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Updated February 6, 2012
 | Meeting: Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee Meeting
Monday February 6, 2012
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
The subcommittee will discuss sustainable communities, drinking water regulations and other issues and recommendations to the administrator regarding environmental issues affecting small communities. This is an open meeting and all interested persons are invited to participate. The subcommittee will hear comments from the public between 1:40 and 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Individuals or organizations wishing to address the Committee will be allowed a maximum of five minutes to present their point of view. Also, written comments should be submitted electronically to Cathy Davis (see contact information below). Please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the number listed below to schedule a time on the agenda. Time will be allotted on a first-come first-serve basis, and the total period for comments may be extended if the number of requests for appearances requires it.
Price: free
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Contact: Cathy Davis, Designated Federal Officer for the Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS), 202-564-2703 or davis.catherinem@epa.gov
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| Meeting: Local Government Advisory Committee
Monday February 6, 2012
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
The committee will discuss the recommendations of the LGAC Workgroups and the Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS). This is an open meeting and all interested persons are invited to participate. The Committee will hear comments from the public between 2:40 and 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. Individuals or organizations wishing to address the committee will be allowed a maximum of five minutes to present their point of view. Also, written comments should be submitted electronically to Frances Eargle (contact information is below). Please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the number listed below to schedule a time on the agenda. Time will be allotted on a first-come first-serve basis, and the total period for comments may be extended if the number of requests for appearances requires it.
Price: free
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Contact: Frances Eargle at (202) 564-3115 or eargle.frances@epa.gov
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| Meeting: Review of the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Future Research Needs
Tuesday February 7, 2012
8:30 a.m.
Washington, DC
at 20 F Street Conference Center, 20 F Street, NW
Sponsor: Institute of Medicine
At the request of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is planning to hold a one-day workshop to explore methodologies for design of a nationally representative survey of child care settings. It is a continuation of the review of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal requirements carried out by an IOM consensus committee, which released the report, Child and Adult Care Food Program: Aligning Dietary Guidance for All, in October, 2010. The workshop builds on the committee's research recommendations in the report. Specifically, the committee recommended that USDA, in collaboration with relevant agencies, provide support for research that would determine (a) the food and nutrient content of meals and snacks as served, (b) participants' overall food and nutrient intakes as related to current dietary guidance, and (c) access to the CACFP program by child care providers and participants. The workshop agenda will feature expert presentations and discussion to address how to assess (1) the alignment of young children's dietary intake with current dietary guidance, both at day care and at home, (2) barriers and facilitators to providing foods that align with dietary guidance, and (3) barriers and facilitators to program access.
Price: free
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Contact: Heather Breiner, 202-334-1326 or hbreiner@nas.edu
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 | Request for Proposals: Limited Competition: Planning Grants for Hubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Global Environmental and Occupational Health
Deadline: Tuesday February 7, 2012
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to support paired consortium exploratory awards led by one Low and Middle Income Country (LMIC) institution and one US institution to plan research, research training, and curriculum development activities that address and inform priority national and regional environmental and occupational health policy issues. The ultimate goal of the FOA is to foster the planning for multidisciplinary Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hubs (GEOHealth Hubs), based in LMICs, that will lead collaborative research and training for focal environmental and occupational health issues in several core science areas, including fields such as epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, environmental science, industrial hygiene, systems science, toxicology, behavioral science, and implementation science. Focal environmental and occupational health areas, as well as core science areas, for each consortium will be selected by the applicants, building upon preexisting strengths within the proposed consortium and addressing priority public health needs in the region. These may include up to three focal areas including but not limited to indoor and outdoor air quality, water quality, workplace safety, occupational health, agricultural health, and climate change. The FOA aims to enable LMIC researchers, in partnership with US researchers, to conduct a needs and opportunities assessment, plan for policy-relevant research and training in environmental and occupational health, and foster partnerships that could be sustained in an anticipated full GEOHealth Hub program. The NIH anticipates the opportunity to compete for full grants to realize the results of this planning, with awards in 2014. This program is not intended to support research that can be conducted primarily in and/or by United States or other high income country institutions only.
Award: The combined budget for each pair of applications is limited to $100,000 per year in total costs. This amount is to be divided between the budgets of the two applicant institutions as determined by the applicants, with at least half ($50,000) going to the LMIC institution.
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 | Teleconference/Webcast: Driven to Distraction: Food, Chemicals and Child Behavior
Wednesday February 8, 2011
noon - 1:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. - noon Central / 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Pacific time
Sponsor: Healthy Food Action and American Nurses Association
Compelling science now suggests synthetic food dyes and caramel colorings often added to candy—as well as junk food and other kids' foods—can affect their learning and behavior and may increase cancer risk. This science forced the adoption of safer alternatives to food dyes in the UK; the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been petitioned to do the same. An FDA science advisory committee reviewed the new science in April 2011. Developmental brain toxins are also found as additives to other children's products, like toys and lunch boxes. Child advocates are pushing for policy reforms addressing these risks as well. Join speakers Karen Bowman, MN, RN, COHN-S; Michael Jacobson, PhD; Lawrence Rosen, MD; and David Wallinga, MD, for a discussion of the latest science and the policy reforms now being debated.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: 2012 Webinar Series
Wednesday February 8, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. Two speakers will present on this webinar: Elaine Faustman, professor in the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine and principal investigator for UW Children's Center, will present "Sharing Lessons from the Field: Understanding Factors that Define Variability in Pesticide Exposure and Response for Children." Then Asa Bradman, associate director of the Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health at UC Berkeley will present "California Initiative to Improve Environmental Quality in Early Care and Education Environments."
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Clean, Green and Healthy Tribal Schools
Wednesday February 8, 2012
3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
The goal of the webinar series is to provide information and tools for tribal school personnel and EPA personnel to ensure that tribal schools are clean, green and healthy for themselves, school children and their community. Please register to attend. You may attend one or more presentations in the webinar series. The title of this session is "Waste Reduction, Recycling, Composting & Gardening in Tribal Schools", and the speakers will be Marie Zanowick of EPA and Diane Jourdan of the Oneida and Stockbridge Tribe. The webinar series is designed for tribal school administrators, risk managers, educators, health and safety coordinators, school health professionals, tribal environmental protection personnel, parents of school children, communities, and EPA personnel.
Price: free
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Contact: Matthew M. Langenfeld, 303-312-6284 or Langenfeld.matthew@epa.gov
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| Meeting: Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule
Thursday February 9, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Washington, DC
at the Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street NW
Sponsor: Institute of Medicine
Information on the agenda and a call-in number for the open comment session will be posted on the website before the meeting date.
Price: free
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Contact: IOM Staff, 202-334-2884 or healthoutcomes@nas.edu
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 | Lecture: Environmental Induction of Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Disease: Ancestral Ghosts in Your Genome
Thursday February 9, 2012
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, room D-209
Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Michael Skinner, PhD, professor in the School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University.
Price: free
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Contact: DEOHS, 206-543-6991 or ehadmin@u.washington.edu
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Webinar Series: Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration
Thursday February 9, 2012
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Session title: Obesity Prevention. Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in African American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40% of the children are overweight or obese. If we don't solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. This session will highlight Let's Move!, the First Lady's initiative dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation as well as HRSA's Healthy Weight Collaborative and how states are working to impact childhood obesity through their Title V Block Grants.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: Alicia Aalto, aalto.alicia@epa.gov
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 | Other Event: Food for Thought
Thursday February 9, 2012
6:00 -8:00 p.m.
Portland, Oregon
at Lola's Room, below the Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside
Sponsor: Oregon Public Health Association
Join OPHA for an evening of thought-provoking discussion, networking, food and drink. Learn more about why you should care about and engage in building a sustainable food system for the health of people, our community, and our environment. We will be screening a short segment of the Academy Award nominated documentary, "Food, Inc.", hosting a panel discussion of local experts in the field, and a Q&A session. The discussion will focus on the environmental and social justice component of the modern food system. This event is for ages 21 and over due to the location. This is presented in conjunction with the Northwest Environmental Health Conference happening the following day.
