Alexander, L.K., Bradley, L.N., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2010, September). E-learning readiness assessment among public health practitioners in countries with limited resources. Poster presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.

Bell, R. (2010, September). Building Community for Healthier Kids: What's Working and How to Bring it Home. Presented at Kansas City, MO Community Partnership Site Visit, hosted by Hartwig Legacy Foundation d/b/a KC Healthy Kids, Kansas City, MO.

Bell, R., Bors, P., Lowe, A. (2011, May). Building Community for Healthy Kids. Presented at the Move More Scholars Institute Conference, hosted by NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Pine Knoll Shores, NC.

Bellamy, J., Davis, M.V., Marti, C., Mays, G., Wayne, J., Wood, B.W. (2010, October). Local Health Department Preparedness Capacity Survey (P-Cap) - Results from NC. Poster presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Wilmington, NC.

Bellamy, J., Mays, G., Davis, M.V., Wayne, J., Marti, C., Wood, B.W. (2011, February ). The Local Health Department Preparedness Capacity Survey (P-CAS) Results: Comparing North Carolina with a Matched National Sample. Oral presentation at the Keeneland Conference, Lexington, KY.

Bevc, C., Markiewicz, M.L., Samoff, E., Hegle, J., Deyneka, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, February). Network Analysis of North Carolina's Public Health Surveillance System. Oral presentation at Annual Meeting of International Network for Social Network Analysis, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Bevc, C.A., Christopherson, L., Haas, S.W. (2011, June). Understanding and Comparing Patterns of Communication in H1N1: Applying Social Network Analysis. Oral presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Bevc, C.A., Markiewicz, M.L., Hegle, J., Horney, J., Deyneka, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, June). Application of Social Network Analysis to a Public Health Preparedness-Funded Workforce Program. Oral presentation at Public Health Systems Research Interest Group, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Bevc, C.A., Markiewicz, M.L., Samoff, E., Hegle, J., Deyneka, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, February ). 2-mode Network Analysis of NC's Public Health Surveillance System. Programs and abstracts of the International Network for Social Network Analysis Sunbelt XXXI Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Bevc, C.A., Rosselli, R., Simon, M., Horney, J. (2011, February ). Potassium Iodide (KI) Distribution and Education within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) of a Nuclear Power Plant in North Carolina. Poster presentation at the 2011 Public Health Preparedness Summit, Atlanta, GA.

Bevc, C.A., Rosselli, R.T, Simon, M.C, Greene, D.M., Horney, J.A, Casani, J., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, March). Community-based Vulnerabilities Associated with Local Radiological Hazard Risk. Presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO.

Bevc, C.A., Rosselli, R.T. (2010, November). Community Survey of Household Education and Distribution of Potassium Iodide (KI). Presentation of findings to North Carolina Public Health Regional Surveillance Teams Quarterly Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

Bevc, C.A., Rosselli, R.T. (2010, December). Community Survey of Household Education and Distribution of Potassium Iodide (KI). Presentation of findings to NC Public Health Regional Surveillance Team Region 4 Preparedness Coordinators, Cary, NC.

Bevc, C.A., Rosselli, R.T. (2011, January). Community Survey of Household Education and Distribution of Potassium Iodide (KI). Presentation of findings to Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant Task Force, Cary, NC.

Bevc, C. (2011, March). Community-Based Vulnerabilities Associated with Local Nuclear Hazard Risk. Oral presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society's annual meeting, St. Louis, MO.

Bors, P., Dessauer, M. (2010, November). Building Community for Healthier Kids. UNC Graduate Public Health Nutrition Class Lecture, hosted by Dr. Alice Ammerman, Chapel Hill, NC.

Bors, P. (2010, November). Building Community for Healthier Kids. Presented at Promoting Healthy Communities and Reducing Childhood Obesity: Strategies that Work Conference, hosted by National Conference of State Legislators, Raleigh, NC.

Bors, P. (2011, March). Built Environments for Active Communities. Presented at Lights, Camera, Active Youth Meeting, hosted by the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Ahoskie, NC.

Bors, P. (2010, October). Frameworks for Planning, Implementation and Evaluation. Presented at Creating Aging-Friendly Communities Webinar, hosted by the University of Washington, Health Aging Network, Centers for Disease Control, Chapel Hill, NC.

