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The San Diego Immunization Coalition hosts the Kick the Flu summit annually.

Click on the event to see summaries and view/download presentations.

2023 

KICK THE FLU + 2

SUMMIT

Calling all Immunization Champions!

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Learn more about the upcoming Influenza, COVID-19, & RSV season and let's vaccinate San Diego together!

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Speakers:

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Danelle Wallace, MPH

County of San Diego

Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV 2022-2023 Surveillance Summary

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Mark Sawyer, MD

University of California, San Diego

Rady's Children's Hospital

Flu + 2: What’s New?

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Jerome Sigua, MD

Sanofi

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Burden of Disease in All Infants and Potential Prevention Strategies

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Kenneth Morris, MD, FAAP

Children’s Primary Care Medical Group

Clinic Considerations for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Vaccinations/Injectables

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Meeting Materials
Powerpoint
Meeting recording coming soon!

2023 SPRING SUMMIT

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Speakers: 

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Danelle Wallace, MPH

County of San Diego

Predictors of Incomplete Vaccination Schedules Among Children and Adolescents in San Diego County During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Mark Sawyer, MD

University of California, San Diego

Rady's Children's Hospital

Improving Childhood Immunizations Rates After COVID-19

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Victoria Sowers, MHI, BSN, RN, CHC

Passport Health

Travel after the COVID Pandemic

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2022 KICK THE FLU WEBINAR

Sep 7, 2022
 

SPEAKERS:

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Maci Guzman, MPH

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2021-22 Season

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Dr. Mark Sawyer, MD, UCSD

What's new with the Flu?

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Dr. Mina Said, PharmD, UCSD

Community Pharmacists on the Frontline

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2021 KICK THE FLU WEBINAR

Sep 15, 2021
 

SPEAKERS:
 

Whitney Webber, MS and

Maci Guzman, MPH

HHSA

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2020-21 Season

 


Mark Sawyer, MD, UCSD
2021-22 ACIP Flu Recommendations and Products

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2020 KICK THE FLU WEBINAR

Sep 30, 2020
 

SPEAKERS:
 

Brit Colanter, MPH, HHSA:

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2019-20 Season

 


Mark Sawyer, MD, UCSD
2020-21ACIP Flu Recommendations and Products

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2019 KICK THE FLU

Sep 18, 2019
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
 

Karen Ernst, MA

Executive Director, Voices for Vaccines

on Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy

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GUEST SPEAKER:
 

Neil Silverman, MD

Center for Fetal Medicine and Women’s Ultrasound in Los Angeles
on Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy

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Speakers:

Mark Sawyer, MD, UCSD
2019-20 ACIP Flu Recommendations and Products

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Jennifer Nelson, MA, HHSA:

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2018-19 Season

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2019 SDIC SUMMIT

Mar 6, 2019
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Peter L Salk,

Salk Legacy Foundation

Pediatric Vaccines: Some Personal Reflections - Polio and Other Stories
 

Presentation Slides:

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Dr. Mark Sawyer, UCSD

Pediatric Vaccines and 2019 ACIP Updates

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Dr. Robert Schechter,
CA Dept of Public Health:


Think Globally, Immunize Locally

2019 Changes to School Immunization Requirements

 

Dr. Eric McDonald, HHSA:

San Diego County Updates

 

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2018 KICK THE FLU

Sep 19, 2018
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Barbara Jester, RN, MSN,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
An Historical Review of the 1918 Pandemic and Its Legacy

 

Presentation Slides:

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Jeff Johnson, HHSA:

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2017-18 Season

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Dr. Matt Zahn, Medical Director, Orange County:

2018-19 Flu Primer, Products, and ACIP Recommendations

 

Dr. Eric McDonald, HHSA:

Local Lessons Learned from the Severe Influenza Season of 2017-18

 

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