Price: $20, includes food and non-alcoholic beverages; a cash bar will also be available
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 | Conference/Seminar: Sustaining and Implementing Universal Health Coverage
February 10, 2012
Milan, Italy
at Bocconi University Grafton Building
Sponsor: SDA Bocconi School of Management's Master of International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy in collaboration with Bocconi Alumni Association
The conference addresses the most challenging topics of universal health with guest speakers and a round table event. Four different perspectives will be exposed and discussed during the plenary and the round table sessions by high level, worldwide academics and prominent figures from all areas of health care - policy, management, economics, global and public health.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: universalhealth@sdabocconi.it
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| Conference/Seminar: 4th Annual NW Environmental Health Conference
Friday February 10, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Portland, Oregon
Sponsor: Oregon Environmental Council, Oregon Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, Health Care Without Harm, Josiah Hill Clinic, and Oregon Public Health Association
The conference hosts leading scientists, researchers and health professionals in the multidisciplinary field of environmental health to continue our robust dialogue on the interrelationship between the environment and health and healthcare practices. Previous conferences included presentations from numerous national and regional environmental health experts, researchers, educators and advocates. The 2012 conference will focus on environmental chemical contributors to obesity and diabetes and explore how such health disparities may arise, in part, because of different levels of exposures to chemicals of concern. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $60 professional, $75 professional + continuing education, $30 students
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Contact: nwehc@oeconline.org
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Health Effects of Indoor Air Contaminants
Tuesday February 14, 2012
10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment
With some notable exceptions, most people spend far more time indoors than outdoors. Thus, the quality of indoor air is an important public health concern. Considerable effort has gone into measuring and monitoring the quality of outdoor air and its health effects, but we often know far less about indoor air contaminants and their health effects. This call will feature experts whose research focuses on indoor concerns internationally and in the US.
Price: free
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Contact: CHE, info@healthandenvironment.org
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| Meeting: Working to Achieve the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators
Wednesday February 15, 2012
8:30 a.m.
Washington, DC
at the 20 F Street Conference Center (Conference Room B), 20 F Street
Sponsor: Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine has been asked by the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a small group of individuals to begin planning for the implementation of the Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) released October 31, 2011. The general format for the day will be a presentation and discussion with Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, followed by a formal presentation of the LHIs. This will be followed by a panel discussion. During the early part of the afternoon, participants will divide into four groups to discuss ideas for implementation activities. Following that discussion we will reconvene in general session to report on the ideas developed during the small group meetings. The meeting will be transcribed and a report issued. Registration for the meeting is now open. Registration is limited to 50 people on a first come first serve basis.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Coal's Assault on Human Health
Wednesday February 15, 2012
9:00 a.m. Alaska / 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment—Alaska
At every stage—from mining, transportation, storage, combustion, and disposal of post-combustion wastes—coal development threatens human and environmental health. Pollutants from coal damage all major organ systems in the human body and contribute to four of the five leading causes of death in the United States. Dr. Lockwood, professor of neurology at the University of Buffalo, is a member of Physicians for Social Responsiblity and is principal author of the PSR medical report "Coal's Assault on Human Health" which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. This report looks at the cumulative harm inflicted by those pollutants on three major body organ systems: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system.
Price: free
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Contact: Alaska Community Action on Toxicss 907-222-7714 or heather@akaction.org
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Clean, Green and Healthy Tribal Schools
Wednesday February 15, 2012
3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
The goal of the webinar series is to provide information and tools for tribal school personnel and EPA personnel to ensure that tribal schools are clean, green and healthy for themselves, school children and their community. Please register to attend. You may attend one or more presentations in the webinar series. The title of this session is "Indoor Air in Tribal Schools", and the speakers will be Mansel Nelson and Graylynn Jaysue Hudson of Northern Arizona University. The webinar series is designed for tribal school administrators, risk managers, educators, health and safety coordinators, school health professionals, tribal environmental protection personnel, parents of school children, communities, and EPA personnel.
Price: free
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Contact: Matthew M. Langenfeld, 303-312-6284 or Langenfeld.matthew@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Prevention in the Affordable Care Act: Highlighting Community Success Stories
Wednesday February 15, 2012
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Pacific time
Sponsor: Public Health Institute
This webinar is part of the Dialogue4Health series, in which a web-centered philosophy creates a unique space for professionals to build a foundation for understanding essential concepts in public health and work towards crafting policies, systems and environments to reduce chronic disease in America.
Price: free
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| Meeting: Public Meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on Phthalates and Phthalate Substitutes
Wednesday through Friday, February 15 - 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. each day
Bethesda, Maryland and virtual
at the Commission's offices at 4330 East West Highway
Sponsor: Consumer Product Safety Commission
The Commission appointed this CHAP on April 14, 2010, to study the effects on children's health of all phthalates and phthalate alternatives, as used in children's toys and child care articles. This meeting will also be available live via webcast. Registration is not necessary to view the webcast. There will not be any opportunity for public participation at this meeting.
Price: free
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Contact: Michael Babich, 301-504-7253 or mbabich@cpsc.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Climate Change Vulnerability and Cumulative Impacts
Thursday February 16, 2012
11:00 a.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Cumulative Impacts Working Group of CHE and SEHN
Paul English, PhD, MPH, and his team at the California Environmental Health Investigations Branch have developed an innovative method to screen for climate change population vulnerability. The screening method can be easily implemented in regions where climate vulnerability is a key concern. Climate vulnerability includes three factors: exposure, population sensitivity and adaptive capacity, and Dr. English will discuss findings from his study in two California communities that identified high-risk populations within these communities by assessing and quantifying climate change impacts based on population vulnerability and other cumulative stressors. The call will be moderated by Elise Miller, MEd, CHE Director. The call will last one hour and will be recorded for archival purposes.
Price: free
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Contact: CHE, info@healthandenvironment.org
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| Lecture: Gene and Environment Risk Factors for Parkinson's Disease: from Man to Mice and Back
Thursday February 16, 2012
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
in Keystone Room 1003AB of the NIEHS campus
Sponsor: National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Par of the Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series, this lecture will feature Marie Francoise Chesselet, Charles H. Markham Professor of Neurology and chair of the Department of Neurobiology Reed Neurological Research Center at UCLA
Price: free
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| Lecture: Translational Research in Environmental Health Sciences: Lessons from Studies of Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases
Thursday February 16, 2012
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, room D-209
Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Joel Kaufman, MD, MPH, professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington.
Price: free
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Contact: DEOHS, 206-543-6991 or ehadmin@u.washington.edu
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| Conference/Seminar: 2012 JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Research Summit
Saturday February 18, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bethesda, Maryland
at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, located near the White Flint Metro Station
Sponsor: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
The day will include presentations on prevention and on links between environmental chemicals and Type 1 diabetes, as well as on treatments.
Price: free (with a donation suggested)
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Contact: JDRF, 202-371-0044 or capitol@jdrf.org
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| Conference/Seminar: GRF One Health Summit 2012
Sunday through Thursday, February 19 - 23, 2012
Davos, Switzerland
at the Congress Centre
Sponsor: Global Risk Forum and others listed on the website
The conference theme is "The Integrative Health Risk Management Perspective." Today's human health management requires to be dealt with from a holistic "One Health" perspective that acknowledges the systemic interconnections of human, animal and environmental health in close relation with food safety and security. Only an integrative approach will ensure sustainable health management in an era of climate change, resource depletion, land degradation, food insecurity and development challenges. Knowledge sharing, education, improved governance, corporate responsibility and dedicated investments will be key. Given the interwoven nature of human, animal and environmental health, medical doctors, veterinarians, environmental scientists, farmers as well as experts on food and pharmaceutical production have information beneficial and complementary to the knowledge of the others to share. A growing community of experts thus argues that today's health issues require to be dealt with from a holistic "One Health" perspective that acknowledges the systemic interconnections of human, animal and ecosystem health as an integrative management of risks and opportunities and especially engages the pharmaceutical and food industry.
Price: unknown
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Contact: GRF, +41 (81) 414 16 00 or info@grforum.org
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 | Training/Workshop: Effective Facilitation Skills and Techniques for Professionals
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 21 - 22, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Greenwood Village, Colorado
at Wingate by Wyndham
Sponsor: EOS Alliance
Facilitation skills are used to form productive teams, plan programs, and implement controversial projects. Trained facilitators help groups communicate productively, constructively manage diverse points of view, and create concrete actions as a result of meetings. It is also a personally satisfying experience when you, as the meeting facilitator, bring out the best in the people in a meeting and can help a team improve its performance. In addition to presenting a core program of facilitation skills and substantial practice with these skills, in this course we tailor the experience to the participants' specific needs. We do this by having participants complete a preworkshop needs profile. By combining the core curriculum with the participants' needs the training experience that is customized to each audience and demonstrates the practicality of implementing the concepts in real-life situations. A study by Microsoft® pointed to worthless meetings as a major time waster in America. Respondents in their survey spend 5.6 hours each week in meetings and 71 percent of these people think those meetings "...aren't productive." Good meetings don't just happen. Leaders with outstanding facilitation skills are key to turning this wasted time into meetings that produce results. This course is intended for anyone who wants to increase their personal effectiveness and have greater influence over the work they do in groups.
