What to know
The annual EIS conference is the nation's flagship applied epidemiology conference where EIS officers share their work in leading-edge investigations, scientific findings, and forward-thinking strategies to inform improvements in public health—all while gaining valuable presentation experience. EIS officers engage in professional networking sessions, recognition ceremonies and various learning opportunities.
Next Conference
The 2025 Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference will be held April 22-25, 2025, at the Downtown Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Visit the to browse the 2025 agenda-at-a-glance, see past conference programs, and get the latest conference news. Visit the 2025 EIS Media Resources web page to search abstracts by topic and geographic location.
Continuing Education
Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Continuing Medical Education (CME): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.5 American Medical Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nurse Education (CNE): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 17.5 nursing contact hours.
Continuing Education Unit (CEU): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 1.4 CEU's for this program.
Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH): Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 17.5 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. Continuing Competency credits available are 0. CDC provider number 98614.
American Association of Veterinary State Boards Registry of Approved Continuing Education (AAVSB/RACE): This program was reviewed and approved by AAVSB RACE program for 17.5 hours of continuing education. Participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Please contact the AAVSB RACE program if you have any comments or concerns regarding this program's validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 22 CPH recertification credits for this program.
DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, and presenters wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use with the exception of Dr. Amin’s discussion of an investigational vaccine product MenACWY-CRM/MenB-4C (Penmenvy, GSK). She will be discussing clinical trials that, at the time they were conducted, used an investigational vaccine product MenACWY-CRM/MenB-4C (Penmenvy, GSK). As of February 14, 2025 the product has been licensed by the FDA; however, its on-label use specifies a different dosing interval than what was used in some of the studies; and with the exception of Dr. Waranius’s discussion of the use of Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, Adjuvanted (trade name: Cyfendus). She will be discussing emergency use of Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, Adjuvanted in persons aged <18 and >65 years due to anthrax exposure during an outbreak. The product is labeled for use in individuals aged 18 - 65 years.
CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.
Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education
To receive continuing education (CE) for CM4908-2025 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference (In person & Virtual), please visit and search for the course in the Course Catalog using CM4908. Follow the steps below by 05/25/2025.
- Register for and complete the course.
- Complete the evaluation.
- Visit "Your Learning" to access your certificates and transcript.
Fees: There are no fees for CE.
Alexander D. Langmuir Lecture
The Langmuir Lecture is the preeminent public health lecture in the United States. First given in 1972, this lecture continues to be a highlight of the annual EIS Conference. The lecture is named for Alexander D. Langmuir, MD, MPH (1910–1993), a public health visionary and leader who established the Epidemiology Program at what was then called the Communicable Disease Center in 1949; he remained as CDC's chief epidemiologist until his retirement in 1970. Notably, Dr. Langmuir founded EIS, established national disease surveillance for the United States, and led the development of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report at CDC. Learn more about Dr. Langmuir and Epidemiology at CDC.
2025 Alexander D. Langmuir Lecturer: Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS (Ret.))
Retired US Public Health Service Rear Admiral and former Assistant Surgeon General, Anne Schuchat, MD, will deliver the 2025 Langmuir Lecture on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Her talk is titled, "Consequential Epidemiology: An EIS Love Story."
From 2006–2015, Dr. Schuchat was the first director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). She first joined CDC as an EIS officer in 1988. She has been instrumental in decades of CDC emergency responses including the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019 outbreak of vaping associated lung injuries, the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, and the 2003 SARS outbreak where she deployed to Beijing. Dr. Schuchat also served as CDC's principal deputy director from 2015–2021 and twice as acting CDC director.
Dr. Schuchat's contributions have been recognized by election to the National Academy of Medicine, receipt of the US Public Health Service (USPHS) Distinguished Service Medal, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Lifetime Achievement Award and as a finalist for the Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal from the Partnership for Public Service. Dr. Schuchat retired as a Rear Admiral in the Commissioned Corps of the USPHS in 2018 and from CDC in 2021.
To access lectures from previous years, visit the .
Awards
Alexander D. Langmuir Prize Manuscript Award
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or recent alumnus for excellence in a written report or an epidemiologic investigation or study.
2024 recipients:
Marissa Grossman, PhD, MPH (EIS 2022) - Extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak associated with artificial tears
Shanna Miko, DNP, MPH, RN (EIS 2021) - Community health impacts after a jet fuel leak contaminated a drinking water system: Oahu, Hawaii, November 2021
Learn more about this award and past winners.
