Medical Grand Rounds

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Medicine.
 
Speaker: Lynn Sosa, MD, Director of Infectious Disease, State Epidemiologist, Infectious Diseases Branch, Connecticut Public Health
 
Title: Public Health: More Important than Ever
 
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
 
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am
 
Location: Keller Auditorium
 
 
Session Attendance Code: HAVROG
 
Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
1.  Discuss public health structure in Connecticut
2.  Discuss the reportable diseases that healthcare providers are required to report to public health
3.  Discuss the role public health plays in keeping people healthy
 
Speaker Disclosure Statement: Lynn Sosa for this educational event, has a spouse that has a financial relationship(s) with Pfizer, that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of her role as the speaker. The following mitigated safeguard(s) have been put into place: The activity director peer-reviewed the content of the speaker’s presentation ensure that no commercial bias exists. All the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
 
Speaker Off-label Statement: Lynn Sosa will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. 

Target Audience: Practicing physicians, medical residents and fellows, medical students, and other healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants (PAs), and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to _ 1 _ MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:  Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Session date: 
11/06/2025 - 8:00am to 9:00am EST
Location: 
UConn Health
263 Famington Ave
Keller Auditorium
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
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  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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Speaker(s)

Lynn Sosa, MD

has a financial relationship (Stock) with Pfizer;.