Price: $595 or $545 for Native American Tribes; nonprofits; government agencies; students; and NEBC, NWAEP, and NAEP members, with a $50 discount before January 14th
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Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 425-270-3274
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| Training/Workshop: Introduction to Managing Environmental Data with Microsoft Access 2010
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 21 - 22, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Richmond, Virginia
at the Comfort Inn Conference Center Midtown
Sponsor: EOS Alliance
Participants will gain basic to intermediate skills in using Microsoft Access 2010 to build relational databases for managing and mining their environmental data. This comprehensive class uses extensive hands-on exercises for in-depth use of tables, queries, forms, reports, and macro objects in Access 2010. These Access database subjects use real-world environmental examples with actual field data.
Price: $595 or $545 for Native American Tribes; nonprofits; government agencies; students; and NEBC, NWAEP, and NAEP members, with a $50 discount before December 24th
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Contact: 425-270-3274 ext 103
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Clean, Green and Healthy Tribal Schools
Wednesday February 22, 2012
3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
The goal of the webinar series is to provide information and tools for tribal school personnel and EPA personnel to ensure that tribal schools are clean, green and healthy for themselves, school children and their community. Please register to attend. You may attend one or more presentations in the webinar series. The title of this session is "Energy & Water Conservation in Tribal Schools", and the speaker will be Deenise Becenti of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. The webinar series is designed for tribal school administrators, risk managers, educators, health and safety coordinators, school health professionals, tribal environmental protection personnel, parents of school children, communities, and EPA personnel.
Price: free
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Contact: Matthew M. Langenfeld, 303-312-6284 or Langenfeld.matthew@epa.gov
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| Lecture: Cancer and the Immune System
Thursday February 23, 2012
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, room D-209
Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Rafael Ponce, PhD, DABT, scientific director at Amgen.
Price: free
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Contact: DEOHS, 206-543-6991 or ehadmin@u.washington.edu
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| Conference/Seminar: Upwind-Downwind Conference 2012: Unlikely Partners
Sunday and Monday, February 26 - 27, 2012
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Sunday and 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday
Hamiltion, Ontario Canada
at the Sheraton Hotel, 116 King Street West, 2nd floor
Sponsor: Clean Air Hamilton
Sunday's event is a free lecture, open to the public, by Jay Walljasper, author of All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons (2011), The Great Neighborhood Book (2007) and Visionaries: People and Ideas to Change Your Life (2001). Walljasper explores how new ideas in urban planning, tourism, community development, sustainability, politics and culture can improve our lives as well as the world. The complete agenda for Monday's presentations is on the website.
Price: Sunday's lecture is free; the price of Monday's event is listed on the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: Children's Environmental Health Research Matters
Tuesday February 28, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the South Campus Center, University of Washington
Sponsor: The University of Washington Northwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) and Center for Child Environmental Health Research (CHC)
After a welcome from Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPH, presentations will focus on the Washington State Environmental Biomonitoring Survey, phthalates exposure and infant reproductive development, and indoor air quality and Alaskan native children.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: alaing2@u.washington.edu
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| Conference/Seminar: Tackling Health Inequalities—Delivering Marmot's Recommendations for Public Health
Wednesday February 29, 2012
Central London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Capita Conferences
The white paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People sets out the Government's long-term vision to transform the public health system. Tailoring services to the needs of the community is vital to drive forward radical improvements in the nation's health and wellbeing. Capita's 3rd National Tackling Health Inequalities Conferences provides crucial guidance on how local partners must work together to target resources effectively. The Government has just announced additional funding for the creation of a new centre, led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, which will take forward action to reduce heath inequalities in England. This conference will provide an opportunity to learn how empowered public health professionals must champion local cooperation so that public health priorities are considered alongside housing, transport, employment and education to narrow the gap.
Price: unknown
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Call for Abstracts: International Congress on Environmental Health, Know(ing) the Environment to Protect Human Health (ICEH 2012)
Deadline: Wednesday February 29, 2012
Lisbon, Portugal
Sponsor: Lisbon College of Health Technology, Polytechnical Institute of Lisbon
This conference will present the most recent technological and scientific developments in the field of environmental health, emphasizing the synthesis of scientific expertise achieved in individual disciplines, namely air pollution, environmental toxicology, food safety, indoor air, occupational health and public health.
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: Use & Misuse of Metal Chelation Therapy
Wednesday February 29, 2012
7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Atlanta, Georgia and virtual
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Roybal Campus Global Communications Center B19, Auditorium A, 1600 Clifton Road Northeast
Sponsor: The American College of Medical Toxicology in conjunction with the Medical Toxicology Foundation with support from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
This conference will be used to discuss the current use of chelation therapy in the United States, describe the underlying mechanism for the effectiveness of chelation therapy, and describe the risk/benefit issues associated with chelation therapy. Toxicologists, public health professionals, emergency medicine physicians, occupational and environmental physicians, family practitioners, pediatricians, internists and nurses are encouraged to attend. There will also be a live broadcast of this conference.
Price: $125 through February 15th, or $140 thereafter
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Contact: American College of Medical Toxicology, 623-533-6340
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| Request for Proposals: Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
Deadline: Wednesday February 29, 2012
11:59 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG) provides funding for eligible applicants for projects that address local environmental and public health issues within an affected community. The EJSG Program is designed to help communities understand and address exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks. Under this RFA, EPA will award grants that support activities designed to educate, empower and enable communities to understand environmental and public health issues and to identify ways to address these issues at the local level under the seven statutes listed in Section I.C. The long-term goals of the EJSG program are to help build the capacity of communities with environmental justice concerns and create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to improve local environments in the future.
Award: up to $25,000 for one year
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Contact: Sheritta M. Woodruff, woodruff.sheritta@epa.gov
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| Lecture: Systematically Combining Job Exposure Matrices and Exposure Measurements to Improve the Occupational Exposure Assessment in a Population-Based Cohort
Thursday March 1, 2012
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, room D-209
Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Melissa Friesen, PhD, of NIH/NCI.
Price: free
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Contact: DEOHS, 206-543-6991 or ehadmin@u.washington.edu
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| Call for Abstracts: The Contribution of Epigenetics in Pediatric Environmental Health
Deadline: Friday March 2, 2012
11:59 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Children's Environmental Health Network
On May 30th - June 1st, 2012, CEHN will convene a research conference titled "The Contribution of Epigenetics in Pediatric Environmental Health" at the Stanford Court Renaissance Hotel in San Francisco, California. This conference will help mark CEHN's 20th Anniversary and highlight the role of epigenetics in determining the impact of the environment on pediatric disease and children's current and future health. Conference organizers are seeking late-breaking abstracts related to the broad topics listed on the website. The purpose of offering late-breaking submission of abstracts is to give researchers the opportunity to report recently generated research on important findings in epigenetics and pediatric environmental health.
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Contact: CEHN, 202-543-4033
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| Conference/Seminar: Fifty Years since 'Smoking and Health': Progress, Lessons and Priorities for a Smoke-free UK
Tuesday March 6, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
London, United Kingdom
at the Royal College of Physicians
Sponsor: organized by Royal College of Physicians with support from UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies
This conference will commemorate the publication of the RCP report on Smoking and Health in 1962, the progress made since, and will outline what needs to be done in the future to prevent smoking and smoking-related disease. This conference will be relevant to all clinicians, public health practitioners, politicians, policy makers and the public.
Price: unknown
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Contact: RCP Conference Department, 020 3075 1252/1300/1436 or conferences@rcplondon.ac.uk
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| Meeting: NIEHS and EPA Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research: Strengthening the Network
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 - 7, 2012
Bethesda, Maryland
at the Natcher Conference Center
Sponsor: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency
This meeting will bring together Children's Environmental Health Centers investigators and other experts in the area of children's environmental health to share scientific strategies, to discuss openly the implementation of new research approaches and tools, and to highlight late-breaking science in the field. The meeting will culminate in a dynamic exchange between scientists and key stakeholders on translation of the science, lessons learned, and future opportunities. Experts have been invited from the fields of reproductive health, pubertal development, metabolism, early life exposures and epigenetic changes, along with key researchers in environmental technologies. This meeting is open to the broader children's environmental health community in an effort to foster collaborations and enhance the overall children's environmental health network.
Price: free
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Contact: Kimberly A. Gray, PhD, 919-541-0293 or gray6@niehs.nih.gov
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| Meeting: The Social Biology of Microbial Communities
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 - 7, 2012
8:30 a.m.
Washington, DC
at the Keck Center (100), 500 Fifth Street NW
Sponsor: Institute of Medicine
All ecosystems on Earth—including extreme environments such as the human gut, deep sea hydrothermal vents, and the windswept terrain of Antarctica—teem with microbial life that interact and form associations with other microorganisms, and with plant, animal, and human hosts. The vast majority of these interactions with the microbial flora and fauna around us are either benign or beneficial to the host and microbes. Despite the ubiquity and importance of microbial communities, very little is known about the 'rules' that govern their formation, community stability and functional attributes. The Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats will host a public workshop on March 6th and 7th, 2012, in Washington, D.C. to explore the emerging science of the social biology of microbial communities. Through invited presentations and discussions among participants, the workshop will explore, from a variety of perspectives, the ecological, evolutionary, and genetic factors contributing to the formation, stability, and function of microbial communities; how microbial communities adapt and respond to environmental stimuli; and potential applications for improving human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health.
