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The Importance of Keeping Children Up-to-date on their Vaccines | March 30, 2023

Date of Presentation: March 30, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Maternal and Child Health  

Keywords: #children  #communication  #pediatrics  #vaccination  #vaccine  

The March MCH ECHO clinic focused on the importance of keeping kids up-to-date on their vaccines and how to communicate why the vaccine schedule is so important.  Presenters for this session included Dr Thomas Weiser, Medical Epidemiologist, Portland Area Indian Health Service and from the Native Boost Project, Tyanne Conner, Native Boost Project Manager and Dr. Lakota Scott, ND, Expert Provider.

Please note recording and slides will be made available shortly following the session.

Presented by:

Dr. Thomas Weiser, Tyanne Conner, and Dr. LaKota Scott

 

Thomas Weiser, MD, is the Medical Epidemiologist for the Portland Area Indian Health Service assigned to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and NW Tribal Epidemiology Center. He has been with PHS since 1998, initially serving as an IHS Medical Officer in Whiteriver, Arizona from 1998-2005. He completed the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service from 2005-2007. In addition to supporting general public health and epidemiologic research at the NW Tribal Epidemiology Center, Tom is also the Co-Chair of the Portland Area IHS Institutional Review Board. Nationally, he has served on the IHS Heroin, Opioids and Pain Efforts (HOPE) Committee as the Chair of the Metrics Sub-committee and since 2018 has served as the IHS ex-officio representative to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Tyanne Conner is the Native Boost Project Manager at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB). She came to NPAIHB from the CDC Foundation, where she served as the COVID-19 Public Health Workforce Development Trainer. Prior to that Tyanne worked at OHSU School of Medicine as a Program Technician for the Undergraduate Medical Education Program.
Lakota Scott is Diné from Arizona. She is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor with a certificate in Natural Childbirth; completed her ND training at the National University of Natural Medicine. She works as an integrative healthcare provider in private practice and as the Native Boost Provider Expert at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB).

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Date added: March 28, 2023