Monday, February 28, 2011

8:00AM-9:00AM

Welcoming Opening Session:

NBDPN

Glenn Copeland (MI), Russell Kirby (FL), and Dave Law (TN)

March of Dimes

Melanie Lockhart (DC)

CDC Welcome/ NCBDDD 10^th Year Anniversary

Alison Johnson (CDC)

9:00AM-10:05AM

Opportunities for Birth Defects Research and Prevention: National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) and Beyond  (Synopsis)

Moderator: Cynthia Moore (CDC)

Advancing Risk Factor Knowledge from NBDPS and Future Direction  Speaker: Jennita Reefhuis (CDC)

Study Ideas from NBDPS that State Programs Could Explore

Speaker: Marlene Anderka (MA)

NBDPS Family Perspective

Speaker: Julie Mayberry (AR)

10:25AM–12:00PM

NBDPS Findings That Are Ready for Translation

Speaker: Robert Meyer (NC)

Knowledge to Action: Translating Data and Research Findings into Prevention and Practice  (presentation)

Speaker: Katherine Wilson (CDC)

 1:30PM–3:00PM

Concurrent Breakout Session A

1) Improving Birth Defects Data Quality: Accuracy Standards, Improving Accuracy and Completeness using Health Information Exchange, and Laboratory Reporting of Chromosomal Results

(Synopsis)

Moderator: Deborah Fox (NY)

Speakers: Deborah Fox (NY), Patricia Steen (NY) and Marcia Feldkamp (UT)

2) Birth Defects Surveillance Among Military Births 

(Synopsis)

Moderator:  Barbara Warmerdam (CA)

Speakers: Ava Conlin (DOD), Gia Gumbs (DOD) and Mark Canfield (TX)

3) Using Social Media Tools to Promote Birth Defects Surveillance and Prevention (Synopsis)  

Moderator: Stephanie Miller (NH)

Speakers: Angela Colson (CDC), Russell Kirby (FL) and Jessica Reynolds (FL)

3:00PM–5:00PM

Concurrent Breakout Session B

1 )Analytic Methods Toolbox for Birth Defects Surveillance

(Synopsis)

Moderator: Russell Kirby (FL)

Speaker: Russel Rickard (CO) and Sarah Tinker (CDC)

2) Referral to Services: Role of State Birth Defects Surveillance and Impact (Synopsis)

Moderator: Cara Mai (CDC)

Speakers: Cara Mai (CDC), Norma Ryan (OH) and Carol Stanton (CO)

3) Guidelines for Prenatal Surveillance (Synopsis)

Moderator: Marcia Feldkamp (UT)

Speakers: Janet Cragan (CDC), Marlene Anderka (MA), Cathy Higgins (MA) and Samara Viner-Brown (RI)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

8:00AM- 9:45AM

Plenary Session:

Teratogen Update

Moderator: Angela Lin (MA)

Fetal Development as Vulnerable Periods (Synopsis)

Thomas Sadler (MT)

Evaluating The Potential Teratogenicity of an Exposure

(Synopsis)

Jan M. Friedman (Canada)

Of Mice and Men: Studying Gene-Environment Interactions Using Animal Models (Synopsis)

Richard H. Finnell (TX)

10:15AM-12:00PM

Plenary Session continues:

Moderator: Angela Lin (MA)

Update on Anticonvulsant Drugs (Synopsis)

Lewis B. Holmes (MA)

The Role of the Astute Clinician and Epidemiologist in Recognizing Human Teratogens (Synopsis)

John Carey (UT)

Counseling and Prenatal Monitoring for Women with Known Teratogenic Exposures (Synopsis)

Janice Byrne (UT)

1:30PM–3:00PM

Concurrent Breakout Session C

1) Teratogenic Syndromes: Ascertainment and Coding (and other coding frustrations) (Synopsis)

Moderator: Angela Lin (MA)