2021 WHS SoCal Awards Ceremony
On August 20, 2021, WHS SoCal will hold its fourth annual awards ceremony online, celebrating the talented women of Southern California who advance the fields of homeland security, law enforcement, fire services, public health, emergency management, crisis management, cyber security, counter-terrorism, disaster preparedness and response through their dedication, innovation, and passion.
Date: Friday, August 20, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 PM PT
This is a virtual program that is only available live.
Keynote Speaker:
Erica Pan
Erica Pan, MD, MPH, FAAP, the Deputy Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and State Epidemiologist, was sworn in July 13, 2020. When she started her role at CDPH, she was assigned to co-lead the California public health COVID-19 response. Soon after, she served as the Acting State Public Health Officer from August 10, 2020 to January 3, 2021. Prior to joining CDPH, Pan served as the Health Officer since July 2018, and the Director of the Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, and Deputy Health Officer at the Alameda County Public Health Department since 2011. In March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Pan was one of seven bay area health officers who issued the first stay-at-home orders in the state and the nation.
Dr. Pan served in several positions, at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) from 2004 - 2011, including Director of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Section, Deputy Health Officer, and Director of the Bioterrorism and Infectious Disease Emergencies Unit in the Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Section.
She is also a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco. She maintained her clinical work at San Francisco General Hospital and at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland in Infectious Diseasesuntil 2019.
In 2012, Dr. Pan was chosen to be one of 30 California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) Leadership Fellows, and she completed her fellowship in 2014. As a Fellowship alumni, she continues to leverage opportunities within the CHCF network to collaborate with leaders from multiple healthcare sectors across California. She has also served on several regional, state, and national workgroups and advisory committees regarding pandemic influenza, public health preparedness, Biowatch, pediatric anthrax vaccines and response, and other infectious disease emergencies.
Her previous training includes completion of a Pediatric residency, chief residency, and Pediatric Infectious Disease, and Traineeship in AIDS Prevention Studies Fellowships at the University of California, San Francisco. She also completed a Medical Epidemiologist Trainee year at the SFDPH. She is board certified in both Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics. She received her MD and MPH degrees from TuftsUniversity School of Medicine, and completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University.