Price: free
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Contact: Pamela Bertelson, 202-334-3024 or pbertelson@nas.edu
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| Training/Workshop: The Idaho Indoor Environment Program Workshop
Three workshops in 2012: in Boise March 6th, in Pocatello on April 3rd, and in Coeur d'Alene on April 10
Sponsor: Idaho Indoor Environment Program (IIEP)
IIEP is sponsoring three one-day workshops around the state that will address the connection between building maintenance/building performance and indoor air quality (IAQ). Rich Prill, Building Science and Indoor Environmental Quality Specialist at WSU Extension, will conduct the trainings. Rich has assisted IIEP staff in conducting hundreds of school IAQ assessments in Idaho. The outcomes of the workshops are to promote good IAQ and improve building performance throughout Idaho. Building professionals will learn how to integrate energy efficiency with good IAQ strategies to save money and improve occupant comfort and productivity. Practical assessment tools and sampling equipment will be demonstrated and discussed. Building maintenance staff in both the private and public sector are encouraged to attend.
Price: free, with scholarships available to help with travel costs
Contact: Jim Faust, 208-334-5717 or faustj@dhw.idaho.gov
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| Conference/Seminar: NIEHS and EPA Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research: Strengthening the Network
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 - 7, 2012
Bethesda, Maryland
at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus
Sponsor: the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency
This meeting will bring together Children's Environmental Health Centers investigators and other experts in the area of children's environmental health to share scientific strategies, to discuss openly the implementation of new research approaches and tools, and to highlight late-breaking science in the field. The meeting will culminate in a dynamic exchange between scientists and key stakeholders on translation of the science, lessons learned, and future opportunities. Experts have been invited from the fields of reproductive health, pubertal development, metabolism, early life exposures and epigenetic changes, along with key researchers in environmental technologies. This meeting is open to the broader children's environmental health community in an effort to foster collaborations and enhance the overall children's environmental health network.
Price: free, and a box lunch is available for $12
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Contact: Kimberly A. Gray, PhD, 919-541-0293 or gray6@niehs.nih.gov
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| Conference/Seminar: Healthy People 2012
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 - 7, 2012
Loma Linda, California
at the Drayson Center—Loma Linda University, 25040 Stewart Street
Sponsor: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Based on the best scientific evidence, Healthy People 2012 will define the Top 10 Lifestyle Priority areas necessary for Healthy Aging and will outline Loma Linda's systems approach to Health Care. Recommendations for policy and program development, with preference given to sustainable efforts with the greatest impact on large numbers of people, will take center stage. Participants of Healthy People 2012 may choose from three strategic tracks to address Healthy Aging, each representing a foundation pillar for all prevention efforts. Each track will guide participants through specialized topic areas that will demonstrably improve health. Together, the tracks create the web needed to fully support Americans in leading longer and healthier lives.
Price: see the Registration page
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| Training/Workshop: Introduction to Managing Environmental Data with Microsoft Access 2010
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6 - 7, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Issaquah, Washington
Sponsor: EOS Alliance
Participants will gain basic to intermediate skills in using Microsoft Access 2010 to build relational databases for managing and mining their environmental data. This comprehensive class uses extensive hands-on exercises for in-depth use of tables, queries, forms, reports, and macro objects in Access 2010. These Access database subjects use real-world environmental examples with actual field data.
Price: $595 or $545 for Native American Tribes; nonprofits; government agencies; students; and NEBC, NWAEP, and NAEP members, with a $50 discount before January 14th
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Contact: 425-270-3274 ext 103
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| Lecture: Systems Engineering and Applications for Environmental Health
Thursday March 8, 2012
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, room D-209
Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Alan Hamlet, PhD, research assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington.
Price: free
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Contact: DEOHS, 206-543-6991 or ehadmin@u.washington.edu
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Webinar series: Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration
Thursday March 8, 2012
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Session title: Affordable Care Act. This Session will include an overview of the new health reform law, the Affordable Care Act, and highlight those sections of the law that are especially helpful for children and families. The Affordable Care Act Increases access to necessary preventive services to help keep children and families healthy. This session will describe the new protections for health insurance consumers and provisions to lower costs and improve care.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: Alicia Aalto, aalto.alicia@epa.gov
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| Conference/Seminar: 9th Active Living Research Annual Conference
Monday through Wednesday, March 12 - 14, 2012
San Diego, California
Sponsor: Active Living Research
Our annual conference provides a forum for our grantees and other investigators to share findings and to learn about the latest thinking, methods, and research on policy and environmental issues related to active living. With an interest on reversing the rise of childhood obesity, our research now focuses on active living related to youth in low-income and high-risk communities. Information will be posted on the website as details are finalized.
Price: unknown
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| Teleconference/Webcast: 2012 Webinar Series
Wednesday March 14, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. Two speakers will present on this webinar: Stanley J. Szefler of National Jewish Health will present "Biomarkers to Predict and Monitor Asthma Therapy" and Rachel Miller of Colombia University will present "Environmental Triggers of Asthma Exacerbations."
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: A Movement for Prevention: Advocacy and Partnerships in YOUR Community
Wednesday March 14, 2012
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Pacific time
Sponsor: Public Health Institute
This webinar is part of the Dialogue4Health series, in which a web-centered philosophy creates a unique space for professionals to build a foundation for understanding essential concepts in public health and work towards crafting policies, systems and environments to reduce chronic disease in America.
Price: free
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| Training/Workshop: Analyzing Risk: Science, Assessment, and Management
Monday through Thursday, March 19 - 22, 2012
Boston, Massachusetts
at the Harvard School of Public Health, FXB Building, 651 Huntington Avenue
Sponsor: Harvard School of Public Health in collaboration with the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
This program offers unparalleled expertise in risk analysis, covering the science and analysis of human health risk. Participants learn how to apply the science behind risk-based decision making; examine complex problems involving chemicals, radiation and other hazards in the environment; discuss emerging analytic approaches; and review important issues with leaders in the field. Risk analysis plays an important role in environmental and public health decision making. Recent policy initiatives in the US, European Union and elsewhere ensure that it will have increasing prominence for years to come. This program provides education on current risk analysis methods from a variety of backgrounds, but with a common interest in understanding how risk analysis is done, how it is interpreted, and how it influences regulatory decision making. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $1,595 until March 12, 2012, or $1,695 thereafter
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Contact: 617-384-8692 or contedu@hsph.harvard.edu
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| Training/Workshop: Effective Facilitation Skills and Techniques for Professionals
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 21 - 22, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Lacey, Washington
at the Lacey Community Center
Sponsor: EOS Alliance
Facilitation skills are used to form productive teams, plan programs, and implement controversial projects. Trained facilitators help groups communicate productively, constructively manage diverse points of view, and create concrete actions as a result of meetings. It is also a personally satisfying experience when you, as the meeting facilitator, bring out the best in the people in a meeting and can help a team improve its performance. In addition to presenting a core program of facilitation skills and substantial practice with these skills, in this course we tailor the experience to the participants' specific needs. We do this by having participants complete a preworkshop needs profile. By combining the core curriculum with the participants' needs the training experience that is customized to each audience and demonstrates the practicality of implementing the concepts in real-life situations. A study by Microsoft® pointed to worthless meetings as a major time waster in America. Respondents in their survey spend 5.6 hours each week in meetings and 71 percent of these people think those meetings "...aren't productive." Good meetings don't just happen. Leaders with outstanding facilitation skills are key to turning this wasted time into meetings that produce results. This course is intended for anyone who wants to increase their personal effectiveness and have greater influence over the work they do in groups.
Price: $595 or $545 for Native American Tribes; nonprofits; government agencies; students; and NEBC, NWAEP, and NAEP members, with a $50 discount before January 21st
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Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 425-270-3274
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| Conference/Seminar: The Clean Water Act at 40: The J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium
Thursday and Friday, March 22 - 23, 2012
Washington, DC
at the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, Lerner 101, the George Washington University Law School
Sponsor: The George Washington University Law School, the Environmental Law Institute, the Center for Progressive Reform, the Association of Clean Water Administrators, the Clean Water America Alliance, and the GW Journal of Energy and Environmental Law, and The GW Environmental Law Association
Continuing legal education is available to participants who register prior to February 1, 2012.
