The following section has copies of presentations from recent Public Health Summer Schools organised by HEIRU.
Presentations from the Rheumatic fever prevention and control summer school – 2019
- Global burden of RHD (and other GAS diseases) – David Watkins
- Australian burden of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease – Jonathan Carapetis
- Update on Epidemiology and Burden of Rheumatic Fever in NZ – Michael Baker
- Modifiable risk factors for ARF Results from NZ case-control study – Michael Baker
- GAS immunology - pathology, diagnosis, prognosis – Nikki Moreland
- Applying GAS genomics in public health – Mark Davies
- GAS exposure & progression to ARF and RHD – Jane Oliver
- The Role of skin infections and scabies in the aetiology of acute rheumatic fever – Simon Thornley
- Working towards a vaccine for Strep A – Nikki Moreland, Jonathan Carapetis
- Household improvements to prevent ARF and other childhood infections – Nevil Pierse
- Streptococcal serology in acute rheumatic fever patients – Susan Jack
- School based sore throat management – where to from here? – Pip Anderson
- BOP ARF findings from schools and GP alone models, and observations on gender, GAS and probiotics – John Malcolm
- Significance of RHD detected by echocardiography – Rachel Webb
- Economics of rehumatic fever prevention – Jeff Cannon
- Reducing and managing rehumatic fever in NZ – the MoH prespective – Niki Stefanogiannis, MatafanuaHilda Fa’asalele
Presentations from The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and its lessons – 2018
- Centennial Reflections on the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic: Insights and Remaining Puzzles – Lone Simonsen
- Why do we still need to know about the 1918 influenza pandemic? – Geoffrey Rice
- New Zealand History: Impact and Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic – Geoffrey Rice
- Recent work on the NZ epidemiology of the 1918 pandemic & relevance to pandemic planning – Nick Wilson
- Australia’s Experience of the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic: Lessons Learned – G Dennis Shanks
- The 1918 Influenza pandemic in Fiji and Western Polynesia: Taken from "Setting a Barricade Against the East Wind" – John Ryan McLane
Presentations Responding to Emerging Infectious Diseases – 2017
- Improving our Pandemic Planning (670 KB) – Ryan McLane
- Emerging Infectious Diseases – The Pacific picture (946 KB) – Sala Saketa
- Climate change and infectious diseases (2.58 MB) – Simon Hales
- Emerging Infectious Diseases: the NZ picture (539 KB) – Tim Blackmore
- Responding to emerging infectious disease – The role of national public health and laboratory services (2.61 MB) – Virginia Hope
- Antimicrobial resistance: Current and emerging threats (2.85 MB) – Williamson
- Specific Hazards and Drivers of Disease: Pandemic Vector-Borne Diseases (1.34 MB) – Archie Clements
- Building capacity to respond to Emerging infectious Diseases in Low and Middle income countries (1.20 MB) – Ayesha Verrall
- Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Global Picture (9.51 MB) – David Heymann 1
- Frameworks for responding to emergency infectious diseases – The International Health Regulations (12.4 MB) – David Heymann 2
- Preventing and Responding to Emerging IDs – the role of WHO (861 KB) – Mark Jacobs
- Emerging IDs: The Australian Picture (1.36 MB) – Martyn Kirk – Australian Picture
- Developing Our Workforce (1.51 MB) – Martyn Kirk-Workforce
- Poverty as a driver of Emerging Infectious diseases (2.84 MB) – Michael Baker
- PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: THE ROLE OF HEALTH SERVICES AND CLINICIANS (283 KB) – Michelle Balm
- Preventing and Responding to Emerging Infectious Diseases – Role of New Zealand Government (1.55 MB) – Natasha Murray
- Detection and Early Response to Contamination of an Urban Water Supply (1.87 MB) – Nick Jones
- Improving Surveillance for Emerging Infectious Diseases in NZ (1.42 MB) – Nick Wilson
- One Health and controlling zoonotic infections (2.30 MB) – Nigel French
- Infectious diseases and the media Harnessing the hype! (696 KB) – Peter Griffin
- Pandemic respiratory infections (1.46 MB) – Rania MacIntyre
- Improving our pandemic planning (194 KB) – Ryan McLane key points
Presentations from Update on Rheumatic Fever Prevention and Control – 2016
- Rheumatic Heart Disease screening - a population health perspective – Caroline Shaw
- Rheumatic Fever in New Zealand – Catherine Jackson
- Dental Health and Rheumatic Fever – Colleen M Murray
- Update on microbiological aspects of Streptococcus pyogenes infections – Deborah Williamson
- Housing and deprivation preceding rheumatic fever: A descriptive NZ case study – Jane Oliver
