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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!

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

Speakers:

Danelle Wallace, MPH

County of San Diego

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

Mark Sawyer, MD

University of California, San Diego

Rady's Children's Hospital

Flu + 2: What’s New?

Jerome Sigua, MD

Sanofi

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

Kenneth Morris, MD, FAAP

Children’s Primary Care Medical Group

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

Meeting Materials
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2023 SPRING SUMMIT

Speakers: 

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

 

Mark Sawyer, MD

University of California, San Diego

Rady's Children's Hospital

Improving Childhood Immunizations Rates After COVID-19

 

Victoria Sowers, MHI, BSN, RN, CHC

Passport Health

Travel after the COVID Pandemic

2022 KICK THE FLU WEBINAR

Sep 7, 2022
 

SPEAKERS:

Maci Guzman, MPH

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2021-22 Season


Dr. Mark Sawyer, MD, UCSD

What's new with the Flu?

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

GUEST SPEAKER:
 

Neil Silverman, MD

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

Speakers:

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

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:

Dr. Mark Sawyer, UCSD

Pediatric Vaccines and 2019 ACIP Updates

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:

Jeff Johnson, HHSA:

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2017-18 Season

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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2018 SDIC SPRING SUMMIT

April 4, 2018

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Sarah Royce, CDPH

Chief of Immunization Branch

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Mark Sawyer, UCSD/SDIP:

2018 Immunization and ACIP Updates

Katrina Clynch, MSN, FNP, UCSD:

Clinical Background of HPV-related Cancers

Raquel Arias, MPH and Karina Moyano, MPH

American Cancer Society:

HPV Vaccine Implementation 

Erik Smith, MPH, CDPH:

VFC Updates​

Dr. Eric McDonald:

Local Epidemiological Updates

CLICK HERE for additional HPV vaccine resources from the American Cancer Society

2017 KICK THE FLU

Sep 20, 2017
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Carlos Velazquez, MA

Project Manager

National Influenza Vaccination Disparities Partnership (CDC)

Presentation Slides:

Jeff Johnson, HHSA:

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2016-17 Season

Dr. Mark Sawyer, SDIP:

2017 Immunization and ACIP Updates

Carlos Velazquez:

Reaching Underserved Populations to Promote Flu Vaccination

2017 SDIC SPRING SUMMIT

March 29, 2017
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Carolyn Bridges, MD, FACP

Associate Director of Adult and Influenza Immunizations

Centers for Disease and Control Prevention

Presentation Slides:

Deborah Wexler, MD

(Welcome Letter from Immunization Action Coalition)

Dr. Mark Sawyer, SDIP:

2017 Immunization and ACIP Updates

Dr. Carolyn Bridges, CDC:

Impact of Adult Immunization

Dr. Sarah Royce, CDPH:

2017 CA State Immunization Updates

Dr. Eric McDonald, HHSA:

Local Epidemiology Updates

2016 KICK THE FLU

September 7, 2016​
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Bill Atkinson, MD, MPH

Immunization Action Coalition

First Author of CDC's Pink Book

Presentation Slides:

Jeff Johnson, HHSA:

Review of Influenza Activity in

San Diego County, 2015-16 Season

Dr. Mark Sawyer, SDIP:

Influenza Vaccine Primer

Dr. Bill Atkinson, IAC:

Influenza Recommendations 2016-17

Panel Presentation: Best Practices for Conducting Flu Pods with

Lisa Duncan, FHC

Erika Alfaro, SYHC

Catherine Blaser, HHSA

Eileen Griffiths, SDUSD:

April 15, 2016

SDIC's 25th Anniversary: Immunizations Across the Life Span

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Sarah Royce

Chief of Immunization Branch

California Department of Public Health

Dr. Richard Pan

CA State Senator

Author of SB 277

2015 Kick the Flu

September 18, 2015

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Paul Offit,
Director

Vaccine Education Center

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine

2015 SDIC Spring Summit

May 15, 2016

Vaccines for Two: Discussing Vaccines for Pregnant Mothers and Newborns 

Presenters:

Maria Djuric, RN, BSN, PHN

San Diego Immunization Program

County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency

 

Sarah McBane, CDE, BCPS, FCCP

Associate Professor

UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy

 

Elizabeth Rosenblum, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

UCSD Medical Center

 

Gina Sandoval, RN

Public Health Nurse Supervisor

County of San Diego, North Central Public Health Center

 

Mark Sawyer, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist

UCSD School of Medicine

 

Eva Schmitt, MS, PA-C

San Diego Perinatal Center

Rady Children's Hospitabl 

2014 Kick the Flu

September 15, 2014

Panel:

  • Catherine Flores Martin

  • Eric McDonald, MD

  • Elizabeth Rosenblum, MD

  • Thomas Christensen

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