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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