Key points
This report includes all non-CDC-hosted scientific meetings held in FY 2022 where the expenses associated with the scientific meeting exceeded $30,000. This report also includes information on location, how it advanced the mission of the agency, and total number of attendees.
About the report
In compliance with the 21st Century Cures Act, this report includes all non-CDC-hosted scientific meetings held in FY 2022 where the expenses associated with the scientific meeting exceeded $30,000. The descriptions include:
- The date of the scientific meeting
- The location of the scientific meeting
- A brief explanation of how the scientific meeting advanced the mission of the agency
- A description of exceptional circumstances for scientific meeting where expenses exceeded $150,000
- The total scientific meeting expenses incurred by the agency for the scientific meeting and
- The total number of individuals whose travel expenses or other scientific meeting expenses were paid by the agency
Center for Global Health
11th TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference
Dates: September 4–9, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Panama City, Panama
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: TEPHINET's scientific conferences combine both scientific sessions and workshops related to managing public health systems and training programs. It's CDC's mission to keep people safe and bolstered by the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), which trains a global workforce of field epidemiologists. The annual TEPHINET global conference brings together this profession network of FETPs to share their work with international public health experts. FETP trainees benefit from the experience of presenting their work to an international audience of experts. Public health officials make valuable contacts that they can work collaboratively with. Overall, these conferences are an opportunity to learn from the experience of others and to acquire new ideas and skills that can be put into action.
Total estimated cost: $46,753
Total attendees: 23
Total feds on travel: 19
Total non-feds on travel: 4
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting (ASTMH)
Dates: November 17–21, 2021
Venue, city, state, or country: National Harbor, MD (Virtual Attendance)
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. The purpose of this conference is to generate and share scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research.
Total estimated cost: $74,420
Total attendees: 125
Total feds on travel: 104
Total non-feds on travel: 21
DHIS2 Annual Conference 2022
Dates: June 20–23, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Oslo, Norway
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The DHIS2 Annual Conference is our biggest yearly event and provides an opportunity for the global DHIS2 community—a diverse group including implementers, developers, ministry representatives, technical partners, donors, and other DHIS2 experts from around the world—to meet and share experiences with DHIS2, learn about the latest developments and innovations, and make connections that can lead to new partnerships and collaborations. CDC works closely and provides funding to the University of Oslo to support the development of DHIS2. This support has led to the COVID surveillance package and vaccine management that is used in over 40 countries. In addition, every division in CGH works with Oslo for their program specific activities and to provide support to our partner countries; also, other divisions like CDC work with them such as DGMQ on POE and border surveillance. For DGHP, we work with them on IDSR, AFI, lab/surveillance integration, EBS, and more. DGHT works with them on PEPFAR indicators surveillance, DPDM on PMI reporting, and GID on VPD surveillance. This is a very important partner for CDC and how we provide support to countries. Over 80 countries are using this software for surveillance which amounts to over 2 billion people being served.
Total estimated cost: $41,070
Total attendees: 9
Total feds on travel: 7
Total non-feds on travel: 2
Global Health Security 2022
Dates: June 28–July 1, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Singapore, Singapore
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: Global Health Security 2022 (GHS 2022) is the second ever international conference on global health security. It is the largest gathering of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, and will be the largest gathering of global health security practitioners, researchers, educators, representatives and decision-makers across the fields of public health, medicine, veterinary science, agriculture, government, defense, international relations, sociology and anthropology to examine the progress made to date in strengthening health systems and identify the gaps and opportunities for enhancing the international community's ability to respond more efficiently and effectively to future adverse health crises. GHS 2022 presents an important opportunity for CDC to showcase its success and leadership in the advancement of global health security, a CDC priority. The GHS 2022 provides CDC staff that work in GHS with an effective means to share their findings, influence scientific discourse and policy discussions, and receive updates from others in the scientific and greater global health security community.
