Have you ever wondered how infection prevention professionals investigate and mitigate food-borne illnesses? Join us to hear from Lisa Stancill and Madison Ponder on their study of a Salmonella Javiana outbreak in two hospitals. As they discuss the methodological challenges and lessons learned, they provide insight into the impact of immunocompromised patients, collecting valid data, and how communication between hospitals and health departments occurs. Tune in to learn more about the fascinating world of infection control and prevention!

Article:

Methodologic challenges and lessons learned through conducting a hospital-based
Salmonella Javiana case-control study

Guests
Lisa Stancill, Epidemiologist, The University of North Carolina Hospitals
Madison Ponder, Pharmacoepidemiology PhD Student, The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Lisa Stancill, Epidemiologist

Lisa Stancill is an Epidemiologist and works as a data analyst in the Infection Prevention department at The University of North Carolina Hospitals. She is responsible for providing an analytical, data-driven perspective to Infection Prevention operations and automating processes for data collection and reporting. She graduated from the University of Maryland where she earned her Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned her bachelor’s degree in biology with a second major in sociology. Her healthcare career has focused on promoting the use of high-quality data to make the hospital a safer place for patients. 

Madison Ponder, Pharmacoepidemiology PhD Student

Madison Ponder is a pharmacoepidemiology PhD student at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill. Prior to starting her PhD program, she received her masters in biomedical and health informatics and bachelors in environmental health science, both from UNC. Her research interests include antimicrobial prescribing patterns and investigating ways to optimize antimicrobial prescribing to reduce adverse outcomes and antimicrobial resistance. When presenting her work, she enjoys creating clever visualizations to represent results more clearly.