Cilenti, D. (2011, April). Practice Based Research Networks II Presentation, Session 3.A: How Local Health Departments in North Carolina are Sustaining Maternal and Child Care Coordination in the Face of Changing Medicaid Policies. Presented at 2011 Keeneland Conference, Lexington, KY.

Cilenti, D. (2011, April). Public Health Partnerships Presentation, Session 4.D: Local Health Department Partnerships for Maternal and Child Health. Presented at 2011 Keeneland Conference, Lexington, KY.

Davis, M.V., Bowling, J.M., Cannon, M.M., Cilenti, D. (2011, April). Accreditation outcomes: choosing the right indicators. Presented at Keeneland Public Health Systems and Services Research Conference, Lexington, KY. Presentation available at http://www.publichealthsystems.org/media/file/Davis1D.pdf.

Dessauer, M., Schwantes, T. (2011, March). Active Living By Design. Presented at Moving from Thick to Fit Conference, hosted by Healthy Alamance, Burlington, NC.

Dessauer, M., Schwantes, T. (2010, November). Evaluation Plus Communication Equals Impact: Marketing Your Success. Presented at Fifth Annual Fit Community Grantee Meeting, hosted by the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund, Chapel Hill, NC.

Dessauer, M. (2010, September). Communications for Public Policy Change. Presented at Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition Meeting, hosted by Kansas City Healthy Kids, Kansas City, MO.

Dessauer, M. (2011, April). Designed for Health. Presented at the Landscape and Architecture Class, hosted by North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

Dessauer, M. (2010, July). Physical Activity, Community and Health: Where is the Connection? Presented at BOOST Kick-Off, hosted by Duke/Durham Public Schools BOOST Initiative, Durham, NC.

Dessauer, M. (2011, January). Strategic Communication Workshop. Presented at Watsonville/Pajaro Valley Partnership Meeting, hosted by GoForHealth Partnership, Watsonville, CA.

Dessauer, M. (2010, September). Strategic Communications: Changing the frame, messaging and reaching your audience. Presented at Building a Healthier Heartland Meeting, hosted by Kansas City Healthy Kids, Kansas City, MO.

Deyneka, L. , Markiewicz, M.L., Bevc, C.A., Hegle, J., Horney, J., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, June). Enhancing Epidemiology Capacity for Communicable Disease Management: North Carolina's Hospital-Based Public Health Epidemiologist Program. Presented at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

DiBiase, L., Davis, S.H.E., Smith-Craig, H., Rosselli, R., Ranapurwala, S.I., Casani, J., Horney, J. (2011, February).Evaluating local health departments' H1N1 vaccination campaigns: Lessons learned. Poster presentation at the 2011 Public Health Preparedness Summit, Atlanta, GA.

Dickinson, M., Daniels, J., Horney, J., Pena Garcia, R.J., Morgan, D. (2010, September). Barriers to Contraceptive Use in Tasba-Pri, Nicaragua. Poster presented at the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals 2010 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Gunther-Mohr, C., Bevc, C., Baker, E., MacDonald, P.D.M., Horney, J. (2010, October). Update from the NC Preparedness & Emergency Response Research Center (NCPERRC). Poster presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Wilmington, NC.

Horney, J., Davis, S., Fleischauer, A., Davis, M., Ranapurwala, S. (2011, June). Use of the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) in North Carolina, 2003 to 2010. Presented at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

Horney, J., Dickinson, M., Hsai, J., Williams, A., Zotti, M. (2010, September). Assessing the needs of pregnant and postpartum women after flooding in Northwest Georgia, September 2009. Poster presented at the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals 2010 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Horney, J., Williams, A., Zotti, M. (2010, December). Two-Stage Cluster Sampling with Referral: Improving the Efficiency of Estimating Unmet Needs among Pregnant and Postpartum Women after Disaster. Presented at the 16th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Horney, J.A, Dickinson, M., Hsia, J., Zotti, M., Williams, A. (2010, July). Improving the efficiency of estimating unmet needs among pregnant and postpartum women after disasters in two communities: Two-stage cluster sampling with referral. Natural Hazards Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

Lee, J., Wilkerson, R. (2010, November). Sustainability: Show Me More than the Money. Presented at the Fifth Annual Fit Community Grantee Meeting, hosted by the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund, Chapel Hill, NC.

