Register Now! 2013 MDCH Fall Regional Immunization Conferences

 Find out what's new in immunizations! 

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is pleased to announce the dates and locations of the 2013 Fall Regional Immunization Conferences: 

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Conference Flyer


The MDCH Fall Regional Immunization Conferences are designed for health care professionals from both the public and private sectors who are interested in updating their knowledge of immunization-related issues. The primary goal is to update health care providers on immunization issues that affect people of all ages - from infants to the elderly and everyone in-between. The one-day conference will provide participants with a variety of practice-management tools, techniques and information that will help assure that all of their patients are fully immunized.

The conferences are appropriate for nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, public health staff, pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, medical and nursing students and anyone interested in learning more about current immunization practice in Michigan.

The online registration process began September 9. 

Continuing Education 

Pharmacists can earn continuing education at these conferences (see flyer for details).

This activity has been submitted to the Ohio Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91) is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 

Please contact Rosemary Franklin at franklinr@michigan.gov for more information.

How to Get Email Alerts from the MDCH Immunization Listserv

It's easy to have your email address added to the MDCH Immunization Listserv. Simply send an email message to cmarkzon@msms.org and enter the word SUBSCRIBE in the SUBJECT field. Once you have signed up, you will receive information about the MDCH Fall Regional Immunization Conferences. In addition, you will begin receiving the monthly Michigan Immunization Timely Tips (MITT) newsletter, as well as other immunization-related updates on a periodic basis.

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To unsubscribe from the MDCH Immunization Listserv, send an e-mail to cmarkzon@msms.org with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line.

For more information

Contact Rosemary Franklin at franklinr@michigan.gov or 517-335-9485.

Keynote Speakers


(Yabo) Iyabode Akinsanya-Beysolow, MD, MPH, FAAP

Dr. Beysolow will give the Vaccine Update presentation and will participate in the Troubleshooting Panel at the Gaylord (October 15) and Marquette (October 17) conferences.

Dr. Beysolow graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1996 with a joint MD/MPH concentrating in Family Health. She received her Pediatrics Residency training at Emory University Pediatrics Residency Program in Atlanta. She is currently Board Certified in Pediatrics. From 1999 – 2008, Dr. Beysolow worked as a practicing private pediatrician in various clinical settings. From Nov 1999 to August 2002, she worked as a part-time pediatrician at the Whiteford School Elementary Health Clinic. From 1999 to 2001, she also worked at a Large Private practice group in Clarkston, Georgia. In 2001, Dr. Beysolow started her own Pediatric practice in Atlanta and provided Pediatric and Adolescent Care Services at this location until 2008. From 2001, Dr. Beysolow has also worked part time at various Pediatric Urgent Care facilities including Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as well as Emory University School of Medicine. Since June 2008, Dr. Beysolow has worked as a Medical Officer in the Education, Information and Partnership Branch of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC. Her responsibilities include the development and implementation of immunization education and training materials for vaccine providers, presentations at courses and lectures on vaccine-preventable diseases as well as web-based and net conferences.


Raymond A. Strikas, MD, MPH

Dr. Strikas will give the Vaccine Update presentation and will participate in the Troubleshooting session at the Kalamazoo (October 29), Grand Rapids (October 30) and E. Lansing (November 1) conferences.

Dr. Strikas is a Medical Officer in the Education, Information and Partnership Branch of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC. He is the Education Team Leader in the Branch. The Team develops health education materials and programs for health care providers, including print, internet, and video materials. He is also the co-chair of CDC’s Anthrax Vaccine Preparedness Team. He received his undergraduate and doctor of medicine degrees from the University of Illinois in Chicago, the latter in 1978. He completed training in internal medicine in 1981 and in infectious diseases in 1983, at both the Hines Veterans' Affairs Medical Center and Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago. He received his Master of Public Health degree from George Washington University in 2011. He is board-certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and is a captain in the U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Strikas served in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at CDC between 1983 and 1985. He worked at the National Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1989 to 2006 on adult immunization issues, particularly influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, and pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning. During this period at CDC, he was also a health educator, and directed smallpox preparedness and response activities for the National Immunization Program. Between 2006 and 2010 he worked at the National Vaccine Program Office at HHS in Washington, D.C., on pandemic influenza preparedness, seasonal influenza vaccination promotion, and coordinated revision of the United States National Vaccine Plan. He is an acknowledged national authority on vaccine-preventable diseases, the vaccines to prevent them, and he has authored or co-authored over 60 articles and book chapters on these subjects.


JoEllen Wolicki, RN, BSN

Ms. Wolicki will give the Vaccine Update presentation and will participate in the Troubleshooting session at the Bay City (November 19), Dearborn (November 21) and Troy (November 22) conferences.

JoEllen earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at the University of Detroit/Mercy. Prior to accepting a position with CDC, JoEllen served as a nurse consultant for the Michigan Department of Community Health Division of Immunization for 14 years. She served as a co-leader of the Division’s Immunization Nurse Education (INE) program, along with several other nurses. Her duties included creating and updating educational modules, and training other nurses to present the modules; in addition to this, JoEllen also presented sessions to providers. She conducted immunization presentations at national, state and local levels including the National Immunization and National Immunization and Health Coalitions Conferences. She also worked with various program components including adolescent immunization, the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR), Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, and Assessment, Feedback, Incentives and Exchange (AFIX). She created and revised immunization education materials for health care providers and the general public. In 2010, Ms. Wolicki joined the Education, Information and Partnership Branch at CDC as a Nurse Educator. JoEllen travels throughout the U.S. providing immunization information to healthcare providers. Her responsibilities include developing health education materials and programs for health care providers, including print, internet, and video materials. She has given immunization presentations on many webinars. JoEllen also publishes articles on immunization in nursing literature.