Avian influenza: What's to worry about?
(November 2006)
Related news
- "UC Davis Experts Vigilant for Avian Influenza," UC Davis News Service, 9.27.06
Web sites and videos
- Avian Influenza: News and Information
- "Federal and state planning" by Christian Sandrock, 4.15.06 (Real Media video, 20 minutes, 43 seconds)
- "Avian influenza experts talk about the issues," 4.15.06 (video segments)
- UC Davis Wildlife Health Center's Avian Influenza page
Profiles
Christian Sandrock, assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine, UC Davis Health System
Sandrock, a physician and an expert in infectious diseases, specializes in disaster preparedness, emerging infectious diseases, terrorism and other threats to public health.
As medical director of the California Preparedness Education Network, he develops educational materials, primarily for providers in rural, border, inner-city and underserved areas of the state. He was medical director of the Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Program for the state of California and currently, as medical adviser to the state Emergency Medical Services Authority, he contributes his expertise to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Program, and many other Homeland Security projects.
He is working with the California Department of Health Services and the Emergency Medical Services Authority in pandemic influenza and other infectious disease outbreak planning, disease surveillance and hospital infection-control preparedness. Sandrock is also the deputy health director for Yolo County.
Contact: Christian Sandrock, UC Davis Medical Center, (916) 734-3564, cesandrock@ucdavis.edu.
Warner Hudson, clinical faculty member in family practice and occupational medicine at UC Davis Medical Center
Hudson is an expert on the public health aspects of emergency preparedness, particularly in the area of influenza pandemics and other threats from infectious diseases.
A member of the California Department of Health Services Joint Advisory Committee on Public Health Emergency Preparedness, he has been an adviser and panelist on public health aspects of emergency preparedness for both the Little Hoover Commission and RAND.
He has been a peer reviewer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national pandemic influenza preparedness plan, a member of the California influenza vaccine/antiviral prioritization task team, and a member of the California healthcare-associated infection task force.
Currently, Hudson chairs the California Medical Association's Council on Scientific Affairs Committee on Occupational Medicine.
Contact: Warner Hudson, UC Davis Medical Center, (916) 939-5580, whudson@dstoutput.com