Video Segments (Click on a timestamp to navigate between segments)
00:00 - Introduction
05:17 - What is a highly infectious disease?
05:59 - Infectiousness
06:27 - Contagiousness
07:55 - Where do highly infectious diseases come from?
09:10 - Factors that influence Zoonosis - Urbanization
11:26 - Factors that influence Zoonosis - Agricultural Intensification
14:38 - Factors that influence Zoonosis - Deforestation
16:07 - Factors that influence Zoonosis - Global Wildlife Trade
18:12 - Recent Outbreaks
19:38 - Currently on the radar
21:41 - So why are there not more pandemics?
22:48 - What does it take to cause pandemic? (GCBR)
25:49 - Zoonotic disease emergence
27:18 - What factors influence human-to-human transmission?
30:09 - Community mitigation strategies
33:22 - Public Health Agencies - Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections (DPEI)
33:59 - Public Health Agencies - National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
34:41 - Department of Defense - National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI)
36:57 - Amerithrax
37:32 - Shigellosis
37:54 - Salmonella
38:36 - The impact of Agroterrorism is widespread and enduring
39:48 - Vulnerability
42:10 - Investigating outbreaks
44:15 - Outbreak management
45:04 - Early detection. and reporting
45:30 - Collaboration
46:36 - Technology and surveillance systems
47:15 - Consequences
48:45 - Intersection of public health and homeland security
50:10 - Questions?
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Presenter: Lindsay Berkheiser, RN, MA

Lindsay Berkheiser began her career as a Registered Nurse, graduating from Luzerne County Community College with an associate’s degree in nursing. She worked in several specialties, including cardiac and trauma care. She began traveling as an agency nurse, and took the opportunity to enroll in an online BSN program while she was on the road. After completing that degree, she moved into a nursing leadership role and started her master’s degree program in nursing. She spent 6 years at her previous healthcare system, and ended up accepting a Director of Clinical Services role with oversight of several nursing units within her previous specialties. While there, she became heavily involved in emergency preparedness activities, working collaboratively with their public safety department to support workplace violence efforts, becoming a certified instructor for the behavioral health staff in verbal escalation and physical tactics, and participating in drills, exercises, and policy review. When the pandemic struck, she was in a unique position to marry clinical expertise and emergency management experience and took on the role of campus Emergency Manager. In this role, she helped to support her hospital’s response efforts to the pandemic. She found her passion in this work, and changed the focus of her program to a dual degree in Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Homeland Security. She is excited to be a new member of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center team leading the Highly Infectious Disease Program.