Upcoming Events

Environmental and Public Health (EPH) – a 7-week course followed by a 200-house field training internship, provides the expertise and experience you need and helps to prepare you for the state licensing exam.

Contact:
Matt Lukoff
Marketing Associate
Rutgers NJAES
Office of Continuing Professional Education
102 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 932-9271, ext. 620
Fax: (732) 932-1187
E-Mail: lukoff@njaes.rutgers.edu

Web Sites:
http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu
http://www.golfturf.rutgers.edu

 The Meta-Leadership Summit for Preparedness is a learning and networking opportunity designed to prepare business, government and nonprofit leaders to act together in times of crisis. When you participate in a Meta-Leadership Summit, you will gain effective problem-solving skills and build connections with other leaders who may be critical to you and your organization in a disaster.

The summits are designed for leaders of business, government and nonprofit organizations who are directly involved in preparing for and responding to emergencies. Summit participation is by invitation only. If you have not received an invitation and wish to take part in a summit, please call 404-523-1788 or e-mail summit@cdcfoundation.org.

Upcoming Summits

National Capital Region
July 13–14, 2009 

Maryland
July 15–16, 2009

Lexington, KY
October 20–21, 2009

New Mexico
October 27–28, 2009

North Carolina
November 12–13, 2009

Minneapolis, MN
November 19–20, 2009

Coastal Georgia
December 1–2, 2009

The American Cancer Society presents 2009 Disparities Conference Health Equity: Through the Cancer Lens
July 28–29
Mandalay Bay Hotel
Las Vegas, NV
www.thecancerlens.org

This year we move beyond description to action.  Our conference begins with a combined general plenary session, in which we will present consensus recommendations on cancer disparities in underserved populations as part of our collaboration with the National Medical Association (NMA).  From there, we will combine research, practice, academia, and community efforts to focus on best practices from an advocacy, community intervention, and community perspective.

Carolina Casares, MD, MPH
Program Director, Office of Health Disparities
American Cancer Society
250 Williams Street, 6C-436
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 329-7955 (O); (404) 431-2651 (C)

Pre-register Now at http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=687718.
Fee is $30.

Learn what Web 2.0 is and how local government agencies and public health entities are using its tools to connect with a growing online audience share. Recent studies suggest that social media is spreading quickly in all demographic groups and may be an effective way for local government to connect with citizens. Attend this session to discover the policy implications of web 2.0, how to talk to your IT staff or consultants about it, and explore methods of tracking outcomes. You will also hear lessons learned from LHDs and others who have already ventured into this new frontier.

Target Audience: Local public health practitioners

The Summit

The CIDER Summit 2009 will be a 2-day educational conference co-sponsored by the California Association of Communicable Disease Controllers, California Department of Public Health, and University of California, San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health.

The CIDER Summit 2009 will highlight (1) the advances in the epidemiology and control of emerging infectious diseases; (2) the recognition, investigation, and response to recent large foodborne outbreaks; (3) the state of electronic disease reporting and surveillance in California; (4) updates on pediatric and adult immunization practices; (6) selected updates in the prevention and control of high priority infectious diseases; and (7) the science behind the legal reporting of healthcare-associated infections.

To visit 2009 CIDER Summit Web page, click here.
For the Tentative Agenda Topics, please click here.
For the save the date postcard, please click here.

Post Conference Trainings

Field Epidemiology Training

Instructor: Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH, Director and Medical Epidemiologist, Center for Infectious Diseases & Emergency Readiness, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Course Description: CIDER will be hosting a post-conference training entitled Field Epidemiology August 5–7, 2009, following the 2-day conference. This intensive course will cover the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to conduct an epidemiologic field investigation.

Dates of Instruction: August 5–7, 2009 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Location: CIDER, 1918 University Ave., 4th Fl. (at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way), Berkeley, CA 94704

Cost: $395

For more information please click here.
For a tentative syllabus please click here.

Introduction to R

Instructor: Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH, Director and Medical Epidemiologist, Center for Infectious Diseases & Emergency Readiness, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Course Description: This training will introduce students to R, an open source program for statistical computing and graphics, in a 2-day intensive program emphasizing basic analysis and interpretation.

Dates of Instruction: August 19–20, 2009 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Location: UC Berkeley Campus in Room 212 Wheeler
Cost: $250

For more information please click here.
How to Register: To register please click here or visit www.regonline.com/2009CIDER.
For More Info: Call (510) 643-4939, e-mail idready@berkeley.edu, or visit http://www.idready.org/CIDERSummit2009.html.

Join us for the 18th annual Summer Institute August 10–14, 2009, at the William H. Gates Hall on the University of Washington Campus.  Learn what's current in public health practice including emergency preparedness, leadership, management, and new ways to integrate skills that are practical and provide dual use that address both emergent and everyday issues.  You'll hear from leading experts in the field on cross-cutting issues and receive practical, case-based training from our nationally renowned faculty.  Network with colleagues across the nation and learn what others are doing to impact public health in their communities.

Courses include:

• Basic Epidemiology;
• Intermediate Epidemiology;
• Health Communication;
• Implementing Program Planning and Evaluation; and
• Tools of the Trade:  Practical Skills for Managers

Application deadline: July 20, 2009
Contact:  Trudy San Jose White
Phone: (206) 685-2931
E-Mail: sanjose@u.washington.edu
Web Site: http://www.nwcphp.org/si

Top leaders and key decision-makers of major companies representing a broad range of industries will meet with distinguished scientists, public health officials, law enforcers, first responders, and other experts to discuss pandemic prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery at the first International Swine Flu Summit.

At the summit, attendees will be able to draw on first-hand best practices to create the solid business continuity plans that their companies and organizations need in order to prepare for, respond to, and survive a pandemic.

Conference:  August 19–20, 2009
Workshop:  August 21, 2009
Venue:  TBD, Washington, DC
Registration Info:

Customer Service Center
(202) 536-5000
new-fields.com

Marie Santiago, Project Coordinator
(202) 536-4009;  marie.santiago@new-fields.net /carla@nfemail.com

The seventh annual Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 30–Sept. 3, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta.

The theme this year is Informatics: Investment for the Future, and we hope you'll join us as the best of the informatics community meets in one place to invest in the future of PHIN and the world of informatics. The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) will co-sponsor this event.

This year’s conference will feature workgroups/ancillary meetings, informatics workshops/tutorials, and many opportunities for networking with informatics colleagues from the local, state, national, and international levels. You can also provide input to CDC on how to implement the PHIN initiative in the context of the larger national Health IT Initiative.

The conference planning included participation from NACCHO, NAHDO, ASTHO, CSTE, APHL, NAPHSIS, JPHIT, and NAPHIT, state and local health department partners, and internal subject matter experts in the National Center for Public Health Informatics.

For more information on PHIN, visit CDC's Web site at www.cdc.gov/phin

The CDC presents a research symposium on Promoting Environmental and Policy Change to Support Healthy Aging, September 15-16, 2008, in Chapel Hill, NC. This symposium will address the challenges amenable to environmental and policy change. For more information on this symposium please visit www.prc-han.org

The Chicago Area Immunization Campaign (CAIC), a project of the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition, will be hosting the 9th National Conference on Immunization and Health Coalitions on May 26–28, 2010. The conference is titled "Strengthening Our Connections" and is intended for members of health coalitions and the public health community. If you are interested in attending and/or would like more information about the conference once it is made available, please fill out the form at the following Web site: www.ilmaternal.org/ncihc2010.htm.