Price: $50 regular or 25 for non-GWU students; GWU students and faculty may attend at no cost; CLE credits will cost $100 additional
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Contact: mcmurrin@eli.org
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| Training/Workshop: Management and Leadership Skills for Environmental Health and Safety Professionals
Monday through Wednesday, March 26 - 28, 2012
Boston, Massachusetts
at the Harvard School of Public Health, FXB Building, 651 Huntington Avenue
Sponsor: Harvard School of Public Health
Leadership and management skills are essential for meeting today's technical, regulatory and administrative challenges. Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) professionals must learn to make strategic contributions and communicate the need for safety and health initiatives within their organization. Environment, health and safety professionals from all organizations will gain the management training needed to develop strategies for integrating a culture of safety and sustainability into their organizations. This program provides oversight and focused skill building in the critical areas of leadership and management development with the objective of bridging the gap between EHS technical skills and leadership skills essential for achieving organizational objectives that meet ISO 14001, ANSI Z10, OSHA VPP, and EPA's NEIC management system standards and sustainability requirements. Taught in a highly interactive classroom, the content explored through lectures, case studies, and team exercises as teaching methods. Participants are encouraged to pose management issues and problems for discussion. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $1,595 until March 19, 2012, or $1,695 thereafter
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Contact: 617-384-8692 or contedu@hsph.harvard.edu
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| Conference/Seminar: Sixth International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations
Monday through Thursday, March 26 - 29, 2012
Doha, Qatar
at the Qatar National Convention Centre
Sponsor: the Environmental Mutagen Society, the International Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies, the Qatar Foundation and others listed on the website
Topic will include environmental contamination and health concerns, specific environmental health concerns in developing countries, basic mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, DNA repair and signaling in response to insult from environmental mutagens, environmental contamination in adverse reproductive outcomes and non-cancer disease, biomarkers for human population studies, epigenetics and gene-environment interactions in human disease, genomic and proteomic technologies in environmental health, application of scientific knowledge for disease prevention, novel strategies to protect against environmental mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, legal and ethical issues in environmental health.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: Lieschke Terblanche, Lieschke@qmdi.qf.org.qa
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| Conference/Seminar: 2012 Aging in America Conference
Wednesday through Sunday, March 28 - April 1, 2012
Washington, DC
at the Marriott Wardman Park and Omni Shoreham hotels
Sponsor: American Society on Aging
This conference is a showcase for programs and projects that can be replicated, a forum for policy discussion and advocacy, and a prime source of information on new research findings in aging.
Price: see the Registration page
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| Call for Abstracts: 3rd International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh
Deadline: Friday March 30, 2012
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture Japan
Sponsor: Bangladesh Environment Network, Japan (BENJapan)
Topics of interest for this conference include pollution, conservation, climate change, waste management, public health and more. The conference will be conducted in English.
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Call for Abstracts: 41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting
Deadline: Monday April 2, 2012
Sponsor: Canadian Association on Gerontology
The focal point of the meeting is the scientific study of aging and its application in education, policy and practice (academic and applied). The theme of the 2012 annual meeting is “Aging in a Changing World”. Individuals are encouraged to submit abstracts which address this theme, although all submissions will be given equal consideration. The meeting will be held October 18-20, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
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Contact: asem@cagacg.ca.
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| Meeting: Inaugural National Health Impact Assessment Meeting
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 3 - 4, 2012
Washington, DC
Sponsor: The California Endowment, Health Impact Project, National Network of Public Health Institutes, Pew Charitable Trusts and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, organized with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This meeting will capitalize on the burgeoning national interest in Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and convene policy makers, public health professionals, HIA practitioners and anyone with an interest in learning more about HIA. It also will offer a special, one-day forum tailored specifically to decision makers at all levels of government in the US. A list of meeting tracks is listed on the website.
Price: see the General Admission page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Training/Workshop: Introduction to Managing Environmental Data with Microsoft Access 2010
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 10 - 11, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Anchorage, Alaska
Sponsor: EOS Alliance
Participants will gain basic to intermediate skills in using Microsoft Access 2010 to build relational databases for managing and mining their environmental data. This comprehensive class uses extensive hands-on exercises for in-depth use of tables, queries, forms, reports, and macro objects in Access 2010. These Access database subjects use real-world environmental examples with actual field data.
Price: $595 or $545 for Native American Tribes; nonprofits; government agencies; students; and NEBC, NWAEP, and NAEP members, with a $50 discount before February 4th
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Contact: 425-270-3274 ext 103
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| Conference/Seminar: 2012 National Training Conference on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Environmental Conditions in Communities
Wednesday throught Friday, April 11 - 13, 2012
Washington, DC
at the The Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency, the Environmental Council of the States, and the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
This conference will include sessions on pollution prevention and on the Toxics Release Inventory, along with sessions on environmental data and conditions and trends in ecological and human health. Collectively, these important focal areas help to support environmental-related decision making in our communities.
Price: unknown
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Contact: Caitlin Briere, briere.caitlin@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Webinar series: Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration
Thursday April 12, 2012
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Session title: Communities Working Together for Better Health. This session will highlight projects where communities are working collaboratively with local, state and federal stakeholders to create healthier environments where children can live, learn and play. These community-based projects and programs focus on geographically, politically, demographically and/or socially defined areas. Learn about resources available for project assistance, funding, outreach, training, education, and capacity-building.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: Alicia Aalto, aalto.alicia@epa.gov
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| Other Event: Environmental Festival
Friday April 13, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
at the grounds behind the Tribal Council House along Bald Hill Road
Sponsor: The Cherokee Nation's Environmental Programs, Natural Resources and Environmental Health
Games, drawings and door prizes, fun activities, presentations, displays, information booths and Arbor Week tree giveaways will take place during the event. Lead testing for toys and dishes also will be available.
Price: free
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Contact: Karen Dye, 918-453-5109 or karen-dye@cherokee.org
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| Training/Workshop: Individual Variability
Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 - 19, 2012
Washington, DC and virtual
at the National Academies Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street NW
Sponsor: The National Academies
This workshop will explore new and innovative approaches to characterizing individual variability arising from endogenous, biological factors and its impact on susceptibility to risks from environmental exposures. Discussions will also delve into how to bring new data collection and analytic approaches to bear and layer them with conventional data on variability. Topics will span a range of approaches, from molecular analyses to the use of human cells and animal models as experimental systems, and how these approaches can be used to better characterize individual variability linked to endogenous factors in toxicity, epidemiology, and genomewide-association studies. The workshop will also consider the implications of emerging approaches to policies designed to address susceptibility in public health and risk assessment. Workshop participants will address approaches for and challenges to describing the relationships among individual variability, disease susceptibility, and public health. This workshop is open to the public and can also be viewed via webcast.
Price: free
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: Community-Campus Partnerships as a Strategy for Social Justice: Where We've Been & Where We Need to Go
Wednesday through Friday, April 18 - 21, 2012
Houston, Texas
at the Westin Galleria
Sponsor: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities
This conference is being convened to nurture a growing network of community-campus partnerships that are striving to solve our most pressing health, social and economic challenges. Held at a pivotal time in the history of CCPH and the community-campus partnerships "movement," the conference promises skill-building, networking and agenda-setting. The conference agenda is designed to facilitate opportunities for participants to engage in substantive discussions, gain new knowledge and practical skills, think critically about their work and take action individually and collectively. The conference features dynamic and inspiring plenary presentations, facilitated discussions by peer group and interest area, educational exhibits, community site visits, social justice-focused arts programming and many opportunities for informal networking. The CCPH annual award for exemplary community-campus partnerships is also presented at the conference.
Price: unknown
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Contact: conference@ccph.info
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| Conference/Seminar: Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats
Monday through Friday, April 23 - 27, 2012
Addis Ababa, Ethiopa
Sponsor: World Federation of Public Health Associations and the Ethiopian Public Health Association
Presentations are sought to demonstrate the role that public health could play in addressing emerging issues and current problems that contribute to global health inequity. Presentations should also showcase innovations, tools, transferrable knowledge, and technology. Highlighting these lessons learned from across the globe will help us make collective decisions and recommendations to the global health community, thereby, moving us forward towards sustainable global health equity.
Price: unknown
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Contact: Laetitia Bourquin, Laetitia.Bourquin@unige.ch
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| Request for Proposals: Climate Change and Health: Assessing and Modeling Population Vulnerability to Climate Change
Deadline: letters of intent are due by Tuesday April 24, 2012
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services
This FOA encourages research applications to examine the differential risk factors of populations that lead to or are associated with increased vulnerability to exposures, diseases and other adverse health outcomes related to climate change. Applications may involve either applied research studies that address specific hypotheses about risk factors or population characteristics associated with increased vulnerability, or research projects to develop general models or methods for identifying and characterizing population vulnerability to climate change. The ultimate goal of this research program is to help inform climate change adaptation and public health interventions to reduce current and future vulnerability of various populations to the health effects of climate change.