Total estimated cost: $101,079
Total attendees: 22
Total feds on travel: 19
Total non-feds on travel: 3
IAS 2022, The 24th International AIDS Conference
Dates: July 29–August 2, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Montreal, Canada
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The AIDS 2022 Conference will call on the world to come together to re-engage and follow the science. It will define future research agendas, shift latest evidence to action, and chart a new consensus on overcoming the HIV epidemic as a threat to public health and individual well-being. Additionally, the conference will provide insight into new HIV research and its applications in relation to CDC's mission and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) at a global scale. While learning about the key epidemiology, clinical and program updates about HIV and opportunistic infections.
Description of exceptional circumstances: This event exceeds the $150k amount due to the travel from the attendees' varied locations to Montreal, Canada, and the number of attendees.
Total estimated cost: $569,283
Total attendees: 111
Total feds on travel: 109
Total non-feds on travel: 2
International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA 2021)
Dates: December 6–11, 2021
Venue, city, state, or country: Durban, South Africa
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The convening of the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA 2021) in December 2021 represents a tremendous opportunity to highlight the diverse nature of the African region's HIV epidemic and the unique response to it. In an inclusive context, according to the 2020 Global Fund COVID 19 Funding report, the emergence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a catastrophic impact on the most vulnerable communities around the world and threatens progress made in mitigating the impact of HIV, TB and malaria globally. Through grant savings and reprogramming of HIV, TB and malaria programs, over US$500 million has been allocated to the COVID-19 Response Mechanism. As such, this creates a gap in the fight to mitigate the impacts on lifesaving HIV, TB and malaria programs, leading to fragile health systems being overwhelmed. A disease like COVID-19 threatens us all. However, we must not relent in our goal for an AIDS free Africa. It is imperative for the continent to rely on the dynamics of recent scientific advances, on a plea that will respond to a mobilization of internal and endogenous resources. The biennial International AIDS Conference is the premier gathering for all working in the field of Health as well as leaders, people living with HIV and others committed to ending the epidemic. It will be a tremendous opportunity for researchers, clinicians from around the world to share the latest scientific advances, learn from one another's expertise, and develop strategies for advancing all facets of our collective efforts to end AIDS by 2030.
Total estimated cost: $46,200
Total attendees: 67
Total feds on travel: 63
Total non-feds on travel: 4
Center for Preparedness and Response
2022 NACCHO Preparedness Summit
Dates: April 3–7, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Atlanta, Georgia
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: Hybrid participation for the 2022 Preparedness Summit, Reimagining Preparedness in the Era of COVID-19, will provide an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned from current and previous responses, and highlight tools, resources, and learnings that we can apply into the future.
As the first and longest-running national preparedness conference, the Preparedness Summit is the place for you to reenergize while gaining the knowledge, resources, and relationships necessary to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies. Don't miss your chance to join colleagues—who work in all levels of government federal, state, and local emergency management, volunteer organizations, healthcare coalitions, and academia—to share best practices, build partnerships, advance your skillset, and take away innovative solutions and practical strategies to address the vulnerabilities in our nation's health security system.
Total estimated cost: $36,400
Total attendees: 91
Total feds on travel: 91
Total non-feds on travel: 0
Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
36th Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting & HL7 FHIR Connectathon
Dates: September 17–23, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Baltimore, Maryland
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: HL7 FHIR Connectathon is a two-day event of hands-on FHIR development and testing held in conjunction with Working Group Meetings. This event provides a great opportunity for implementers and developers to gain hands-on experience developing FHIR-based solutions by participating in one of many available tracks. HL7 International Working Group Meetings (WGMs) are held three times per year at varying locations and serve two important purposes: 1) Provide the HL7 International work groups the opportunity to meet in person and work on standards, as well as to network with industry leaders from around the world. 2) Offer an invaluable educational resource for the healthcare IT community. HL7 International has more than 40 work groups dedicated to specialized areas of interest such as Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Infrastructure, Mobile Health and Electronic Health Records. These work groups are directly responsible for the content of standards and spend much of their time at WGMs hard at work on standards development. Attending a WGM is a great way to learn about a particular area, and everyone attending a WGM is invited to any of the work group meetings.