- Early findings from the national rheumatic fever audit of recurrent and ‘unexpected’ hospitalisations – Janine Ryland
- The RF RISK Study – Jason Gurney
- Rheumatic fever prevention and control – John Malcolm, Sandra Ball
- Australian experience with case management of RF – Jonathan Carapetis
- Update on epidemiology & burden of RF internationally – Jonathan Carapetis
- Preventing RF through vaccination – Jonathan Carapetis
- A trial of an oral probiotic (S.salivarius) to reduce GAS pharyngitis in at risk children – Julian Crane
- SHELTER: Safe Housing Enabling Long Term Effective Recovery – Nevil Pierse
- Update on the Immunology of Acute Rheumatic Fever – Nikki Moreland
- Preventing RF through sore throat management – Pip Anderson
- Significance of RHD detected by echocardiography: Should we screen for rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand ? – Rachel Webb
- Housing Effects About Rheumatic Fever Study (HEART) – Ramona Tiatia
- Economic Considerations in RF and RHD Prevention – Richard Milne
- Sugar, dental caries and acute rheumatic fever: what is the link? – Simon Thornley
- Preventing Rheumatic Fever – Stewart Jessamine
- Interim Evaluation Sore throat component of the NZ Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme – Susan Jack
Presentations from Responding to Infectious Diseases in NZ: Update on emerging issues – 2015
- Responding to infectious diseases in New Zealand – Gabrielle Nicholson
- Ebola, Chikungunya and other infectious disease threats – Michelle Balm
- Food Safety Presentation – Hilary Eade
- 2014 food safety process diagram
- Border controls and biosecurity – Sally Gilbert
- Changing epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases in New Zealand – Sarah Radke
- Responding to infectious diseases up-date on drinking and recreational water – Paul Prendergast
- Horizon scanning in NZ – Tom Kiedrzynski
- Emerging respiratory infections – Amanda McNaughton
Presentations from the Responding to Climate Change: Sustaining Health and Wellbeing course – 2014
- How should local government respond to climate change? – Hayley Bennett
- Local Government and climate change – Chris Cameron
- Global health and climate change – Simon Hales
- Greening Your Workplace – Rebecca Randerson
- Transport policy, climate change and health – Caroline Shaw
- Climate Change – Where is the thinking at now? PART ONE – Ralph Sims
- Climate Change – Where is the thinking at now? PART TWO – Ralph Sims
- Sustainable Health Care – Debbie Wilson
- Food and Agricultural Policies in Response to the Threat of Climate Change – Nick Wilson
- An update on the IPCC report – Alistair Woodward
Presentations from The Science of Rheumatic Fever Surveillance and Control Summer School Symposium – 2013
- Prevention through vaccination ► - Jonathan Carapetis, Andrew Steer
- ARF Surveillance in New Zealand - Jane Oliver
- Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease - Nigel Wilson
- Global Burden of rheumatic fever and what to do about it - Jonathan Carapetis
- Better Public Services for Rheumatic Fever Reduction
- Preventing GAS pharyngitis with BLIS-producing oral probiotics - John Tagg
- Michael Baker - Rheumatic Fever and Housing: Opportunities for Prevention - Michael Baker
- Rheumatic Fever Epidemiology - Catherine Jackson
Presentations from The Science of Influenza Surveillance and Control Summer School course – 2012
- Influenza risk factors and ethnic differences - Michael Baker
- Implact of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 09 in NZ - Don Bandaranayake
- Investigating respiratory illness in children - Cameron Grant
- Chasing other viral causes of respiratory illness - Richard Hall
- Seasonal influenza and its impact on public health practice in New Zealand - Sue Huang
- The Science of Influenza Surveillance and Control - Mark Jacobs
- Current thinking about influenza vaccine efficacy and effectiveness - Heath Kelly
- The Burden of Influenza in New Zealand: Statistical Modelling of Influenza-Associated Mortality, 1994 – 2008 - Tara Kessaram, James Stanley, Michael Baker
- Investigating severe and fatal influenza - Colin McArthur
- Aetiology of Hospitalised Respiratory Infection in New Zealand - David Murdoch
- Investigating respiratory illness in hospitalised adult patients - Sally Roberts
- Influenza Pandemics Compared and Lessons Learned - Jennifer Summers, Nick Wilson
- Immunity to Influenza infection - Paul Thomas
- SHIVERS: Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance - Nikki Turner
- Emerging influenza viruses in the animal world: should humans be worried? - Richard Webby
- Global impact of Influenza - Marc-Alain Widdowson
