stephanie Schauer, PhD
Date: 7/14/2017
Topic: School Immunization Law Update
Presenter: Abby Klemp, MPH
Date: 8/13/2019
Topic: Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
Presenters: Sarah Born, RN, BSN; Abby Klemp, MPH; Stacey Moyer, RN, MSN
Date: 11/13/2018
Topic: Student Immunization Law Update
Presenter: Stacey Moyer RN, MSN
Date: 8/14/2018
Topic: Student Immunization Law Update
Presenter: Ruth Koepke, MPH
Date: 8/11/2017
Topic: Influenza Updates
Presenter: Tom Haupt, MS
Date: 10/15/2019
Topic: Review of 2017-2018 Influenza Season
Presenter: Tom Haupt, MS
Date: 6/19/2018
Topic: Influenza and Respiratory Disease Activity, Respiratory Disease Outbreaks in the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS), and Update on Legionellosis
Presenters: Tom Haupt, MS, and Anna Kocharian, MS
Date: 11/14/2017
Topic: Update on Legionnaires' Disease in Wisconsin
Presenter: Anna Kocharian, MS
Date: 2/18/2019
Topic: Legionellosis Update
Presenter: Anna Kocharian, MS
Date: 8/14/2018
Topic: Influenza and Respiratory Disease Activity, and Respiratory Disease Outbreaks in the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS), Update on Legionellosis (begins minute 26)
Presenters: Anna Kocharian, MS, and Tom Haupt, MS
Date: 11/14/2017
Topic: Measles Update
Presenter: Stacey Moyer, RN, MSN
Date: 7/14/2017
Topic: Update on Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
Presenters: Tom Haupt and Beth Ellinger
Date: 1/23/2020
Topic: The Intersection of Opioids and Hepatitis C
Presenter: Sheila Guilfoyle
Date: 3/13/2018
Topic: Rabies and Animal Bite Management
Presenter: Dr. Jim Kazmierczak, DVM, MS
Date: 4/14/2017
Topic: Update on Legionnaires' Disease in Wisconsin
Presenter: Anna Kocharian, MS
Date: 2/18/2019
Topic: Legionellosis Update
Presenter: Anna Kocharian, MS
Date: 8/14/2018
Topic: Review of 2017-2018 Influenza Season
Presenter: Tom Haupt, MS
Date: 6/19/2018
Topic: Influenza and Respiratory Disease Activity, Respiratory Disease Outbreaks in the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS), and Update on Legionellosis
Presenters: Tom Haupt, MS, and Anna Kocharian, MS
Date: 11/14/2017
Topic: Skin Infection Clusters in the Public Setting
Presenter: Susann Ahrabi-Fard, MS
Date: 9/8/2017
Topic: Syphilis in Wisconsin
Presenter: Brandon Kufalk
Date: 8/2/2018
Topic: HPV Disease and Prevention Activities
Presenters: Elise Balzer, Gail Johnson, and Sarah Born, RN
Date: 1/9/2018
Topic: Advances in Biomedical Interventions for HIV
Presenter: Jacob Dougherty
Date: 12/12/2017
Topic: HPV Vaccine Schedule Update
Presenter: Stephanie Schauer, PhD
Date: 7/14/2017
Topic: HIV Integration with WEDSS
Presenter: Casey Schumann, MS
Date: 5/12/2017
Topic: Updates on Guidance for Tuberculosis (TB) Screening and Testing for Health Care Personnel (HCP) and Caregivers
Presenters: Claire Leback, MPH, BSN, RN; Jerry Reiderer RN, BSN; Julie Tans-Kersten, MS, BSMT (ASCP)
Date: 11/13/2019
Topic: Wisconsin Tuberculosis Dispensary Program
Presenters: Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program
Date: 5/14/2019
Topic: Tuberculosis: An Immigrant's Risk, Our Concern
Presenters: Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program
Date: 3/12/2019
Topic: Tuberculosis in Agriculture: Protecting Employee Health
Presenters: Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, DVM, PhD, and Julie Tans-Kersten, MS, BSMT (ASCP)
Date: 1/15/2019
Topic: Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) Update
Presenters: Julie Tans-Kersten, MS, BSMT (ASCP), and Philip Wegner, RN, MPH
Date: 9/11/2018
Topic: Tuberculosis Ordering and Billing Interface (TOBI) Update
Presenter: Julie Tans-Kersten, MS, BSMT (ASCP)
Date: 9/8/2017
Topic: B1, B2, and B3 Tuberculosis Classifications and Wisconsin
Presenter: Lorna Will, RN
Date: 12/9/2016
Topic: Tick and Mosquito Updates
Presenters: Christine Muganda, PhD; Rebecca Osborn, MPH
Date: 3/10/2020
Topic: Tick-borne Disease Surveillance in Wisconsin
Presenters: Christine Muganda, PhD; Julia Jensen, MPH
Date: 6/11/2019
Topic: Lyme Disease Prevention: Tools and Tips
Presenters: Connie Bell, MPH, RN; Megan Christenson, MPH; Christine Muganda, PhD; and Christy Vogt, MPH, CHES
Date: 5/6/2019
Topic: Tickborne Disease Surveillance in Wisconsin
Presenter: Julia Jensen, MPH
Date: 4/10/2018
Topic: Tickborne Disease Surveillance Updates
Presenters: Julia Jensen, MPH; Christine Muganda, PhD; and Rebecca Osborn, MPH
Date: 6/9/2017
Topic: Arboviral Surveillance Updates
Presenters: Rebecca Osborn, MPH
Date: 7/14/2017
Topic: Brain-Eating Ameba and Other Emerging Waterborne Public Health Threats
Presenter: Sarah Koske, DVM, MPH
Date: 8/11/2017
Topic: Zika Pregnancy and Birth Defects Surveillance
Presenters: Sowmya Adibhatla, MPH
Date: 1/9/2018