Welcome to the Annual School of Public Health Research Interaction Day - 2009!
This is the ninth year of our School of Public Health's Research Interaction Day school-wide research event and it is the first year Research Interaction Day is part of the School's Passport Program (http://sph.umd.edu/home/passport/). This year's event is held on Friday, September 18, 2009, 10 am - 12:30 pm, in the Volley Ball gym. For this annual event undergraduate and graduate students and faculty are invited to present, attend and take part in learning about and discussing the School's research and scholarly activities. This Day gives visibility to on-going and planned research activities ranging from completed research that has been presented at meetings to early stage concepts of research projects. The primary purpose of this annual Fall event is to stimulate networking among students and faculty, celebrate our commitment to scientific discovery and express our appreciation to our university and community collaborators.
This year we have a few new approaches and tools to guide your learning and viewing.
- Poster presentations are organized according to the five core public health competencies as defined by the accrediting organization, the Council on Education for Public Health.
- Each presentation will highlight how the project addresses the School's mission.
- Student volunteers will serve as docents to guide viewers and guests.
- To extend the "day" a Search Page has been created to facilitate networking and collaborations.
This database can be accessed at http://sph.umd.edu/research/research_day/search.cfm and will allow you to search the abstracts by academic unit; core public health competency; a range of topic areas; geographic location and type of community partner.