Anne Schuchat Distinguished Friend of EIS Award
This award recognizes an individual for valued contributions that have made an important difference to the health, welfare, and happiness of EIS officers and the EIS Program. The award honors the mentorship and steadfast devotion of former CDC Principal Deputy Director and EIS alumnus, Anne Schuchat.
2024 recipient: Pattie Simone, MD
Learn more about this award and past winners.
David J. Sencer Scholarship Award
The David J. Sencer Scholarship Award fund was established by the EIS Alumni Association to provide travel scholarships to potential Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) applicants to attend the EIS Conference each year.
2024 recipients: Adediran Timileyin, Janae N. Best, Anna Jones, Kathleen Lindsey, Kelsey M. Maclin, Samuel "Gus" Ruchman, Alison Smith
Learn more about this award and past winners.
Director's Award for Excellence in Epidemiology and Public Health Response
2024 recipient: Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Field Epidemiology Track and Laboratory Leadership Program
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Donald C. Mackel Memorial Award
This award recognizes a current EIS officer for the oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective application of a combined epidemiology and laboratory approach to an investigation or study.
2024 recipient: Marissa Grossman, PhD, MPH (EIS 2022)
Learn more about this award and past winners.
Iain C. Hardy Memorial Award
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to the control of vaccine-preventable diseases.
2024 recipient: Mark Tenforde, MD, PhD, MPH (EIS 2019)
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J. Virgil Peavy Memorial Award
This award recognizes a current EIS officer for the oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective and innovative application of statistics and epidemiologic methods in an investigation or study.
2024 recipient: Anna Bratcher, PhD, MSPH (EIS 2022)
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James H. Steele Veterinary Public Health Award
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made outstanding contributions in the investigation, control, or prevention of zoonotic diseases or animal-related human health problems.
2024 recipient: Ann Carpenter, DVM, MPH (EIS 2022)
Learn more about this award and past winners.
Jeffrey P. Koplan Award for Excellence in Scientific Presentation
Presented during International Night, hosted by the Field Epidemiology Training Program, this award recognizes a current EIS officer with the scientific poster presentation that most effectively emphasizes the results of an investigation and its impact on public health.
2024 recipient: Simon Brinkwirth, German Field Epidemiology Training Program. Changes in Disability-Adjusted Life-Years and Attributable Deaths from Bloodstream Infections: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Germany, 2015-2022
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Mitch Singal Excellence in Occupational and Environmental Health Award
This award recognizes a current EIS officer who gave an oral presentation that best exemplifies the effective application of public health epidemiology to an investigation in the area of occupational or environmental health.
2024 recipient: Cedar Mitchell, PhD, MSPH (EIS 2022)
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Outstanding Poster Presentation Award
This award is presented to a current EIS officer for the poster that best exemplifies scientific content, including originality, study design and analysis; public health impact; and presentation effectiveness.
2024 recipients: No award given this year.
Paul C. Schnitker International Health Award
This award recognizes a current EIS officer or alumnus who has made a significant contribution to international public health.
2024 recipient: Danielle Sharpe, PhD, MS (EIS 2022)
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Philip S. Brachman Award
This award recognizes excellence in teaching epidemiology to EIS officers.
2024 recipient: Brendan Flannery, PhD (EIS 2002)
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Shalon M. Irving Health Equity Award
This award recognizes a current or former EIS officer's outstanding contributions to health equity and racial disparities research.
2024 recipient: Danielle Sharpe, PhD, MS (EIS 2022)
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Stephen B. Thacker Excellence in Mentoring Award
This award recognizes an individual who inspires the EIS community and exhibits unwavering commitment to the EIS program, officers, and alumni through demonstrated excellence in applied epidemiology training, mentoring, and building public health capacity.
2024 recipient: Dawn Smith, MD, MPH, MS (awarded posthumously)
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William H. Foege Award
Presented as the highest honor during International Night, hosted by the Field Epidemiology Training Program, this award is presented to the best oral presentation.
2024 recipient: Feruza Ablimitova, Central Asia Field Epidemiology Training Program. HPV vaccine knowledge and attitudes among healthcare providers before introduction to national schedule, Kazakhstan
Learn more about this award and past winners.
Photo Contest
Category: EIS in Action
Category: You Went Where?
Category: Make Me Laugh!
Category: Public Health Memes
Amy Xie, MD (EIS 2023), for "Waiting Toddler Girl for EpiAid"