Award: Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over an R21 2-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
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Contact: see the website
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| Conference/Seminar: Childhood Cancer 2012
Tuesday through Thursday, April 24 - 26, 2012
Westminster, United Kingdom
at the Church House Conference Centre
Sponsor: Children with Cancer UK
The theme is "early exposures and childhood cancer." Leading childhood cancer experts will set the scene on childhood cancer today, including incidence, treatment and survival. An exciting panel of speakers from around the world will then cover a diverse range of topics including exposure to specific agents, genetic and epigenetic effects and exposure pathways. We will end with a panel discussion on precaution.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: Katie Martin, +44 0 117 909 4809 or conference@childrenwithcancer.org.uk
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| Conference/Seminar: Population Health—Methods and Challenges Conference
Tuesday through Thursday, April 24 - 26, 2012
Birmingham, United Kingdom
at the ICC, Broad Street
Sponsor: Population Health Sciences Research Network, UKCRC Public Health Research Centers of Excellence and the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy
The demand for strong population health evidence has never been greater, and methods for producing, appraising, synthesising and translating evidence are developing rapidly. This first UK conference on population health research methods will focus on the big challenges facing translational reseach in population health. The emphasis will be on generic methods and issues, and the conference will appeal to the whole range of producers and users of population health evidence, including researchers, analysists, research funders and policymakers.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: Pure Vision Events Ltd., 0845 303 3334 or events@purevisionevents.com
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| Conference/Seminar: CleanMed 2012
Monday through Wednesday, April 30 - May 2, 2012
Denver, Colorado
Sponsor: Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth
CleanMed is the only place health care professionals come together from around the world to share best practices and keep up on current sustainability trends. It's the place to connect with leaders in health care sustainability. CleanMed attracts leaders and key decision makers from across the industry, convening health care professionals, university researchers, designers of professional buildings, and vendors of cleaner and safer products and services.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: Peter Diamond, 617-524-6018 or pdiamond@cleanmed.org
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| Conference/Seminar: YAI Network 2012 International Conference
Monday through Thursday, April 30 - May 3, 2012
New York, New York
at the Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas
Sponsor: YAI Network
Each year, the International Conference focuses on programs, services and policies that enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities and their families.
Price: see the website
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Contact: Tina Sobel, 212-273-6457 or tina.sobel@yai.org
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| Call for Abstracts: Environment and Public Health Aspects of Diabetes
Deadline: Friday May 4, 2012
Sponsor: Journal of Environment and Public Health
The prevalence of diabetes is rising rapidly and globally. The diabetes epidemic is now spreading to developing countries where rapid rises in diabetes prevalence rates are seen in both urban and rural areas. While diabetes has a large genetic component, the epidemic of diabetes is largely driven by environmental factors. These include physical inactivity, change in diet from traditional high-fiber diets to energy-dense, high-calorie, high-carbohydrate and high-fat diets. The combination of physical inactivity and dietary changes leads to obesity which is one of the major driving forces for the diabetes epidemic. However, there are newer environmental factors which are coming into play. These include the role of pollutants and psychosocial and other environmental factors. Diabetes has a huge public health impact particularly on developing countries. The epidemic of diabetes is slowly moving from a disease of old age to affect younger people; from being a disease of the rich and affluent to middle income, and now, to the low income group in developing countries; from being an urban phenomenon to one that affects the rural population. These changes have huge health economic implications for developing countries. This special issue is devoted to environmental and public health aspects of diabetes, and we invite articles related to these areas.
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| Conference/Seminar: Weight of the Nation™
Monday through Wednesday, May 7 - 9, 2012
Washington, DC
at the Omni Shoreham Hotel
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity
Weight of the Nation™ is designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental strategies, and is framed around five intervention settings: early care and education; states, tribes and communities; medical care; schools; and workplaces. Plenary and concurrent sessions will highlight impactful strategies implemented in these settings that have lead to policy and environmental supports that have improved population-level health. A key feature of the conference is a move from didactic presentations to an emphasis on interactive discussion between plenary and concurrent session panelists and the audience. Plenary sessions and concurrent forums will present case studies on the use of policy and environmental strategies within certain settings (e.g., workplaces) and sectors (e.g., law or agriculture) while concurrent sessions will discuss specific issues within the setting context (e.g., strategies to leverage built-environment initiatives to increase physical activity in workplaces). The primary audience includes elected and appointed public policy makers; federal, state and local public health leaders; as well as partners and researchers engaged in policy related obesity prevention and control initiatives.
Price: unknown
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Contact: CDC Planning Committee, weightofthenation@cdc.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Webinar series: Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration
Thursday May 10, 2012
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Session title: Successful Asthma Management. May is Asthma Awareness Month! Asthma affects almost 25 million people of all ages and races. Despite this prevalence, public awareness of common asthma triggers and effective asthma management strategies remains limited. Join us to learn the latest in successful asthma management including identifying warning signs of an attack, avoiding triggers, asthma clinical guidelines and successful intervention strategies.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: Alicia Aalto, aalto.alicia@epa.gov
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| Conference/Seminar: 49th International Making Cities Livable Conference on True Urbanism: Planning Healthy Communities for All
Sunday through Thursday, May 20 - 24, 2012
Portland, Oregon
at the Governor Hotel
Sponsor: International Making Cities Livable
Environmental factors significantly contribute to obesity, chronic physical ill health, social isolation, violence and crime. The way we have built our cities has amplified these problems. This conference will examine the evidence and focus on ways we can reshape the built environment to increase physical and social health and well-being. The conference will bring together 350-400 delegates, elected officials, practitioners and scholars in planning, public health, urban design, landscape architecture, transportation planning, pediatrics, human development, social sciences, land use development and architecture from around the world.
Price: unknown
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: IFA 11th Global Conference on Ageing
Monday through Friday, May 28 - June 1, 2012
Prague, Czech Republic
at the Prague Congress Centre
Sponsor: International Federation on Ageing
This conference entitled "Ageing Connects" provides a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary forum for networking and the sharing of information related to new research and evidence-based programmes and policies. It is an opportunity for those interested in the field of ageing and the evolution of the human spirit to take stock of social trends (e.g., age-friendly environments), evaluate recent policy developments and collectively chart a course. Together we must aim to facilitate stronger linkages among research, policy and practice and explore in greater depth the role of civil society in building effective relationships. Conference themes are 1) Older Persons and Development, 2) Advancing Health and Well-being into Old Age, 3) Ensuring Enabling and Supportive Environments and 4) Connected Technologies.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: International Congress on Environmental Health, Know(ing) the Environment to Protect Human Health (ICEH 2012)
Tuesday through Friday, May 29 - June 1, 2012
Lisbon, Portugal
at the Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa
Sponsor: Lisbon College of Health Technology, Polytechnical Institute of Lisbon
This conference will present the most recent technological and scientific developments in the field of environmental health, emphasizing the synthesis of scientific expertise achieved in individual disciplines, namely air pollution, environmental toxicology, food safety, indoor air, occupational health and public health.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: The Contribution of Epigenetics in Pediatric Environmental Health
Wednesday through Friday, May 30 - June 1, 2012
San Francisco, California
at the Stanford Court Renaissance Hotel
Sponsor: Children's Environmental Health Network
The conference will highlight the role of epigenetics in determining the impact of the environment on pediatric disease and children's current and future health. Conference Objectives are 1) to inform the scientific and public community of the rapidly growing science on epigenetic regulation as it relates to pediatrics; 2) to explore the contribution of pediatric environmental exposures to epigenetic regulation and how they vary by exposure, timing and host characteristics, including among disadvantaged populations; 3) to identify research gaps in the epigenetic literature, especially those that relate to characteristics of environmental exposures (dose, timing) and host (diet, age); and 4) to foster collaborations among scientists and the public to conduct research and to translate research findings on epigenetic regulation important to pediatric health outcomes (i.e. the etiology and prevention of abnormal neurodevelopment, asthma/allergy, obesity, endocrine disorders, etc.) to relevant sectors including public health, medical, policy, and business.
Price: The price will be listed on the website closer to the event date.
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Contact: CEHN, conference@cehn.org
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| Conference/Seminar: Environmental Endocrine Disruptors
Sunday through Friday, June 3 - 8, 2012
West Dover, Vermont
at the Mount Snow Resort
Sponsor: Gordon Research Conferences
2012 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the book that called attention to the devastation caused by what are now referred to as Environmental Endocrine Disruptors (EEDs). The unifying goal for the 2012 conference is to link basic research, clinical investigation, epidemiological studies, and public health research to the real world environment. The scientific presentations, discussions and poster sessions at this conference are designed to expand our understanding of the mechanisms by which endocrine disruptors may contribute to disease processes, including effects of developmental exposures on human health, epidemiological studies, outcomes for wildlife and ecosystems, and underlying mechanisms of action of endocrine disruptors. This year, a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will be held the day prior to the GRC, and applicants at the trainee level are encouraged to apply to both meetings. The 2012 GRC will be a unique forum for learning about interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research on EEDs and to see just how far we have come in the 50 years since Silent Spring. Before registering for a meeting, you must first apply to attend a Conference, and then be accepted by the Chair of that meeting. Once you have been accepted to a meeting, you may then complete the Registration process. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by May 6, 2012.
