“Piecing Together the Puzzle of Increased
Immunization Rates”
NYSIIS
VFC
Vaccine
AFIX
New York Statewide Immunization Meeting &
Immunization Consortia Meetings
March 28-29, 2017
Radisson-Albany, 205 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12205
Funding for these meetings was made possible in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views
expressed in written meeting materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the
official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial
practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Keynote Speakers
David P. Hopkins, MD, MPH
Dr. Hopkins is the medical officer for the Community Guide Branch at CDC.
He trained in internal medicine in San Jose, California, and followed that
up with a MPH from UC Berkeley. Dr. Hopkins joined the CDC as an EIS
officer in 1995 and spent two years with the New York State Health
Department here in Albany, working on tuberculosis. He joined the
Community Guide Branch at CDC in 1997, and has remained with the
Guide for the last 20 years. In addition to leading the most recent
systematic review updates on interventions to increase vaccination
coverage, Dr. Hopkins has worked on sets of systematic reviews for the
topics of tobacco prevention and control, asthma, cardiovascular disease
prevention, and diabetes.
Jill B. Roark, MPH
Ms. Roark leads the adolescent immunization communications team for
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she has focused on
HPV vaccine communications for the past seven years. Jill witnessed the
devastation of HPV disease firsthand, in a college-town Planned
Parenthood while managing the abnormal pap follow-up process, as well
as the colposcopy clinic. Jill regularly presents on HPV infection, disease,
vaccination, and communicating successfully about HPV vaccine. Jill has
worked in public health for 20 years and received her degrees from the
University of Florida.
Karin Szymanski , MEd
Karin is the Marketing Manager for The Arizona Partnership for
Immunization (TAPI), a non-profit statewide coalition focusing on
immunizations across the lifespan.
She joined TAPI in 2010 with a focus on educating child care centers about
the importance of ASIIS, Arizona’s immunization registry and developing a
cocooning project with hospitals and community health centers. Since then,
her position has grown to special projects in the community focusing on
vaccine education. Some of these projects include: a teen focused
meningitis campaign, HPV vaccination, a growth chart including
preconception health and health information through age 6, and outreach for increased health care
worker and adult vaccination. She also oversees TAPI’s website, marketing materials and social
media.
Karin is not new to the world of non-profits and has worked in this sector for almost 20 years. She
holds a B.A. in Sociology from Westminster College and a M.Ed. from Northern Arizona University.
Keynote Speakers Continued:
Anita A. Colbert
Anita is the Immunization Outreach Supervisor for Tarrant County Public
Health, Fort Worth, Texas and serves as the Treasurer for the Immunization
Collaboration of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas.
Anita graduated from PA School of Nursing in 1971. She spent many years in
hospital nursing and four years as a school nurse in Okinawa, Japan. In 1991,
she found her real calling as a Public Health nurse and began an
immunization program during a measles outbreak in Fort Worth / Dallas,
Texas. This program is still successful today and much of it is credited to
Tarrant County Public Health and the working relationship with
Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County. Since 1991, she has been
directly involved in the beginning, nurturing and sustaining of ICTC and has
led volunteers and staff through many years of education and events.
Terri Andrews
Terri Andrews is the volunteer Chairman of Immunization Collaboration of
Tarrant County, and has served in this role since 2006. She represents the
Tarrant County Medical Society Alliance and the Texas Medical
Association’s Be Wise—Immunize project. For over 20 years, Terri
volunteered in her children’s schools and participated in community efforts
in AIDS education, Organ Donation education, United Way Council on
Abuse and Neglect and additional children’s health and safety projects.
She served in leadership positions such as: Tarrant County Medical Society
Alliance President and Grants Committee Chair for Texas Medical
Association Foundation Board of Directors. Terri grew up in New Jersey,
met Charley, her husband of 44 years (now a retired nephrologist), at
Washington College in Chestertown Maryland, studied Radiologic
Technology at University of Maryland Hospital, then received her Bachelor of General Studies Degree
at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. They love adventure travel including following whales,
beautiful geography and their family farm in the Pocono Mountains. They raised 3 daughters and
have 8 grandchildren. Terri is committed to getting the word out that vaccines are safe and
effective!