Lee, J. (2010, July). Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: Supporting Community Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity. Presented at the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Summit, hosted by the Nash-Edgecombe Counties, NC HKHC partnership, Rocky Mount, NC.

Lee, J. (2010, August). Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: Supporting Community Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity. Presented at the Live Healthy Baldwin Partnership Meeting, hosted by Milledgeville, Georgia HKHC Partnership, Milledgeville, GA.

Lee, J. (2010, October). Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: Supporting Community Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity. Presented at the Cook County Family Connections Collaborative Meeting, hosted by the Cook County, Georgia HKHC partnership, Sparks, GA.

Lee, J. (2011, April). Overview of Evidence-based Strategies to Reduce Obesity. Presented atthe WeTHRIVE! Hamilton County Leadership Event, hosted by Hamilton County Public Health and WeTHRIVE! Community Wellness Initiative partners, Sharonville, OH.

Lee, J., (2011, January). Sustaining Your Initiative, Sustaining Healthy Communities, A Comprehensive Framework. Presented at the Regional Perspective: Supporting Capacity to Reverse Childhood Obesity Meeting, hosted by the RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Nashville, TN.

MacDonald, P.D.M., Casani, J. (2011, February). Translating Evidence into Action: Enhancing the Impact of PHEP-Funded Workforce Infrastructure in North Carolina. Webinar at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Markiewicz, M., George, A., Hegle, J., Bevc, C., Deyneka, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2010, October). North Carolina's Hospital-based Public Health Epidemiologist (PHE) Program. Poster presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference; Wilmington, NC.

Markiewicz, M., Sage, J., Hegle, J., Horney, J.A, George, A., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2010, November). Organizational capacity of Public Health Regional Surveillance Teams (PHRSTs) in North Carolina. Presentation at the American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Markiewicz, M.L., Bevc, C.A., Hegle, J., Horney, J., Deyneka, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, June). Enhancing Epidemiology Capacity for Communicable Disease Management: North Carolina's Hospital-Based Public Health Epidemiologist Program. Oral presentation at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

Mays, G., Davis, M.V., Marti, C. (2010, July). Policies, programs, and strategies to improve LHD response to infectious disease outbreaks: Variation in local public health response to the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak in North Carolina. Paper presented at National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Conference, Memphis, TN.

Mays, G.P, Davis, M.V., Marti, C., Wood, B.W., Wayne, J., Bellamy, J. (2011, June). Explaining Geographic Variation in Public Health Preparedness: Returns to Scale and Experience. Oral presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Nelson, A., Horney, J., Michaelove, J., Mott, J. (2010, November). Implementation of guidelines-based train-the-trainer influenza surveillance workshops for Russia and Eastern European nations. Presentation at the American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Nelson, A., Steele, C., Espinosa, S., Suarez-Rangel, G., Díaz-Artíga, A., Lopez, A., Caceres, V., Traicoff, D. (2010, November). Pilot testing distance-based training products among Central American FETP Trainees. Presentation at the American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Place, J.L. (2010, December). The Core Competency Continuum: New Tools for Practical Application, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Place, J., Bialek, B., Downing, D., Saungweme, P. (2010, December). Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: Improving Health, Teaching and Practice. American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Powell, M.B. (2010, November). Community Development and Childhood Obesity Prevention: A Logical Connection. Presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the National Community Development Association, Knoxville, TN.

Samoff, E., Fleischauer, A.T., DiBiase, L., Davis, M., Waller, A., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, June). Local health department electronic reportable disease surveillance practice and costs, North Carolina, 2009. Presentation at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

Samoff, E., Ising, A., Waller, A., Sickbert-Bennett, E., Davis, M., Park, M., Fleischauer, A., Haas, S., DiBiase, L, MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, February). Improving use of biosurveillance data at local health departments in North Carolina. Poster session presented at the 2011 Public Health Preparedness Summit, Atlanta, GA.

Samoff, E., Ising, A., Waller, A., Sickbert-Bennett, E., Davis, M., Park, M., Haas, S.W., DiBiase, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2010, December). Access to and use of syndromic surveillance information at the local health department level. Poster presented at the International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference.

