Hurricane Helene: Public Health Department Closures

Latest updates: Hurricane Helene

Our public health departments' hours of operation may be affected by power and staffing outages. This means that some closures may not appear on the state government office delays and closings map. The health and safety of our employees and our clients remains our highest priority. We are working to get services restored as safely and quickly as possible.

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Agenda

7:30 – 8:30

Ballroom Prefunction
Registration
Breakfast
Ballrooms 2 & 3
Poster Hanging (all posters)

8:30 – 8:40Ballrooms 2 & 3
Welcome & Opening Remarks
   Lilian Peake, MD
   Director, Public Health
   South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC)
8:40 – 8:45Ballrooms 2 & 3
Keynote Speaker Introduction
   Suzanne McDermott, PhD
   Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
   Director, South Carolina Disability and Health Project
   Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
8:45 – 9:45Ballrooms 2 & 3
Keynote: “How Population Data on Disabilities Can Help Address Disparities and Guide Prevention”
   Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD
   Medical Officer and Associate Director for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
   National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC
9:45 – 10:30Ballrooms 2 & 3
AM Poster Session & Break
10:30 – 12:00

Ballrooms 2 & 3
AM Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Concurrent Session I. Emerging trends in opioid use, misuse, and treatment: Data driven responses to the opioid epidemic
Session moderator: Harley Davis, MSPH, PhD
Objective: to report trends in opioid use, misuse, and treatment availability and to identify policy implications and interventions to curb the epidemic to investigate opioid use, misuse, consequences, and treatment from a social work and epidemiologic perspective

10:30 – 12:00

Ballroom 1A
Concurrent Session II. The Intersection of Research and Surveillance: A Workshop
Session moderator: Suzanne McDermott, PhD
Objective: to understand how active surveillance is done in a multi-state, multi-stakeholder landscape
Ballroom 1B
Concurrent Session III. Happy Moms, Healthy Babies
Session moderator: Chelsea Richard, MSPH
Objective: to explore pregnancy experiences and outcomes through a disability lens

12:00 – 12:30

Ballroom Prefunction
Pick Up boxed lunches for those without noted dietary restrictions
Those with noted dietary restrictions will receive a card with their name badge to pick up their boxed lunch from a Southern Way catering staff member

12:30 – 1:30

Ballrooms 2 & 3
Afternoon Plenary: “One Disorder, Many Understandings: An Exploration of Factors that Affect Perceptions of Autism”
Jennifer Bailey Bisson, PhD
Department of Psychology, Clemson University

1:30 – 2:15

Ballrooms 2 & 3
PM Poster Session & Break

2:15 – 3:45

Ballrooms 2 & 3
Concurrent Session I. Moving People to Better Health
Session moderator: Chelsea Richard, MSPH
Objective: to integrate what we know about physical activity into the world of disability
Ballroom 1A
Concurrent Session II. Talk About It: Connecting the Hear and Now
Session moderator: Suzanne McDermott, PhD
Objective: to delve into the world of communication from public health surveillance to language learning in children

3:45 – 4:00Awards & Closing Remarks
   Harley Davis, PhD
   Director, Division of Surveillance
   Bureau of Health Improvement and Equity, SC DHEC

University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health and DHEC logos

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Data and Reports