Statewide Immunization Meeting &
Immunization Consortia Meetings Agenda
March 28, 2017
9:00-4:00
Registration
(Please sign-in at the NYSACHO registration table located outside the
Stonehenge Ballroom.)
All sessions on March 28th will take place in the Stonehenge Ballroom.
10:30-10:40
Welcome
Maribeth Miller, BSN, MS
Assistant Commissioner of Health, Albany County Department of Health
10:40-11:00
Opening Remarks
New York State Department of Health
11:00-12:00
Interventions to Increase Vaccination Rates: Reviews and Recommendations from
the Community Preventive Services Task Force
David P. Hopkins, MD, MPH
Medical Officer, Community Guide Branch
Office of Public Health Scientific Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
12:00-1:00
Lunch
Lunch for LHD attendees will be provided in the mezzanine. Lunch for NYSDOH
attendees will be on your own.
1:00-1:30
School Immunization Requirements
Robin Stiles-Tice
School Assessment and Compliance Unit, NYSDOH
1:30-2:30
AFIX
Carolyn Perry
Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention and AFIX Program Coordinator, NYSDOH
2:30-2:45
Break
2:45-3:45
NYSIIS Update
Dina Hoefer, PhD
NYSIIS & Vaccine Program Manager, NYSDOH
3:45-4:00
Break
4:00-4:30
Vaccine Program Update: VFA and VFC
Dina Hoefer, PhD
NYSIIS & Vaccine Program Manager, NYSDOH
4:30-5:00
Immunization Action Plan (IAP) Work Plans and Budgets
Robin Suitor
Assistant Director, Bureau of Immunization, NYSDOH
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Statewide Immunization Meeting &
Immunization Consortia Meetings Agenda
March 29, 2017
7:00-8:00
Breakfast-Courtyard
Breakfast is provided for LHD overnight guests only.
7:30-3:00
Registration
(Please sign-in at the NYSACHO registration table located outside the
Stonehenge Ballroom.)
Stonehenge Ballroom
8:00-10:00
Coffee and tea will be provided for all attendees.
8:15-8:30
Day 2 Welcome
NYSACHO Staff
8:30-9:30
Strategies for Improving HPV Rates and Motivating Diverse Partners
Jill B. Roark, MPH
Lead, Adolescent Immunization Communications
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:30-9:45
Break
9:45-11:15
Session on Building and Sustaining Immunization Coalitions
Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County: Building and Sustaining
Partnerships through 25 Years of Collaboration
Anita A. Colbert
Immunization Outreach Supervisor
Tarrant County Public Health, Fort Worth, Texas
Terri Andrews
Chairman, Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County, Texas
The Arizona Partnership for Immunization
Coalition Development – The Nuts and Bolts
Karin Szymanski, MEd
Project Coordinator
The Arizona Partnership for Immunization
11:15-12:15
Lunch
Lunch for LHD attendees will be provided in the mezzanine.
Lunch for NYSDOH attendees will be on your own.
Statewide Immunization Meeting &
Immunization Consortia Meetings Agenda
March 29, 2017 Continued
12:15-1:45
Group Discussions—Topics TBD
Instead of meeting by region, counties will be placed into discussion groups
based on population.
Group 1—Stonehenge C
Albany, Broome, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga,
Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Suffolk, Westchester
Group 2—Stonehenge B
Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Clinton, Jefferson, Ontario, Oswego,
Putnam, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Tompkins, Ulster, Wayne
Group 3—Stonehenge D
Chenango, Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison,
Montgomery, Otsego, Sullivan, Tioga, Warren, Washington
Group 4—Stonehenge A
Allegany, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Greene, Hamilton, Lewis, Orleans, Schoharie,
Schuyler, Seneca, Wyoming, Yates
1:45-2:00
Break
2:00-2:30
Suffolk County Department of Health’s Day Care Vaccine Awareness Assessment
Danielle Brechter, MS, PNP
Childhood IAP/Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs Coordinator
Suffolk County Department of Health Services
2:30-2:45
Closing Remarks
New York State Department of Health
2:45
Adjourn
Map of the Radisson-Albany
1st Floor and Main
Entrance
2nd Floor & Meeting
Rooms