To honor Dr. Thacker's life and service to public health as well as his passion for the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). Established by the Thacker Family through the CDC Foundation, the fund supports the Stephen B. Thacker Excellence in Mentoring Award, given annually at the EIS conference; CDC's Disease Detective Camps for youth and special projects of the Stephen B. Thacker Library at CDC.
To conduct a pilot evaluation to identify successful actions taken to address bottlenecks in timeliness analysis and investigate barriers faced in implementing actions to inform future strategies in outbreak detection and response. This work will take place in Thailand, Uganda, Mozambique, Philippines, El Salvador and four countries in Central Asia.
