The 2007 Annual Prevention Effectiveness Conference
and the 2007 Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship
Graduation Ceremony
June 8, 2007
10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2400 Century Center Parkway, Auditorium 1/A/1B/1C
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
10:00 AM Registration
10:15 AM Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Doug Scott, PhD
Acting Chief and Economist
Prevention Effectiveness and Health Economics Branch
Career Development Division
Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
Denise Koo, MD, MPH
Director, Career Development Division
Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
Acting Chief and Economist
Prevention Effectiveness and Health Economics Branch
Career Development Division
Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
Denise Koo, MD, MPH
Director, Career Development Division
Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
10:30 AM Prevention Effectiveness Presentations
Moderator: Morcresia Coats
PE Fellowship Program Coordinator
Prevention Effectiveness and Health Economics Branch
Career Development Division
Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
Bruce Schackman, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Health>
Chief of the Division of Health Policy
Department of Public Health
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Using Prevention Effectiveness Tools in Resource-Poor Settings:
Cost-Effectiveness of Rapid Syphilis Screening in Prenatal HIV Testing Programs in Haiti
Praveen Dhankhar, PhD, PE Fellow
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Division of Emerging Infections and Surveillance Services
Modeling for Policy: Lessons Learned during fellowship
Lijing Ouyang, PhD PE Fellow
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Division of Human Development and Disability
Is Active Neural Tube Defects Recurrence Prevention Cost Effective? Findings from South Carolina
Rui Li, PhD, PE Fellow
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Diabetes Translation
A life with two hats---two years at CDC
PE Fellowship Program Coordinator
Prevention Effectiveness and Health Economics Branch
Career Development Division
Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
Bruce Schackman, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Health>
Chief of the Division of Health Policy
Department of Public Health
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Using Prevention Effectiveness Tools in Resource-Poor Settings:
Cost-Effectiveness of Rapid Syphilis Screening in Prenatal HIV Testing Programs in Haiti
Praveen Dhankhar, PhD, PE Fellow
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Division of Emerging Infections and Surveillance Services
Modeling for Policy: Lessons Learned during fellowship
Lijing Ouyang, PhD PE Fellow
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Division of Human Development and Disability
Is Active Neural Tube Defects Recurrence Prevention Cost Effective? Findings from South Carolina
Rui Li, PhD, PE Fellow
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Diabetes Translation
A life with two hats---two years at CDC
12:30 PM Transition to Room 1C /Lunch
1:00 PM Keynote Address
David Meltzer, PhD
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
Economics and Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Director, Center for Health and Social Science
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Advancing Prevention Effectiveness through Social Sciences
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
Economics and Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Director, Center for Health and Social Science
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Advancing Prevention Effectiveness through Social Sciences
2:00 PM Special Announcements
Doug Scott, PhD
Acting Branch Chief And Economist
Kaafee Billah Memorial Award in Public Health Economics at CDC
PE Collection of Papers
Acting Branch Chief And Economist
Kaafee Billah Memorial Award in Public Health Economics at CDC
PE Collection of Papers
2:15 PM Graduating Class of 2005 PE Fellows
Mocresia Coats
PE Fellowship Program Coordinator
PE Fellowship Program Coordinator
2:30 PM Closing Remarks and adjourn
