Abby Berns, MPH is a Senior Public Health Epidemiologist in the Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Rhode Island Department of Health. She received a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from Smith College. Abby has fifteen years' experience in infectious disease, working at the state and local levels as well as in national advocacy. Abby has been conducting influenza surveillance at RIDOH since 2014 and is also responsible for vaccine-preventable diseases, mpox, and Legionnaire’s disease. She was the first epidemiologist in Rhode Island to work on COVID-19 in 2020.

Learning Objectives:

•    Identify trends in influenza and RSV activity in Rhode Island
•    Compare influenza and RSV activity in the current surveillance season with that of previous seasons
•    Choose which surveillance system to query to answer a given surveillance question

Continuing Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. The Rhode Island Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians: Rhode Island Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participations in this activity.

Intended Audience

Medical professionals. 

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