Critical Condition: Health Care Policy in the United States
WHEN: November 19, 2009
WHERE: Marie Mount Hall | Maryland Room, UMCP Campus
WHAT: This graduate Colloquium is from the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity. CRGE’s Graduate Colloquium meets monthly to create interdisciplinary ties between graduate students and faculty interested in the intersections of race, gender, ethnicity and other dimensions of inequality. Dr.Olivia Carter-Pokras will be moderator.
MORE INFORMATION:http://www.crge.umd.edu/pdf/11_19_09.pdf
The 16th Maryland State Council on Cancer Control Cancer Conference
WHEN: December 3, 2009
WHERE: The Marriott Hunt Valley, MD
WHAT: This year's conference will focus on Cancer Control with Diminishing Resources, Public-Private Partnerships in Cancer and will include a Primer on Blood Cancers. Applications for Continuing Medical Education Credits for Physicians as well as Continuing Education Credits for Health Educators and Social Workers will be submitted to their respective accrediting bodies.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.marylandcancerplan.org
Joint SOPHE 2009 Midyear Scientific Conference & PRC Annual Meeting
WHEN: April 6-9, 2010
WHERE: Sheraton Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
WHAT: Joint meeting sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education and the CDC-funded Prevention Research Centers Program. The theme is “Advocate, Communicate and Translate to Enhance Research.” Abstract Submission Deadline -- September 30, 2009 at 5:00pm Eastern Time.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.sophe.org
The 14th Ottawa International Conference
WHEN: May 15-20, 2010
WHERE: Miami, Florida
WHAT: The 14th Ottawa International Conference on the Assessment of the Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions will be held in Hyatt Regency, Miami.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www. meetingandeventplanning.com/Ottawa-2010.html
The 3rd AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities
WHEN: Sep 30- Oct 3, 2010
WHERE: Miami, Florida
WHAT: The 3rd conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved wil be held in Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, FL.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/meetings--workshops/cancer-health-disparities.aspx