Vermont Immunization and Infectious Disease Conference
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Hotel Champlain | Burlington, Vermont
This year’s Immunization and Infectious Disease Conference was a resounding success! We welcomed primary care providers, health care professionals, and community partners for a dynamic lineup of presentations.
Highlights include an update on the current status of H5N1 in Vermont, powerful insights from two former anti-vaccine parents, and a timely discussion on countering health misinformation.
A big thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible—our presenters, attendees, and organizers. We’re already excited to start planning the next conference!
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].
View conference presentations:
- Wastewater Monitoring in Vermont: Looking Beyond COVID-19
Lynn Blevins, MD, MPH - TB or Latent TB? That is The Question: Next Steps After the Interferon-gamma Release Assay (IGRA)
Yvonne Boire, BSN, RN - PEP by the Pool: Hepatitis A at a Camp for Adults
Christine Connor, MSN, MPH, RN - Introduction to Infodemiology: The Study of the Spread of Information
Julie Corwin, MA - HIV in Vermont: Where Are We Now?
Daniel Daltry, MSW - What Can We Learn from COVID-19 Deaths Five Years Later?
John Davy, PhD - I was a Mother who was Skeptical of Vaccines for 12 Years. How Did I Change My Mind?
Lydia Greene, LPN - Immunizations in 2025: Protecting Health Along the Storm Front
Robert Hopkins, MD, MACP - Immunization Registry / Immunization Data
Craig Morrill, MPH, and Denise Kall, PhD - Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs and the Complicated Webs they Weave
Allison Lafferty, MD - Immunization Program 101
Merideth Plumpton, RN, and Katie Mahuron, RN, MPA - Vaccine Confidence
Benjamin Lee, MD, Sarah Nowak, PhD, and Heidi Schumacher, MD
Agenda At-a-Glance
| 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Conference Registration |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast/Exhibitors |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Welcome Remarks and Updates from the Health Department Patsy Kelso, PhD |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Plenary I: Immunization in 2025: Protecting Health Along the Storm Front Robert Hopkins, MD, MACP |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Plenary II: When Flu Flew the Coop: Current Status of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Livestock, Wildlife and Humans Emily Buskey, DVM David Sausville, CWB Natalie Kwit, DVM MPH, DACVPM |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Transition Break with Refreshments/Exhibitors |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Breakout Session I |
| I Was a Mother who was Skeptical of Vaccines for 12 Years. How Did I Change My Mind? Heather Simpson Lydia Greene, LPN | |
| Tracking Trouble: Innovations in Infectious Disease Surveillance from Sewers to Syndemics Yvonne Boire, BSN, RN, Lynn Blevins, MD, MPH Daniel Daltry, MSW | |
| Introduction to Infodemiology: The Study of the Spread of Information Julie Corwin, MA | |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch Buffet |
| 1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Transition Break/Exhibitors |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Breakout Session II |
| Vaccine Confidence Benjamin Lee, MD Sarah Nowak, PhD Heidi Schumacher, MD | |
| Immunization Program 101 Merideth Plumpton, RN Katie Mahuron, RN, MPA | |
| Bugs and Bunnies: One Health Investigations in Vermont Natalie Kwit, DVM, MPH, DACVPM Katie Strelau, PhD | |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Transition Break/Exhibitors |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Breakout Session III |
| From Viruses to Superbugs: Unraveling Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Investigations Laura Ann Nicolai, MPH Christine Connor, MSN, MPH, RN Allison Lafferty, MD John Davy, PhD | |
| Immunization Registry/ Immunization Data Craig Morrill, MPH Denise Kall, PhD | |
| Vaccine Coalition Meeting (by invitation) | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Evaluation and Adjourn |