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View a list of presentations available for download from the Blood Borne National Conference held on October 26 & 27.

We would like to thank everyone who helped to make the conference a success!

Blood Borne National Conference a success

The event began with an opening session panel. From left: Ted Ziegler, CEO Community Health Center; Theodora Binion-Taylor, Director of Illinois Dept. of Alcohol & Substance Abuse; Carolyn Givens, Director of ODADAS;' Jacqueline Dominguez, Executive Director of the American Liver Foundation, Illinois Chapter.

In an effort to provide more education and advocacy tools for health care professionals working with patients infected with HCV and HIV, the Community Health Center hosted a national conference on these and many more topics at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on October 26 & 27.

Our first national event brought together professionals from 32 states. Twenty workshops were held with topics ranging from Hepatitis B global vaccination initiatives, to advocacy of HCV and HIV issues. We were excited to host over 30 nationally known presenters, including Dr. Samuel So of Stanford University and Dr. Joanna Buffington of the Centers for Disease Control.

"I am very excited about the material and information I brought back from the conference," commented Ted Ziegler. "I was truly inspired by some of the workshops and the professionals I met during the event."

Overall, 91% of conference attendees believed that the conference accurately fulfilled their expectations and was well executed.

The Blood Borne conference was sponsored by the Community Health Center, Gate House of Summit County, The Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) and the American Liver Foundation. Educational grants were received from Merck, Roche Laboratories, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline.

For more information regarding this conference or obtaining CEU information please contact Rachel Fox at 330-315-3710.