Price: to be announced
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Contact: see the Conference Chair page
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| Conference/Seminar: Environment and Health Conference
Wednesday June 6, 2012
Penang, Malaysia
at Vistana Hotel Penang, 213 Jalan Bukit Gambir, Bukit Jambul
Sponsor: The School of Health Sciences and the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Health issues caused by environmental problems such as global warming, pollutions and natural and environmental disasters are a growing concern worldwide. Human activities result in seriously negative effects on the environment that lead to human health disturbances. For example, global warming caused by deforestation and many industrial practices could increase the risk of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue and waterborne diseases such as cholera. Pollutions from pesticides residue can cause health problems such as birth defects, cancer, allergies and other effects that might occur over a long period of time. Air pollution from motor vehicles, power plants and various industrial activities can cause respiratory illness such as asthma, COPD and allergies. In addition, natural and environmental disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, flooding, nuclear explosion and accidental releases of toxic gases can cause major loss of human lives and livelihoods as well as destruction of economic and social infrastructure.
Price: unknown
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| Conference/Seminar: Healthy Environments Across Generations
Thursday and Friday, June 7 - 8, 2012
New York, New York
at the New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment
This innovative and participatory event will bring together leaders in science, medicine, environmental health, urban planning, smart growth, nutrition and food, education, economics, community-based advocacy, health-affected sectors, the arts and more to discuss the diverse environmental factors that influence both human and ecological health. The time is now to develop systems-based, preventive approaches to address these factors—including the built, chemical, food, natural, social and economic environments—and improve health across the lifespan. Please join us in creating and implementing new models that will benefit the health of current and future generations.
Price: unknown
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Contact: Maria Valenti, mvalenti@igc.org
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| Conference/Seminar: 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association
Monday through Thursday, June 11 - 14, 2012
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
at the Shaw Conference Centre
Sponsor: Canadian Public Health Association, in collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Canadian Institutes of Health Research—Institute of Population and Public Health, National Collaborating Centres for Public Health, National Specialty Society for Community Medicine and Public Health Agency of Canada, in association with Alberta Public Health Association.
Public health and environmental health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics and students from across the country and around the world will meet.
Price: unknown
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Contact: CPHA, 613-725-3769 ext 126 or conference@cpha.ca
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| Training/Workshop: Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene: The Application of Basic Principles
Monday through Friday, June 11 - 15, 2012
Boston, Massachusetts
at the Harvard School of Public Health, FXB Building, 651 Huntington Avenue
Sponsor: Harvard School of Public Health
Rapid global industrialization has created working environments in which people encounter a wide array of physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial stresses. Because of this, many midcareer professionals find they are charged with new responsibilities in occupational health and safety that involve controlling workplace conditions which may cause worker illness or injury. Safety, medical and occupational health professionals, as well as new entrants into the industrial hygiene field, need to receive training to fulfill these duties. This intensive one-week program presents the principles and practice of industrial hygiene and its basis in science, engineering and medicine. Participants learn the skills and concepts needed to protect the health and safety of workers through the control of workplace environmental factors which can cause occupational disease. The program is designed to ensure that participants leave with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in safety, health and environmental practice. Designed for professionals and technicians with direct responsibility for industrial hygiene and workplace health programs, Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene is recognized industrywide for benefiting thousands of professionals and technicians. This program offers a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of industrial hygiene practice. Chemists, industrial hygienists, OH&S professionals, and others will benefit from the faculty's extensive experience in the field. Continuing education credits are available.
Price: $1,595 until June 4, 2012, or $1,695 thereafter
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Contact: 617-384-8692 or contedu@hsph.harvard.edu
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Webinar series: Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration
Thursday June 14, 2012
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Session title: Healthy Homes. This session will highlight how federal agencies are working in a coordinated fashion to address multiple housing-related hazards and childhood diseases. The presentation will also include tools and resources available for communities to create neighborhoods and outdoor spaces that promote public health and encourage healthy lifestyles for all ages.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: Alicia Aalto, aalto.alicia@epa.gov
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| Conference/Seminar: Urban Environmental Pollution: Creating Healthy, Liveable Cities
Sunday through Wednesday, June 17 - 20, 2012
Amsterday, The Netherlands
at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky
Sponsor: Elsevier
We began to explore the nature of the urban environment and pollution on human health and well-being at UEP2010 in Boston in June of 2010. This very successful conference identified many areas of urban life that warranted further investigation. UEP2012 aims to pick up where UEP2010 left off and continue the exploration of the urban environment and how we can begin to create a healthy and liveable environment in cities.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: International Academy on Nutrition and Aging 2012
Thursday and Friday, July 12 - 13, 2012
Albuquerque, New Mexico
at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
Sponsor: Organized with the IAGG (the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics), the IANA (International Academy on Nutrition and Aging) and the University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
Physical and cognitive disabilities are the two most important age related decline. Nutrition is an important factor for either sarcopenia or loss of muscle with age, and cognitive functions. This research and practice symposium will focus on maintaining function with age: physical, cognitive, nutrition, brain and muscle function, prevention of frailty with advancing age. Researchers from around the world will present new findings in these important fields. The oral proceedings will be published in the JNHA (Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging). Continuing medical education is available.
Price: see the Registration form
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Contact: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 505-272-3942 or CMEWeb@salud.unm.edu
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| Call for Abstracts: 19th National Public Health Colloquium & 2nd International Public Health Conference
Deadline: Monday July 30, 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sponsor: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine National University of Malaysia and the United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health
During this conference to be held October 3 - 4, 2012, the discussion will revolve around the theme of "Global Leadership In Health: Consolidating The Public Health Relevance." The theme is important nowadays with many changing public health facades and new perils that need great leadership and governance. Without such leadership, public policies will disintegrate leaving many gaps in health care and its related implications on the health environment. Several related sub-themes have also been identified related to "Solving Public Health Challenges Through Information & Technology."
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Webinar series: Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration
Thursday August 9, 2012
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Session title: Children's Environmental Health Research. The Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research ("Children's Centers") were established to explore ways to reduce children's health risks from environmental factors. The long-range goals of the centers include understanding how environmental factors affect children's health and promoting translation of basic research findings into intervention and prevention methods to prevent adverse health outcomes. This session will share latest research and discuss how the centers foster research collaborations among basic, clinical, and behavioral scientists with participation from local communities.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: Alicia Aalto, aalto.alicia@epa.gov
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| Conference/Seminar: International Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Summit
Sunday through Tuesday, August 27 - 29, 2012
Northbrook, Illinois
at the Hilton Chicago Northbrook, 2855 North Milwaukee Avenue
Sponsor: OMICS Group Conferences
This conference will bring together an international mix of large and medium diagnostic companies, leading universities and occupational safety research institutions making the conference a platform to share experience, foster collaboration across industries and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe. Occupational Health & Safety is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The main goal of this program is to foster a safe work and working environment.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: HIA 2012: HIA Matters in Health in All Policies
Wednesday through Friday, August 29 - 31, 2012
Québec, Canada
at the the Hilton Québec Hotel
Sponsor: see the Host and Partners page
The 12th International Conference will provide the opportunity to position health impact assessment (HIA) as a strategy of choice to ensure that health is taken into account in all policies. We will consider a wide range of HIA models, from their theoretical bases to their implementation, in order to develop a common framework and a clear definition. This conference will benefit from the most recent developments in the field and the invaluable contributions of many related disciplines, including political science and public administration. Several countries, states and provinces now have expertise and the capacity to act in areas of healthy public policy. They are thus able to innovate, diversify and transform HIA practice, to innovate, and to develop solid knowledge in this field. For example, Québec's Public Health Act requires that decisions made in various areas of government intervention take into consideration the direct and indirect repercussions on population health.
