New Frontiers in Health Christian Sandrock & Carol Cardona

Christian Sandrock & Carol Cardona, "Technology and Zoonosis"
INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK PLANNING -- Christian Sandrock, a physician and an expert in infectious diseases, and pulmonary and critical care medicine at the UC Davis Medical Center, specializes in disaster preparedness, emerging infectious diseases, terrorism and other threats to public health. As medical director of the California Preparedness Education Network, he develops educational materials, primarily for providers in rural, border, inner-city and underserved areas of the state. He was medical director of the Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Program for the state of California and currently, as medical adviser to the state Emergency Medical Services Authority, he contributes his expertise to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Program, and many other Homeland Security projects. He is working with the California Department of Health Services and the Emergency Medical Services Authority in pandemic influenza and other infectious disease outbreak planning, disease surveillance and hospital infection-control preparedness. Contact: Christian Sandrock, UC Davis Medical Center, (916) 734-3564, cesandrock@ucdavis.edu.

AVIAN INFLUENZA IN POULTRY -- Carol Cardona, a Cooperative Extension poultry veterinarian and associate professor, can provide an overview of the history of avian influenza in poultry worldwide and discuss the current threat of avian influenza to commercial and backyard poultry operations. Cardona is part of a network of researchers nationwide providing education about avian influenza. She works with large commercial poultry producers as well as small poultry operations to provide basic information on how to recognize and prevent spread of the disease. Her laboratory also conducts research on avian influenza viruses focusing on the disease caused in chickens and the response of the host to infections. Contact: Carol Cardona, School of Veterinary Medicine, (530) 754-5041, cjcardona@ucdavis.edu.

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