Molecular Epidemiology and Sequencing Approaches in Public Health - Webinars | New York Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence

We held four webinars; each webinar was approximately 50 minutes (35 to 40 min presentation, followed by 10 – 15 min Q&A). Webinars were recorded and archived for future viewing.

Webinar title	After completion of the webinar, attendees will know	Presenter(s)	Date
(1) Whole genome sequencing for epidemiologists View webinar 1 View slide set 1	Why WGS represents a superior molecular epidemiology tool over other methods How WGS has already been used to facilitate improved surveillance and trackback of infectious disease outbreaks.	Joel Sevinsky (CO) and CDC	March 10th, 2017, 11am EST.
(2) WGS data analysis methodology – what epidemiologists need to know View webinar 2 View slide set 2	How NGS data are analyzed from raw data to sequence contigs Note: this will heavily refer to module (2) to (4)	Madhu Anand (NY)	April 21st, 2017, 3pm EST.
(3) hqSNP, wgMLST and the WGS alphabet soup: what epidemiologists need to know View webinar 3 View slide set 3	The advantages of wgMLST and hqSNP trees Why and how the same raw data can yield different trees How to interpret trees	Martin Wiedmann (NY)	May 24th, 2017, 3pm EST.
(4) Case studies on use of WGS in foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak investigations View webinar 4 View Steffany Cavallo slide set View Carlota Medus slide set View Carlota Medus closing slide set	How WGS is used in foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak investigations Challenges and best practices for communications of WGS data between epidemiologists and laboratorians	Matt Wise (CDC), Carlota Medus (MN), Steffany Cavallo (TN)	June 29th, 2017, 3pm EST.