• Apply TB surveillance data to program management and evaluation
• Understand laboratory techniques for the diagnosis of TB
• Discuss recommended anti-TB therapy and how it applies to the management of TB cases, suspects, and high-risk individuals
• Apply principles of TB transmission to facility management and supervision of contact investigations
• Define cultural competency in the context of TB programs
• Evaluate aspects of a TB program in order to improve quality and outcomes
• Develop TB programs through training and community collaboration

NJMS Global TB Institute

• Nisha Ahamed, MPH, CHES
  Program Director, Education & Training
• Alfred Lardizabal
Associate Professor

• Eileen Napolitano
  Deputy Director
• Amy Piatek, MS
  Training & Consultation Specialist
• Lillian Pirog, RN, PNP
  Nurse Manager
• Lee B. Reichman, MD, MPH
  Executive Director
• Mark Wolman, MA, MPH
  Program Manager, TB Control

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

• Marian Passannante, PhD
  Associate Professor
• Michelle Burday, Ph.D (D)ABMM
  Director of Clinical Microbiology
• Kevin Fennelly, MD, MPH
  Assistant Professor & Interim Director
  Department of Pulmonary Medicine

NJ Department of Health & Senior Services

• Karen Galanowsky, RN, BSN, MPH
  Nurse Consultant
• Tom Privett
  Program Manager, TB Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Dan Dohony, MPH
  Public Health Advisor
• Claire Moodie, MPH
  Public Health Prevention Specialist

Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center

• Bill Bower, MPH
  Director of Education and Training
• Julie Franks, PhD
  Director of Education and Training
  

Enrollment is limited to supervisors and managers in TB control. Participants must be familiar with the basic of tuberculosis, as outlined in the CDC Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis prior to attendance at this course.

Please complete the attached application, and return it to:

NJMS Global Tuberculosis Institute
PO Box 1709
225 Warren Street
Newark, NJ 07079-1709
Attention: Valerie Gunn

NJMS Global Tuberculosis Institute

• Nisha Ahamed, MPH, CHES
  Program Director, Education and Training
• Rajita Bhavaraju, MPH, CHES
  Training & Consultation Specialist
• Valerie L. Gunn
  Health Educator
• DJ McCabe, RN, MSN
  Trainer & Consultant, Clinical Programs
• Lillian Pirog, RN, PNP
  Nurse Manager, Lattimore Clinic

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by NJSNA, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity is awarded 20.25 contact hours. (60 minute CH)
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 13780.

The UMDNJ-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education certifies that this continuing education activity meets the criteria for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), as defined by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit. One CEU is awarded for 10 contact hours. This activity is award 2.025 CEUs.

UMDNJ–Center for Continuing and Outreach Education (CCOE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.

UMDNJ–CCOE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.