2026 Statewide Immunization Meeting

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• 10:30-11:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
• 11:00-11:30 The Human Side of Immunization: A Meningococcal Disease Survivor's Story
  • Jamie Schanbaum – A Meningitis Survivor’s Story PowerPoint Presentation  October 27, 2026
• 11:30-12:30 Vaccines for Children (VFC) & Vaccines for Adults (VFA) Updates
  • Immunization Updates VFC and VFA – PowerPoint Presentation  October 27, 2026
• 12:30-1:30 Lunch
• 1:30-2:00 Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) Update
  • Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) Update  October 27, 2026

    Olga Lawrence, MPH
    Vaccine Preventable Disease Coordinator

• 2:00-2:30 Adult Immunization Visits Guidance
  • Adult Immunization Provider Visits – PowerPoint Presentation  October 27, 2026

    Sarah Hershey, RN BSN
    Adult Immunization Coordinator

• 2:30-3:30 School Immunization Updates
  • NYS School Immunization Requirements Review – PowerPoint Presentation  October 27, 2026

    Jennifer Wohlfahrt, Public Health Program Nurse
    Bureau of School Immunizations, NYSDOH

• 3:30-3:40 SAVE (School Ambassadors for Vaccine Education) Study
  • Immunization Lab PowerPoint Presentation  October 23, 2026

    Principal Investigator: Cynthia M. Rand, M.D., M.P.H.
    Research Staff: Robin G. Bender, L.M.S.W., Ann Schrader, M.S., Jessica Fantanza, M.A

  • Immunization Lab Postcard  October 23, 2026
• 3:40-4:00 Break
• 4:00-4:30 Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program Stats
  • Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program – PowerPoint Slides  October 28, 2026

    Deb Sobieszek, RN BSN
    PHBPP Coordinator

• 4:30-5:30 Immunization Quality Improvement for Providers (IQIP): Panel Discussion
  • Quality Improvement for Providers (IQIP) Panel – PowerPoint Presentation  October 27, 2026
• 5:30 Day 1 Adjourns

Friday, October 30, 2026

• 8:00-9:00 Regional Immunization Consortia Meetings/Tabletop Exercise
• 9:00-9:30 Break
• 9:30-10:30 Tabletop Exercise Continues
• 10:30-11:30 Engaging by Design: Using Gamification to Strengthen Immunization Education
  • Engaging by Design: Using Gamification to Strengthen Immunization Education – PowerPoint Presentation  October 28, 2026

    Izzy Brandstetter Figueroa, PhD, MPH
    Epidemiologist and Science Communicator
    Director of Vaccine Science Communication | Unbiased Sci

• 11:30-12:00 Ask Questions, Get Answers, Vaccinate!
• 12:00-12:10 Grandparents for Vaccines
• 12:10-1:00 Lunch
• 1:00-1:30 New York State Immunization Information System (NYSIIS) Updates
  • NYSIIS Update  October 27, 2026

    Lori Isabella-Rhoades
    New York State Immunization Information System

• 1:30-2:30 Local Health Department IAP Mini Grant Presentations
  • Boosting Childhood Vaccine Confidence:Journey through the Information Ecosystem – PowerPoint Presentation  October 27, 2026

    Heather J. Ryan, MLIS, MPH
    Broome County Health Department

  • Back to School Starts Now!  October 28, 2026

    Heather Karn, RN
    Immunization Coordinator
    Chenango County Department of Health

  • Washington County Public Health’s Teddy Bear Vaccine Clinic – PowerPoint Presentation  October 23, 2026

    Deb Darfler, RN, BSN
    Supervising Public Health Nurse
    Washington County Public Health

• 2:30 Closing Remarks and Adjourn