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NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is Recruiting
NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians,...
Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Mass Incarceration and Racism Policy
By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO According to civil rights attorney and former Stanford University Law...
Oct 19, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Funding Opportunity: Radiation Response Volunteer Corps Sub-Awards
The Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) for the Radiation Response Volunteer Corps program is seeking grantees...
Oct 05, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
Watch the Insightful General Sessions from NACCHO Annual 2016
Local health department (LHD) leaders and staff can now watch the general sessions from the 2016 NACCHO Annual Conference, held July...
Oct 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Now Accepting Scholarship Applications: 2016 AUCD Annual Conference
Each year the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) hosts an annual conference offering training, professional...
Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC: Gonorrhea Treatment May Be Losing Effectiveness
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that gonorrhea treatment may be losing effectiveness. For...
Sep 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
National Health IT Week: Exploring the Role of Informatics in Local Public Health
From September 26-30, 2016, public and private healthcare organizations will celebrate National Health IT Week by working in...
Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Proposals: 2017 CEHN Research Conference
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) welcomes the submission of abstracts and session proposals for the 2017...
Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Call for Abstracts: 24th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Abstract submissions for the 24th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) are now being accepted. The deadline...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is RecruitingNACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians, environmental health professionals, and environmental health directors who are interested in enhancing food safety policies and practices are encouraged to apply by Friday, November 4. 2016. NACCHO’s Food Safety Workgroup provides leadership and guidance to NACCHO, local... Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Mass Incarceration and Racism PolicyBy LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO According to civil rights attorney and former Stanford University Law Professor Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, there are currently more black men in prison or jail, on probation, or on parole than were enslaved in 1850, before […] Oct 19, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Funding Opportunity: Radiation Response Volunteer Corps Sub-AwardsThe Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) for the Radiation Response Volunteer Corps program is seeking grantees for its Radiation Response Volunteer Corps Sub-Awards. State radiation control programs, health department preparedness programs or local non-government organizations partnering with radiation control and public health programs are encouraged to submit proposals to... Oct 05, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
Watch the Insightful General Sessions from NACCHO Annual 2016Local health department (LHD) leaders and staff can now watch the general sessions from the 2016 NACCHO Annual Conference, held July 19–21 in Phoenix. The conference brought together more than 1,300 participants, who heard from national thought leaders, learned about successful and replicable public health practices from their peers, and discussed the pressing challenges affecting […] Oct 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Now Accepting Scholarship Applications: 2016 AUCD Annual ConferenceEach year the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) hosts an annual conference offering training, professional development, and networking opportunities for individuals and agencies seeking to advance the disability community. This year’s conference will focus on “Navigating Change: Building our Future Together,” and will take place on December 4-7, 2016 in... Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC: Gonorrhea Treatment May Be Losing EffectivenessLast week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that gonorrhea treatment may be losing effectiveness. For the first time in the United States, health officials have identified a cluster of gonorrhea infections that shows both decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone and very high-level resistance to azithromycin. Ceftriaxone and azithromycin are the two drugs that... Sep 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
National Health IT Week: Exploring the Role of Informatics in Local Public HealthFrom September 26-30, 2016, public and private healthcare organizations will celebrate National Health IT Week by working in partnership to educate industry and policy stakeholders on the value of health information technology (IT) for the U.S. healthcare system. As a partner in the advancement of health IT, NACCHO is committed to expanding the value of […] Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Call for Proposals: 2017 CEHN Research ConferenceThe Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) welcomes the submission of abstracts and session proposals for the 2017 Children’s Environmental Health Translational Research Conference: New Challenges, taking place on April 5-7, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. This “biennial research conference is the premier event for researchers in the children’s environmental health field to... Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Call for Abstracts: 24th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic InfectionsAbstract submissions for the 24th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) are now being accepted. The deadline for general abstract and scholarship submissions is September 28, 2016. Late-breaker abstract submissions are due by January 3, 2017. CROI 2017 will be held February 13-16, 2017, in Seattle, Washington. To submit an abstract, visit the CROI […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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