Total estimated cost: $55,038
Total attendees: 12
Total feds on travel: 12
Total non-feds on travel: 0
Association for Public Health Laboratories (APHL) 2022 Annual Conference
Dates: May 17–20, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Cleveland, Ohio
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: APHL Annual Conference, a hybrid (in-person and online) event for the public health laboratory community, brings together leaders, scientists, influencers, and partners to share issues, trends and best practices driving laboratory science and public health today. Attendees will explore public health laboratory issues, trends and technologies relative to COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases, environmental health, emergency preparedness, quality systems and safety, informatics, food safety, newborn screening, global health and more.
Total estimated cost: $87,138
Total attendees: 93
Total feds on travel: 93
Total non-feds on travel: 0
CSTE 2022 Annual Conference
Dates: June 19–23, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Louisville, Kentucky
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The CSTE Annual Conference connects more than 2,500 public health epidemiologists from across the country and will include workshops, plenary sessions with leaders in the field of public health, oral breakout sessions, roundtable discussions, and poster presentations. Conference attendees meet and share their expertise in surveillance and epidemiology as well as best practices in a broad range of areas including informatics, infectious diseases, substance use, immunizations, environmental health, occupational health, chronic disease, injury control, and maternal and child health. During the conference, CSTE members vote on position statements, which instigate nationwide policy change and create new initiatives.
Description of exceptional circumstances: CDC is the lead public health agency in the Nation and internationally and sets best practices and procedures in the field of epidemiology. CDC's presence at this conference will allow the Agency to present on these best practices and be part of the discussions that will set policies and procedures on data collection and surveillance strategies. The goal of this conference is one of the key missions of the Agency.
CDC also has a cooperative agreement (CoAg) with CSTE through the Partners' Umbrella CoAg in CSTLTS. Several CIOs fund numerous projects within the CoAg which are monitored by project officers, subject matter experts, and technical monitors. The conference allows these monitors to connect in person with the CSTE project leads on the ongoing projects through one-on-one meetings and presentations.
Total estimated cost: $248,479
Total attendees: 234
Total feds on travel: 211
Total non-feds on travel: 23
Preventive Medicine 2022 (ACPM)
Dates: June 15–18, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Denver, Colorado
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: After two years of the greatest public health challenge to beset our nation—and the world—in nearly a century, there will be sessions with content that is centered on the science-based and evidence-supported practices that will 1) prevent future pandemics, 2) reduce the burden of chronic disease, 3) stop injuries before they happen and 4) improve the health and wellbeing of all populations.
Total estimated cost: $40,798
Total attendees: 15
Total feds on travel: 15
Total non-feds on travel: 0
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
2021 American Public Health Association (APHA): Strengthening Social Connectedness
Dates: October 23–27, 2021
Venue, city, state, or country: Denver, Colorado
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The purpose for attending this conference is for CDC/ATSDR Scientific, Health and Technical professionals to attend the largest working meeting of public health professionals in the nation with participants from state and local health departments, tribal organizations, private and community-based institutions. Most of the participants are presenting scientific papers/findings and conducting panel discussions and coordinating exhibits. This conference will give unparalleled opportunities to learn from the latest research and practice, conduct hands-on assessments of the latest tools and services, network with industry experts and colleagues, and expand professional horizons. Some attendees will choose from hundreds of educational sessions. Top thought leaders will discuss industry trends, emerging issues and proven methods. Attendees will benefit from the goals of the conference which are to (1) provide skill-based training in public health; (2) serve as a learning, networking, and renewal experience for advocates, educators, and scientists in the U.S. on public health; and (3) attract new participants to fight to improve public health.
Total estimated cost: $138,915
Total attendees: 253
Total feds on travel: 224
Total non-feds on travel: 29
2022 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference
Dates: September 21–23, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Chicago, Illinois
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The 2022 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference offers Maternal and Child Health (MCH) professionals a platform to share experiences, enhance knowledge, and generate new ideas for promoting and improving the health of women, children, and families.
This conference serves several important functions for CDC and for CityMatCH in building Maternal and Child Health (MCH) capacity for practitioners at the state, local, and tribal levels. These functions include skill building, knowledge growth, and collaboration and partnership development.
