# FoodNet Vision Meeting Final Agenda

**Nashville, TN**

**March 9^th^**, **2005**

**[Wednesday March 9^th^]{.underline}** **Location: Holiday Inn
Select\\Vanderbilt in Nashville**

## **Morning Session: Coordinators Meeting**

8:30-9:00 Coffee/tea

9:00-9:45 Review of FoodNet surveillance methods: *Jennifer Nelson,
Elizabeth Ailes, Cindi Snider*

9:45-10:15 Performance Standards: *Jennifer Nelson, Julie Choudhuri*

10:15-10:30 BREAK

10:30-10:40 Results from the Coordinators' Survey: *Jennifer Nelson*

10:40-11:00 Clinical laboratory audits: *Jennifer Nelson*

11:00-11:20 NEDSS: *Jennifer Nelson, Elizabeth Ailes*

11:20-11:30 Conclusions

[**Afternoon Session: Attributions Meeting**]{.underline}

12:30-12:35 Welcome and introduction

12:35-12:55 Overview of CDC activities: *Fred Angulo*

12:55-1:15 FSIS and FDA attribution needs: *Reuben Varghese/Jack
Guzewich*

1:15-1:45 \"Point-of-processing\" attribution project: *Carrie Rigdon*

1:45-2:15 Outbreak \"point-of-consumption\" attribution project: *John
Painter*

2:15-2:45 Discussion

2:45-3:00 *BREAK*

3:00-3:20 Protective effects in FoodNet case-control studies: *Mike
Hoekstra*

3:20-3:40 Blending project: *George Maldonado*

3:40-4:00 Food Safety Research Consortium attribution activities: *Glenn
Morris*

4:00-5:00 Discussion - 2005 goals

5:00-5:30 Concluding remarks

6:30 Coordinators Dinner Restaurant: The Tin Angel (3201 West End Ave.)

All others Restaurant: Kobe Steaks (210 25^th^ Ave. N.)

# FoodNet Vision Meeting Final Agenda

**Nashville, TN**

**March 10-11^th^**, **2005**

**[Thursday March 10^th^]{.underline}** **Location:** **Holiday Inn
Select\\Vanderbilt in Nashville**

## **Morning Session: Review**

8:00-8:30 Coffee/tea

8:30-8:40 [Welcome and introductory comments]{.underline}

> 1\. Tennessee Department of Health: *Tim Jones* (5)
>
> 2\. Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch: *Robert Tauxe* (5)

8:40-8:50 EIP Program Issues: *Fred Angulo*

> 1\. Budget
>
> 2\. Data Quality

8:50-9:00 Summary of Coordinators' meeting: *Jennifer Nelson*

9:00-9:30 Burden of Illness Projects: *Elaine Scallan, Olga Heano*

1.  Burden of illness studies

2.  International Collaboration on Foodborne Diseases

3.  Validation of multipliers

4.  Population Survey cycle 5

9:30-10:15 [Review and discussion of 2003 established priorities and
special studies]{.underline}- What has FoodNet done to address them?

Moderator: *Fred Angulo*

1.  Attributions Working Group: *Paul Cieslak* (35)

-   Overview of Attributions satellite meeting

-   Modeling subcommittee report

-   *Shigella* case report form: *Drew Voetsch* (5)

10:15-10:30 BREAK

10:30-11:30 Continuation: [Review and discussion of 2003 established
priorities and special studies]{.underline}

Moderator: *Fred Angulo*

2.  HUS/STEC Working Group: *Ruthanne Marcus,* *Cindi Snider* (15)

    -   Drafted *E. coli* O157 Cohort Study protocol

    -   Revised HUS Surveillance protocol to include serum collection
        and testing

    -   Sites completing a review of the 2000-2002 Hospital Discharge
        Data

    -   Reviewing data on post-diarrheal HUS in adults

3.  Interventions Working Group: *Pat Ryan* (10)

    -   Launched long-term care facility survey

    -   Completed survey of reptile owners

    -   Completed cognitive survey of Population Survey's pasteurized
        juice questions

