[1] ISDS facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration, promotes and conducts research, education, and advocacy.
[7] Data mostly on influenza-like illnesses was collected from state and local public health organizations usually on a daily basis.
Board members take leadership roles within specific committees or areas while ensuring all programming furthers the goal of advancing public health surveillance.
Every year, the ISDS Conference draws over 350 professionals from a broad range of disciplines to learn the latest achievements, analytic methods, best practices, conceptual frameworks, and technical innovations in the rapidly evolving field of disease surveillance.
The ISDS Conferences provide fertile ground for cultivating new ideas and partnerships by bringing together local, state, and federal public health practitioners, academic researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and decision makers from governmental and nongovernmental entities.