Total estimated cost: $108,008
Total attendees: 63
Total feds on travel: 54
Total non-feds on travel: 9
Diabetes Care Education & Technology
Dates: August 12–15, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Baltimore, Maryland
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: It is essential for CDC's personnel to attend the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists Annual Meeting because staff have received notification of acceptance for oral and poster abstract presentations, will serve as Moderators at the annual session, where they preside over meetings of research in the field of diabetes and metabolic disorders, and will staff the Division of Diabetes Translation Exhibit booth where they will raise awareness of CDC resources. Attendance at this scientific conference will support partnership with an important audience and will provide a forum for our staff to present recent research findings as well as participate in several working meetings. This meeting is an opportunity to communicate work done at CDC to Diabetes Care and Education Specialists who provide care to people with diabetes and prediabetes. The NCCDPHP and CDC have a long-standing partnership with ADCES in several areas designed to advance research and practice in the prevention and management of diabetes and related disorders, as well as care for people with diabetes and prediabetes. This is directly related to the Department of Health and Human Services' mission and goals in addressing obesity, cardiovascular, kidney and eyes disease prevention and our HEALTHY PEOPLE 2022 objective.
Total estimated cost: $42,315
Total attendees: 22
Total feds on travel: 19
Total non-feds on travel: 3
National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) 2022
Dates: June 28–30, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: New Orleans, Louisiana
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) is one of the largest, long-standing gatherings for top United States tobacco control professionals. The convening attracts a diversity of public health professionals committed to best practices and policies to reduce tobacco use—the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States. The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) works alongside a steering committee of agencies, foundations, practice organizations, and program committees to leverage its extensive convening expertise and widespread network of public health institutes, training centers, and dozens of key stakeholders to enhance both programmatic content and the overall experience.
Total estimated cost: $133,756
Total attendees: 82
Total feds on travel: 54
Total non-feds on travel: 28
Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting (SER)–2022
Dates: June 14–17, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Chicago, Illinois
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The purpose of the annual meeting is to bring together epidemiologists from all stages of their career trajectory—from trainees to senior scientists—to discuss emerging epidemiologic research. The annual meeting is at the heart of Society for Epidemiologic Research mission of promoting epidemiologic research and nurturing junior scholars.
Total estimated cost: $38,819
Total attendees: 20
Total feds on travel: 16
Total non-feds on travel: 4
National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) 34th Annual Conference
Dates: September 18–21, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Athens, Greece
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The main theme of the 2022 Conference is "Strengthening the global role of environmental epidemiology", stressing the need to study and understand local conditions to synthesize the knowledge and make a difference for our planet. Attendees will have the opportunity to communicate with expertise in the field of environmental epidemiology on assessing exposure to toxic chemicals in susceptible populations to better understand and respond to the complex and multidisciplinary issues in exposure and environmental health in environmental epidemiology studies. Topics included are related directly to CDC/ATSDR's mission: Advances in Epidemiology and Statistical Methods; Aging and Environment; Air pollution (ambient & indoor) and Sources; Built and Physical Environment exposures; Chemical Exposures; Children's environment and health; Climate change and Health; COVID-19 and the Environment; Environment and health in low and medium income areas; Environmental Equity; Ethics; Exposome; Exposure assessment; Health Impact Assessment, Risk communication and Participatory Epidemiology; Mechanisms and Molecular Biomarkers; Neurobehavioral changes in children/adults; Non-communicable diseases including cancer, cardio-metabolic and neurological; Occupational Exposures and Health; Reproductive outcomes; Respiratory disorders in children/adults; Water Quality
Total estimated cost: $52,392
Total attendees: 18
Total feds on travel: 18
Total non-feds on travel: 0
North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT)
Dates: September 14–18, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: San Francisco, California
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) is the world's largest clinical toxicology meeting, bringing together scientists and clinicians from around the globe. The content provides ongoing education for healthcare professionals managing poisoned patients, and health educators working in clinical toxicology.