Samoff, E., Ising, A., Waller, A., Sickbert-Bennett, E., Davis M, Park, M., Fleischauer, A., Haas, S.W., DiBiase, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2011, February). Improving use of biosurveillance data at local health departments in North Carolina. Poster presentation at the 2011 Public Health Preparedness Summit, Atlanta, GA.

Samoff, E., Soeters, H., Park, M., DiBiase, L., Ising, A., Davis M, Fleischauer, A., Waller, A., Haas, S.W., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2010, October). The current and future management of surveillance data - how do we keep up? Poster presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Wilmington, NC.

Samoff, E., Waller, A., Fleischauer, A., Sickbert-Bennett, E., Ising, A., Davis M, Park, M., Haas, S.W., DiBiase, L., MacDonald, P.D.M. (2010, December). Access to and use of syndromic surveillance data at the local health department level. Poster presented at the International Society of Disease Surveillance Annual Conference, Park City, UT.

Schwantes, T. (2011, January). Friends and Advocates for Sustainable Transit: Advocating for policy and environmental change. Presented at May Memorial Library, hosted by Friends and Advocates for Sustainable Transit, Burlington, NC.

Simon, M., Horney, J. (2010, November). Implementation of a spatial health assessment and research program (SHARP). Presentation at the American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting; Denver, CO.

Simon, M., Horney, J. (2010, October). SHARP GIS: UNC's Spatial Health Assessment and Research Program. Presentation at the 2010 Esri Health GIS Conference, Denver, CO.

Sloane, A.B., Joines-Michalek, A., Brown, W.D., Moore, T., Connolly, A.M., Wilfert, R.A. (2010, November). Initial training on a statewide electronic surveillance system for childhood blood lead: Successes, challenges and lessons learned. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Strunk, S. (2011, March). Collaborating to Create Healthier Communities: Lessons Learned from Active Living By Design. Presented at the Alabama Giving Quarterly Meeting, hosted by Alabama Giving, Birmingham, AL.

Strunk, S. (2010, September). Engaging Community to Improve Health: From 2001 to 2010...and Beyond. Presented at the Community Plan Launch, hosted by the Stapleton Foundation, Denver, CO.

Strunk, S. (2011, June). From Paper to Pavement: Lessons Learned from Active Living By Design. Presented at the Building Healthy Communities for Everyone: Disability and Health Partners Meeting, hosted by NCPAD, AUCD, CDC and NACCHO, Chicago, IL.

Strunk, S. (2011, March). Learning from Your Peers: Developing Effective Policy Maker Relationship. Presented at the Connect Training, hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Washington, DC.

Strunk, S. (2010, November). The Active Living/Healthy Eating Movement: Latest Developments at the National Level. Presented at the Fifth Annual Fit Community Grantee Meeting, hosted by the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund, Chapel Hill, NC.

Wallace, J.W., Alexander, L.K., Wilfert, R.A., Horney, J.A, MacDonald, P.D.M. (2010, November). Assessing outcomes of an online training Web site: A retrospective survey of training participants. Presentation at the American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Wilkerson, R. (2010, November). Building Community for Healthier Kids. Presented at the Community-Based Prevention Research Practicum Class, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

Wilkerson, R. (2011, March). Building Community for Healthier Kids. Presented at the Reimaging the American Landscape Class, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Wilkerson, R. (2011, May). Leaving a Legacy: How to Sustain the Work. Presented at the BCBSMN Sustainability Workshops, hosted by Hennepin County and the Headwaters Regional Development Commission, Hennepin County and Bemidji, MN.

Wood, B., Mahanna, E., Payne, R. (2010, October). Successfully Telling Your Story. Oral presentation at NC Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Wilmington, NC.

Worth, T., Johnson, J., Uzsoy, R., Malliard, J.M., Samoff, E., Meyer, A.M. (2010, October). Modeling the Effect of Public Health Resources on the Dynamic of Pertussis Outbreaks. Paper presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Wilmington, NC.

Worth, T., Meyer, A.M., Uzsoy, R., Malliard, J.M., Samoff, E., Wendelboe, A. (2010, December). Modeling The Response Of A Public Health Department To Infectious Disease. Paper presented at the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference; Baltimore, MD.