Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

• 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 collaborations

NJMS Global TB Institute

Nisha Ahamed, MPH, CHES
Program Director, Education & Training

Alfred Lardizabal, MD
Assistant Professor/Assistant Director of Research

Eileen Napolitano
Deputy Director

Amy Piatek, MS
Training & Consultation Specialist

Lee B. Reichman, M.D., M.P.H.
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

Public Health Research Institute

Barry Kreiswirth, PhD
Director, TB Center

National TB Controllers Association

Carol J. Pozsik, RN, MPH
Executive Director

Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center at Harlem Hospital

Bill Bower, MPH
Director of Education & Training

Julie Franks, PhD
Health Educator

NY City Department of Health

Crystal Simmons
Associate Staff Analyst

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Maureen Wilce, MS
Behavioral Scientist

Please complete the application, and return it to:

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

NJMS Global TB 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
Nurse Manager, Lattimore Practice

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.