Total estimated cost: $34,356
Total attendees: 10
Total feds on travel: 9
Total non-feds on travel: 1
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
11th Annual International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID)
Dates: August 7–10, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Atlanta, Georgia
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Disease (ICEID), aims to bring together various public professionals to encourage the exchange of scientific information on global emerging infectious disease issues in the United States and abroad. ICEID's rich scientific program is made up of a variety of educational formats that will include, (but not limited to), plenary sessions, panel sessions, poster sessions, tours and oral presentations. ICEID's unique ability to bring together highly skilled scientists with varied experiences both domestically and internationally in collaboration on some of the most 'hot button' issues affecting the emergence, spread, and control of infectious disease will allow CDC attendees the opportunity to stay abreast of the most recent information on this subject matter resulting in them being able to share that information with agency colleagues and partners allowing them to further CDC's overall mission of strengthening public outreach.
Description of exceptional circumstances: ICEID is CDC's preeminent conference on emerging infectious diseases, crossing multiple scientific disciplines in public and clinical health. To minimize costs, the conference is held in Atlanta every 3 years. Registration fees are collected by an external partner (the Task Force for Global Health) to reduce conference expenses and federal government employees are offered a discounted cost.
Total estimated cost: $483,728
Total attendees: 635
Total feds on travel: 527
Total non-feds on travel: 108
American Society of Microbiology ASM Microbe
Dates: June 9–13, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Washington, DC
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: ASM Microbe drives discovery, innovation and collaboration across the full spectrum of microbiology through 1) Exploring science in your focused specialty or delve into other disciplines 2) Build a customized experience through interactive learning formats, 3) Be a part of the community making an impact on the intersections of science, industry and policy
Total estimated cost: $59,889
Total attendees: 33
Total feds on travel: 28
Total non-feds on travel: 5
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) User Conference 2022
Dates: July 11, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: San Diego, California
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: This conference addresses public health laboratory issues, trends and technologies relative to emerging infectious diseases, environmental health, emergency preparedness, informatics, food safety, newborn screening, global health, and more. These are topics that align with CDC's mission of increasing health security. CDC is the lead public health laboratory response agency and sets standards that are not only used domestically but also internationally. CDC attendance at this conference is crucial in providing input on public health laboratory practices and policies.
Total estimated cost: $85,607
Total attendees: 23
Total feds on travel: 3
Total non-feds on travel: 20
Negative Strand RNA Virus Meeting (NSV 2022)
Dates: June 12–17, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Braga, Portugal
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The 2022 Negative Strand RNA Virus (NSV2022) meeting will be held at the Espaço Vita Conference Center, Braga, Portugal from June 12–17, 2022. This is the premier meeting in the field of negative strand RNA viruses. The conference is limited in size to approximately 400 participants, with presentations that cover all aspects of the fundamental biology of negative strand RNA viruses. This is the 18th meeting of a conference that started in 1969. We continue in the spirit of previous meetings and there will be no invited speakers or concurrent sessions. Since the last meeting in Verona, Italy, many in our community have made significant contributions to research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
Total estimated cost: $67,819
Total attendees: 20
Total feds on travel: 17
Total non-feds on travel: 3
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference (SHEA)
Dates: April 12–14, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Colorado Springs, Colorado
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is the largest scientific meeting in the country devoted exclusively to healthcare epidemiology. The core content of the meeting includes healthcare associated infections and antibiotic stewardship which are two of the primary focus areas for the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion and are top priorities for CDC.
Total estimated cost: $50,894
Total attendees: 63
Total feds on travel: 58
Total non-feds on travel: 5
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
23rd IUSTI World Congress
Dates: February 23–26, 2020
Venue, city, state, or country: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The purpose of this in-person conference is to highlight the burden of sexually transmitted infections and need for effective responses, to advocate open discussion about STIs and HIV, to highlight the need for improved access to packages of interventions for the prevention and care of STIs, and to share new scientific knowledge about the latest technological innovations pertaining to diagnosis, therapeutic management, epidemiology and sexual behavior relevant to STIs and HIV.
