Health District Co-Sponsors Conference

Press Release
January 18, 2005

La Marque -The Galveston County Health District and the Texas Public Health Association are co-sponsoring a conference at the Tremont House Hotel on Wednesday, January 19th – 21st.

The theme of the conference is, “Public Health, Making it Visible.” To date nearly 200 participants, mostly public health workers across the state, have registered to attend and discuss important public health topics. Topics include; the Health District’s strategic planning process, emerging diseases such as Community Acquired MRSA, the local BeachWatch program, food safety concerns, UTMB’s BioSafety lab, and planning for public health emergencies and epidemics. A separate course will be taught throughout the conference on Basic Disaster Life Support techniques.

Speakers include many local officials and subject matter experts. The keynote address will be given by Dr. Ben Raimer, Vice President of the Galveston County United Board of Health. Guest speaker Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Texas Commissioner of State Health Services will discuss building collaborations in public health.

Concluding the conference there will be a luncheon panel of Galveston County Health District board members sharing their perspectives on public health issues.

Kurt Koopmann, Public Information Officer says, “Having this conference in Galveston will facilitate networking and information sharing among public health workers across the state. It is also designed to train public health workers on the important public health issues of the day.”

For More Information Contact:
Kurt Koopmann
Public Information Officer
Galveston County Health District
(409) 938-2211
kkoopman@gchd.org