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Epi-Ready Team Training Program

Epi-Ready Team Training is a nationwide initiative intended to provide up-to-date foodborne disease outbreak investigation and surveillance training to public and private sector environmental health professionals as well as other professionals that have collaborated in conducting foodborne disease outbreak investigations. The training includes group exercises, Q&A sessions, and didactic lectures conducted over 2 days.

For more information about this program, please contact Elizabeth Ostertag, Epidemiology Project Specialist at 303.756.9090, ext. 346 or eostertag@neha.org or Tom Dickey, Project Coordinator, at 701.277.4833 or tdickey@neha.org.

Epi-Ready Team Training Workshops

NEHA, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is pleased to offer a holistic training opportunity aimed at increasing the competency of EH professionals through education, including teamwork strategies, and outbreak investigation/reporting, which remains a primary objective of the course. 50 health professionals will be chosen as teams to participate at each regional workshop. Teams of participants consist of no more than three individuals from at least two separate health disciplines (e.g. environmental health specialist, epidemiologist, laboratory representative, and public health nurse). Written team applications are required and will be accepted electronically once the specific regional workshop announcement is posted, generally 6-8 weeks prior to the training dates. If chosen, you will be expected to participate as a group.

Epi-Ready Team Training Workshop Schedule

LOCATION	APPLICATION DEADLINE	WORKSHOP DATES	APPLICATION
Washington, DC	January 4, 2008	February 5-6, 2008	CLOSED
Columbia, MO	April 11, 2008	May 6-8, 2008 (Train-the-Trainer)	CLOSED
Tucson, AZ	May 23, 2008	June 20-21, 2008	CLOSED
Canton, MS	August 1, 2008	August 26-28, 2008 (Train-the-Trainer)	APPLY NOW!
Bloomington, IL	September 19, 2008	October 21-23, 2008 (Train-the-Trainer)
Sacramento, CA	December 15, 2008	January 13-14, 2008

Epi-Ready Team Training Program Resources Opportunities

Epi-Ready Program Achievements

Epi-Ready is a Recipient of the 2008 Food Safety Leadership Award from NSF International
NSF International (NSF) announced that NEHA’s Epi-Ready Team Training is a 2008 recipient of the Food Safety Leadership Award in Education and Training. NSF’s Food Safety Leadership Awards program recognizes key individuals and organizations who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in foodservice safety. As part of its ongoing commitment to help protect the public from foodborne illness, each year NSF recognizes groundbreaking food safety achievements.