Total estimated cost: $31,271
Total attendees: 5
Total feds on travel: 5
Total non-feds on travel: 0
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
2022 RX Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit
Dates: April 18–21, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Atlanta, Georgia
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: National Center for Injury Prevention Control (NCIPC), Division of Overdose Prevention, are on the forefront of prevention efforts to address this epidemic. It is critical to attend to gain knowledge to advance research, monitor trends, increase public awareness, and to represent CDC's current work on and priorities for prescription drug overdose prevention and dissemination efforts, healthcare providers, and payers. Continue partnerships with public safety and community organizations on the state, tribal, local, and territorial capacity. NCIPC subject matter experts presenting and moderating to monitor, prevent, and reduce harms associated with drug use misuse and overdose. Attendance will range from moderating sessions including "The New Age of Telehealth: What Is Working" to presenting in session like "Breaking Down Silos: Leveraging the Power of Federal Cross-Sector Collaboration in the Overdose Epidemic". NCHHSTP will attend sessions related to opioids and other HIV-related drug use to inform and update National HIV Behavioral Surveillance methods and measurements. NCCDPHP, Division of Reproductive Health: Opioids are widely used among women of reproductive age in the United States. Attendance is important due to the Opioid Research Coordinating Unity work being done by the Division.
Total estimated cost: $77,575
Total attendees: 56
Total feds on travel: 51
Total non-feds on travel: 5
2022 Safe States Conference
Dates: August 31–September 2, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Orlando, Florida
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The Safe States Annual conference brings together leading international, national, and state injury and violence prevention experts and practitioners including CDC's cooperative agreement recipients. The conference will provide project officers an opportunity to provide programmatic technical assistance and administrative updates on CDC priorities. In addition, the conference will provide an opportunity for advancing best practices, programs, policies, and innovations to support NCIPC's mission to prevent injuries and violence through science and action.
Total estimated cost: $48,297
Total attendees: 27
Total feds on travel: 26
Total non-feds on travel: 1
APHA: Emerging Issues Related to Cannabis Federal Partners Meeting
Dates: May 3–4, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Washington, DC
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: APHA will engage with a host of stakeholders with expertise in substance misuse, injury and violence prevention, and other allied areas. In collaboration with CDC, we will identify these individuals. These representatives will then be invited to join a working group that meets regularly and is dedicated to exploring the intersection of cannabis use and injury and violence prevention risk. They will also investigate innovative data sources and ways to improve public health surveillance, research, interventions, and prevention opportunities across the continuum (primary, secondary, tertiary). The work group will draw from their own experiences and use findings from the literature scan to guide their exploration into this subject matter. They will connect regularly through recurring meetings and engage in use of the Community of Practice to stay in-touch throughout the program year.
Total estimated cost: $58,478
Total attendees: 29
Total feds on travel: 9
Total non-feds on travel: 20
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) 21st Annual Mid-Year Training Institute
Dates: July 18–21, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Orlando, Florida
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is a national organization that represents community-based coalitions across the country that are working to prevent substance use. CADCA offers a national platform to engage current and former coalitions funded through the Drug Free Communities (DFC) support program, and interact with state and local organizations, as well as federal government agencies around community-based youth substance use prevention. The Mid-Year Training Institute offers in-depth, interactive training sessions geared specifically for community coalition leaders and staff and is held in a different city each year in either late July or early August. Through its role as day-to-day manager of the DFC program, CDC works closely with CADCA to provide guidance on the latest evidence-based strategies to address youth substance use at the community level, often through the National Leadership Forum and Mid-Year Training Institute opportunities.
Total estimated cost: $62,100
Total attendees: 18
Total feds on travel: 16
Total non-feds on travel: 2
National Governors Association Stimulant Summit
Dates: September 20–21, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Los Angeles, California
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The NGA Stimulants Summit is part of DOP's cooperative agreement with this long-standing partner. This summit invites the 4 sub-awardees to discuss and exchange information to develop to address stimulants, prevention, and the continuum of care through the course of stimulants use disorder. The summit also includes subject matter experts to provide their background and expertise to states. As the funder of this work and the national's public health agency, CDC's presence ensures that states know that we support this work and their efforts to address this burgeoning crisis. CDC can also provide connections and guidance to states and NGA regarding other ongoing drug overdose prevention efforts.