4.  Outbreak/Norovirus Working Group: *Tim Jones* (10)

    -   Project looking at contributing factors in EFORS

    -   Project to improve the reported incubation period of
        *Salmonella*

    -   Collected data on non-foodborne outbreaks from 2000-2003

    -   Piloted the *Listeria* Case History Form: *Chris Braden* (15)

5.  Infant *Salmonella* and *Campylobacter* case-control study: *Katie
    Fullerton* (10)

    -   Completed case-control study

    -   Preliminary data analysis began

11:30-12:30 Lunch (on your own)

**[Afternoon Session: Review]{.underline}** **Location: Holiday Inn
Select\\Vanderbilt in Nashville**

12:30-12:45 3^rd^ Annual FoodNet Star Award Ceremony: *Fred Angulo and
Patricia Griffin*

12:45-2:00 [Review and discussion of 2004 established priorities and
special studies]{.underline}- What has FoodNet done to address them?

Moderator: *Fred Angulo*

1.  Infant Illness: *Drew Voetsch* (5)

2.  *Shigella* Case Report Form (already discussed)

3.  *Campylobacter* -- Regional Differences Working Group

    -   Clinical Laboratory Survey: *Drew Voetsch* (10)

    -   Grocery Store Survey: *Jennifer Nelson* (10)

4.  *Campylobacter* -- Guillain Barré Syndrome: *Tim Jones* (5)

5.  *Salmonella* Javiana: *Melissa Tobin-D'Angelo* (10)

    -   Other emerging *Salmonella* serotypes: *Elizabeth Ailes* (10)

6.  Antibiotic Resistance Working Group: *Tom Chiller* (15)

-   Clinical consequences of resistant *Salmonella*

-   NARMS *Campylobacter* sampling scheme

-   Paratyphoid surveillance

-   Retail Food Study: *David White* (10)

2:00-2:15 [Other FoodNet updates]{.underline}

Moderator: *Fred Angulo*

1.  Reactive Arthritis Study (OR, MN): *Kirk Smith* (5)

2.  Giardia Study (CO, MN): *Alicia Cronquist* (5)

3.  Unexplained Diarrhea Study: *Chris Braden* (5)

2:15-2:25 BREAK

2:25-2:30 Poetry reading: *Katie Fullerton*

2:30-2:50 [Comments from CDC partners]{.underline}

1.  EHS-Net: *Carol Selman* (10)

2.  PulseNet: *Peter Gerner-Smidt* (10)

2:50-3:50 [Comments from regulatory partners]{.underline}

1.  USDA-FSIS: *Reuben Varghese* (30)

2.  FDA-CFSAN: *Jack Guzewich, Pat McCarthy* (30)

3:50-4:10 Negative binomial model development: *Mike Hoekstra, Olga
Henao*

4:10-4:40 MMWR Orientation discussion: *Fred Angulo, John Dunn*

4:40-5:00 Introduction to 2005 proposed priorities

5:00-5:10 Closing remarks

6:30 pm FoodNet Dinner, Restaurant: Monell's (1235 6^th^ Ave. N.)

[**Friday March 11^th^:** **Set Priorities**]{.underline} **Location:**
**Holiday Inn Select\\Vanderbilt in Nashville**

8:00-8:30 Coffee/tea

8:30-9:40 MMWR: *Fred Angulo, John Dunn*

9:40-9:50 EIP coordination: *Drew Voetsch*

9:50-10:00 BREAK

10:00-10:30 Discussion of possible FoodNet Year 2005 enhancements: *Fred
Angulo, Drew Voetsch*

10:30-10:45 Priority setting for FoodNet Year 2005 enhancements: *Fred
Angulo, Drew Voetsch*

10:45-11:00 Vote on possible FoodNet Year 2005 priorities/studies: *Fred
Angulo, Drew Voetsch*

11:00-11:05 Where are we going? The new FoodNet Year 2005 priorities:
*Patricia Griffin*

11:05-12:00 Preliminary action plan and working groups for FoodNet Year
2005 priorities

12:00-12:30 Final comments and meeting adjourned