The Nebraska Center for Bioterrorism Education will host a two-day bioterrorism symposium in Omaha March 6-7 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 655 N 108th St. The symposium is part of the 2006 Biopreparedness Symposia Series, “Protecting Our Heartland and Its Resources.”
The series, which provides insight and strategies in Homeland Security issues, brings together professionals in health care, first responders, infection control, public health, critical infrastructure and private industry.
Speakers will address a variety of topics, including needs of special populations, food safety, children and disaster mental health recovery, household disaster preparedness, pandemic flu, lessons learned from Katrina, Nebraska Public Health Laboratory, and other topics.
Cost of the symposium is $30 until March 3, or $60 at the door, which includes course materials, refreshments, lunch, and continuing education credits.
The program is sponsored through funding from the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services to the Center for Biopreparedness Education and is presented in collaboration with the Nebraska Health Education Consortium. This is the fourth year that the center has hosted symposia across Nebraska for emergency response and health professionals. Additional symposia sites and dates will be Norfolk on April 4-5, Gering on May 16-17 and in Kearney June 29-30.
Symposium speakers will include: Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, homeland security director; Dick Raymond, M.D., U.S. Department of Agriculture under secretary for food safety, Washington, D.C.; Jane O’Connor, Omaha Metropolitan Medical Response System (OMMRS); and Lt. Col. Anita Curington, Nebraska National Guard 72nd Civil Support Team.
Register online at http://www.bioprepare.org/calendar-ne.htm, or call Susan in Omaha at (402) 559-9509 or rmccaw@unmc.edu.