Total estimated cost: $53,533
Total attendees: 26
Total feds on travel: 1
Total non-feds on travel: 25
National Center of Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
The American Society for Virology 2022 (ASV)
Dates: July 16–20, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Madison, Wisconsin
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The American Society for Virology was founded in 1981 to provide a forum for investigators of human, animal, insect, plant, fungi, and bacterial viruses, whether the research involved clinical, ecological, biological, or biochemical approaches. The stated aim of the Society is to promote the exchange of information and stimulate discussion and collaboration among scientists active in all aspects of virology. These goals are achieved by means of meetings organized in sponsored by the Society, obtaining for the member reduced subscription rates for virological journals, soliciting travel grants to attend national and international meetings and representation on national and international councils.
Total estimated cost: $50,374
Total attendees: 21
Total feds on travel: 21
Total non-feds on travel: 0
Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) Leadership in Action Planning Conference
Dates: August 30–September 1, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The AIM Leadership in Action Conference will feature leadership strategies to set and meet immunization goals, leadership development and leadership training. The event is tailored to AIM members, immunization program staff in leadership roles and partners. Awardee immunization program managers have requested that field assigned staff attend to support the skills and knowledge they need for their roles in the awardee program. Immunization programs have grown increasingly complex and CDC staff have various areas that they provide their expertise and oversight. Providing technical assistance in the implementation of awardee immunizations programs supports the CDC mission. This opportunity will increase their growth working with its partners nationwide to reduce, eliminate, or eradicate vaccine preventable diseases.
Total estimated cost: $32,642
Total attendees: 23
Total feds on travel: 23
Total non-feds on travel: 0
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Expo AIHce 2022
Dates: May 23–25, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Nashville, Tennessee
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Expo provided an important source of information on occupational safety and health covered a wide variety of topic areas, including those representing the specific programmatic categories in the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) Program Portfolio for agriculture, construction, trade, transportation, public and private services, healthcare and manufacturing. NIOSH staff obtained important feedback from public and private sector workplace manager, and occupational safety and health professionals about safety health issues impacting their workers. This information is used to shape the NIOSH occupational and safety health research agenda as well as the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) which NIOSH administers.
Total estimated cost: $88,799
Total attendees: 46
Total feds on travel: 46
Total non-feds on travel: 0
American Thoracic Society International Meeting 2022
Dates: May 13–18, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Nashville, Tennessee
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: Thousands of pulmonary professionals gather to learn and present the latest advances in the rapidly evolving field of pulmonary medicine during the International Conference. Among the topics that will be covered during ATS 2022 are: COPD, Pediatric and Adult Asthma, IPF, Cystic Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Tobacco Control, Lung Cancer, Environmentally Induced Lung Disease, Pleural Diseases, ARDS, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. All these topics will be presented and discussed from multiple perspectives by clinicians and basic, translational, and clinical researchers from all over the world. The ATS conference is not truly a hybrid conference. Virtual attendance will only be possible by viewing recorded sessions after the conference has ended. Those making presentations, moderating, or participating in committee meetings must do so on-site at the conference.
Total estimated cost: $58,233
Total attendees: 18
Total feds on travel: 18
Total non-feds on travel: 0
Office of the Chief Operating Officer: Human Resources Office
2022 USPHS Scientific Symposium
Dates: May 23–27, 2022
Venue, city, state, or country: Phoenix, Arizona
How the meeting advanced the mission of the agency: The USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium will provide support for those serving in the Commissioned Corps of the USPHS and build partnerships between the Commissioned Corps and the larger public health community. It will build leadership in public health through advocacy, education, research, partnerships, and program support.
Description of exceptional circumstances: This event is the only annual meeting dedicated exclusively to the work of U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers. With continued training restrictions due to the pandemic, it is the only opportunity for many of the officers to complete their specific education and training requirements needed to earn their continuing education credits. This event is the only annual meeting vital to the work of U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers. The conference provides the opportunity for partnership and collaboration among the ranks to hear from senior leaders and agency partners. Attendees will also be able to use the training to enhance growth for the future CDC mission. Additionally, CDC has a population of over 800 and the attendee number represents approximately 12% of the Commissioned Corps work force.
Total estimated cost: $175,463
Total attendees: 91
Total feds on travel: 91
Total non-feds on travel: 0