
www.cdc.gov/zika 
ZIKA ACTION PLAN SUMMIT AGENDA  
   
Friday, April 1, 2016 | 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM 
 
  7:00 AM – 8:15 AM – Networking Breakfast and Registration 
Pre-Function Area, Auditorium A 
Opening Science Plenary – Auditorium A 
   8:30 AM | Welcome 
 
  9:00 AM | Science Plenary – Preparing and Responding to Zika Virus 
o  Presenters:  
  Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, CDC  
  Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Division of Reproductive Health, CDC 
  Beth Bell, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases, CDC  
  Lyle Petersen, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases and Incident 
Manager for Zika Response, CDC 
 
  10:15 AM | State and Local Panel – Controlling and Responding to Mosquito-borne Illnesses 
o  Moderator: Anne Schuchat, MD, Principal Deputy, CDC and Rear Admiral, US Public Health 
Service 
o  Presenters:  
  Carina Blackmore, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM, Deputy State Epidemiologist, Acting 
Director, Division of Disease Control and Health Protection 
  Daniel Kass, MSPH, Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Health, New York City, 
New York, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 
  Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director/Local Health Authority, Harris County, 
Texas, Public Health and Environmental Services 
  Brenda Rivera-Garcia, DVM, MPH, Territorial Epidemiologist, Puerto Rico Department of 
Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico 
 
  11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Break 
Participants will transition to either the Leadership Planning Track or the Readiness Action Planning 
Track during the break.