Wednesday, September 23, 2020
3:00 PM ET

Contact Tracing

Dr. Crystal Watson, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, will summarize the current state of COVID-19 in the US, provide an overview of contact tracing, and discuss the future needs for contact tracing as the pandemic unfolds.

Dr. Stephanie Hon, Assistant Director at the Georgia Poison Center, will describe the role of the poison center in the state’s efforts to contact-trace and disseminate important COVID-19 information during the current pandemic. 

Speakers

The State of COVID-19 & Contact Tracing Efforts

Crystal Watson, DrPH, MPH
Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Update from the Front Lines: Georgia

Stephanie Hon, PharmD, ABAT, FAACT
Assistant Director, Georgia Poison Center, Grady Health Center, Atlanta, GA

Moderators

Paul Wax, MD, FACMT
Executive Director, 
American College of Medical Toxicology
(ACMT)

Ziad Kazzi, MD, FACMT
Board Member, ACMT;
President, Middle East & North Africa Clinical Toxicology Association

Promo Video

Series Partners

American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT) | American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) | American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP) | American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) | American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) | Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicologists (APAMT) | Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) | European Association of Poison Centers and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) | Middle East & North Africa Clinical Toxicology Association (MENATOX)