Fall Educational Workshop
Friday, October 19, 2007 from 8:00am - 4:00pm
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville Campus
501 College Drive
FOLLOW SIGNS TO PARKING LOT #3 (STUDENT OVERFLOW/VISITORS)
8:00am – 9:00am Registration with coffee & donuts in lobby
9:00am – 10:15am
Making an Environmental Health Difference in Africa,
Refocusing our EH Perspective in the U.S.
Bob Custard, Environmental Health Manager-Alexandria
Health District VDH (Auditorium – 229)
10:15am – 10:30am
Break
10:30am – 11:45am
Workforce Planning: a status report on Environmental Services
Milan Hapala/Bob Delaney, Office of Human Resources, Central Office VDH (Auditorium – 229)
11:45am – 1:00pm
Box lunches will be served. Please call Preston Smith to place box lunch order.
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Redoximorphic Features Terms and Nomenclature
Tom Saxton, Environmental Health Specialist, Sr. VDH
Pulsenet and Cluster Investigations with an update on Norovirus
Betty Rouse, Regional Epidemiologist VDH
2:00pm – 2:15pm
Break
2:15pm – 3:00pm
Impact of an operating septic system on the seasonal water table
Jay Conta, Soil Scientist VDH
Dairy Program Modernization
Fred Nates, Dairy Classification Chief VDH
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Introduction to the Geology of Virginia
David B. Spears, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
The Big-5 Foodborne Diseases
Seth Lavine, Foodborne Disease Epidemiologist, VDH
Please R.S.V.P. to Preston Smith at preston.smith@vdh.virginia.gov (or call 804-864-7468) by Friday, October 12, 2007. Applying - CEU’s (.5) will be awarded from Old Dominion University for full participation at a cost of $15, paid to VEHA at the workshop.
Conference Fee: MEMBERS $30 NON-MEMBERS $40, due at sign-in.