Price: unknown
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| Request for Proposals: Mechanisms Underlying the Links between Psychosocial Stress, Aging, the Brain and the Body
Deadline: Saturday September 8, 2012
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services
This FOA encourages multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research to elucidate the mechanistic links between psychosocial stress and health in aging, as well as how the aging process and age-related diseases affect the responses to psychosocial stressors. Generally, research should be focused on (1) aging and how neural mechanisms respond to psychosocial stress and affect other body systems; (2) characterizing the behavioral, psychological and social mechanisms and pathways involved in transducing psychosocial stressors into health outcomes; (3) how stressors modulate physiological process underlying lifespan, immune mechanisms, and metabolism; and (4) how psychosocial stress contributes to the development or progression of geriatric syndromes, chronic medical conditions, and disabilities in later life. Research is strongly encouraged that aims to identify appropriate targets for intervention, at any level of analysis, from societal to molecular. Research spanning multiple levels of analysis is particularly encouraged. Research focused on oxidative stress or on environmental or physical stressors of a non-psychosocial nature is not appropriate to this FOA.
Award: varies
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| Request for Proposals: Nutrition and Physical Activity Research to Promote Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health
Deadline: Saturday September 8, 2012
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services
This FOA encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose research on the roles of nutrition and physical activity in the development, prevention, and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or pulmonary diseases. In particular, the FOA aims to (1) improve knowledge of the contribution of diet and physical activity to these conditions and how sleep influences these relationships, (2) increase the evidence base for refining public health recommendations and clinical guidelines regarding these lifestyle behaviors, and (3) develop and test strategies to improve the adoption of these recommendations.
Award: varies
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| Request for Proposals: Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention
Deadline: Saturday September 8, 2012
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services
The aim of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to promote clinical and preclinical research to determine how diet and dietary factors, including dietary supplements, impact DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification, noncoding RNA, and other epigenetic processes involved in cancer prevention and development. Another important aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations between nutrition and epigenetic experts to study bioactive food components with cancer-preventive properties and to examine key epigenetic events in cancer processes (e.g., carcinogen metabolism, cell division, differentiation, and apoptosis) in order to begin to establish linkages between epigenetics, methylation patterns, and tumor incidences/behaviors.
Award: varies
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| Conference/Seminar: Pro Walk/Pro Bike® 2012
Monday through Thursday September 10 - 13, 2012
Long Beach, California
Sponsor: National Center for Bicycling & Walking
Conference attendees can look forward to hearing from their peers on topics such as Safe Routes to School; Complete Streets and Context Sensitive Solutions; Active and Sustainable Transportation; and the best in policies, planning, programming, and educational practices that are supporting more bicycling-friendly and walkable communities in the United States and beyond our borders. These topics will be complemented by PPS's Placemaking expertise that has helped hundreds of communities build quality destinations—parks, downtowns, waterfronts, plaza, campuses, neighborhoods—for all those walking, bicycling, and transit trips. Pro Walk/Pro Bike® will focus on six major conference themes: Invest + Govern, Advocate + Include, Design + Engineer, Healthy + Safe, Plan + Connect, and SRTS + Beyond.
Price: unknown
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Contact: ncbw@pps.org
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Webinar series: Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration
Thursday September 13, 2012
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8
Session title: National Children's Study. This session will provide an update on The National Children's Study, the largest long-term study of children's health ever conducted in the United States. The study plans to follow 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to learn how the environment influences their health, development, and quality of life. Environment is broadly defined to include factors such as air, water, diet, sound, family dynamics, community and cultural influences, and genetics on the growth, development, and health of children across the United States.
Price: free, but preregistration is requested
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Contact: Alicia Aalto, aalto.alicia@epa.gov
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| Conference/Seminar: 19th National Public Health Colloquium & 2nd International Public Health Conference
Wednesday and Thursday, October 3 - 4, 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sponsor: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine National University of Malaysia and the United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health
During this conference, the discussion will revolve around the theme of "Global Leadership In Health: Consolidating The Public Health Relevance." The theme is important nowadays with many changing public health facades and new perils that need great leadership and governance. Without such leadership, public policies will disintegrate leaving many gaps in health care and its related implications on the health environment. Several related sub-themes have also been identified related to "Solving Public Health Challenges Through Information & Technology."
Price: see the General Information page
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| Conference/Seminar: 3rd International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh
Saturday and Sunday, October 13 - 14, 2012
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture Japan
Sponsor: Bangladesh Environment Network, Japan (BENJapan)
Topics of interest for this conference include pollution, conservation, climate change, waste management, public health and more. The conference will be conducted in English.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: 41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting: Aging in a Changing World
Thursday through Saturday, October 18 - 20, 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Sponsor: Canadian Association on Gerontology
The CAG Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting is the primary multidisciplinary conference in Canada for those interested in individual and population aging. It features world-renowned keynote speakers from the health and social sciences, cutting-edge symposia, opportunities to present papers and posters, and a social program.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Conference/Seminar: Shale EnviroSafe Conference and Exhibition
Wednesday and Thursday, November 14 - 15, 2012
New Orleans, Louisiana
at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Sponsor: TradeFair Group
Shale EnviroSafe will focus exclusively on the environmental, safety and health challenges faced by the oil and gas community at shale plays around the country. As drilling technology advances, shale development and exploration will continue to increase throughout the US, yet the issues specific to the environment and safety concerns are still unfolding on both a state and federal level. This is creating an urgent need for companies operating at the shale plays to focus on related issues including water treatment, air quality, worker safety, chemical use, and new regulations. Shale EnviroSafe serves as an industry-friendly forum by bringing together the entire shale drilling and development community including operating companies, state and federal regulators, service companies, pipeline and storage companies, academia, and law firms to discuss shale environmental health and safety challenges/opportunities and explore viable solutions.
Price: unknown
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Contact: Laura Couvillon, 713-343-1877 or laurac@tradefairgroup.com
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| Request for Proposals: Asthma in Older Adults
Deadline: Sunday September 8, 2013
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
This FOA encourages Exploratory/Developmental Grant applications that propose to study the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and/or management of asthma in older adults. Much of what is known about asthma in adults is based on studies in younger adult populations; however, the mechanisms underlying asthma in some older adults may differ, which may impact on diagnostic, treatment, and prevention strategies. This FOA is intended to stimulate research to address knowledge gaps and research opportunities in asthma in later life. A variety of study approaches are encouraged with this FOA including basic, translational, clinical, and epidemiological studies.
Award: variable
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Contact: GrantsInfo, 301-435-0714 or GrantsInfo@nih.gov
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| Request for Proposals: Translational Research to Help Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence in the Community
Deadline: May 8, 2014
Sponsor: US National Institute on Aging and the Administration on Aging
The goal of this FOA is to support translational research involving collaborations between academic research centers and community-based organizations with expertise serving the elderly (such as city and state health departments, city/town leadership councils, and Area Agencies on Aging) that will enhance our understanding of practical tools, techniques, programs and policies that communities across the nation can use to more effectively respond to needs of their aging populations.
Award: variable by program
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| Request for Proposals: Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study
Deadline: Monday September 8, 2014
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging
The Health and Retirement Study is a longitudinal, nationally representative sample of the US population aged 50 years and older (plus spouses) with an oversample of African and Hispanic Americans and a total sample size of over 20,000. Using funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the HRS is currently conducting genome-wide scans of DNA samples from approximately 20,000 participants, using the Illumina HumanOmni 2.5 Quad chip. It is anticipated that the genotype data for the first 13,000 subjects will be released to the public via dbGaP in the Fall of 2011, with data from the remaining participants to be released by the end of 2012. This FOA encourages applications taking advantage of the newly available genetic data to advance our understanding of how genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of older Americans.
Award: variable
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| Request for Proposals: Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children
Deadline: Thursday January 8, 2015
Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research
This Funding Opportunity Announcement encourages R01 applications to improve health outcomes for women, infants and children, by stimulating interdisciplinary research focused on maternal nutrition and pre-pregnancy obesity. Maternal health significantly impacts not only the mother but also the intrauterine environment, and subsequently fetal development and the health of the newborn. One in five women is obese when she becomes pregnant. Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity is a contributing factor in the etiology of poor maternal outcomes such as gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and venous thrombo-embolism. Furthermore, obese women have a higher rate of instrumental delivery and caesarean section, and longer postpartum hospital stays than non-obese women. In addition, the obstetric management of morbidly obese pregnant women (BMI >40 kg/m2) is particularly challenging, and these women are even more likely to develop the above complications during pregnancy. Maternal obesity contributes to development of a number of negative maternal health outcomes, more complicated deliveries, and greater use of health care services and resources. In addition to pre-pregnancy obesity, factors in the uterine environment, primarily maternal nutrition, can also impact infant outcomes, predisposing the developing fetus to obesity in childhood, adolescence or adult life. Environmental factors during intrauterine development or in early post-natal life can have life-long impact on gene expression and phenotype. Maternal diet and nutrient supply are principal environmental factors which can alter structure, function and metabolism of the developing embryo. Alterations of the maternal diet have been shown to produce modifications in the fetal epigenome. Identifying modifiable factors during pregnancy and the immediate post-partum period, and implementing health promotive strategies that achieve primal, primary and secondary prevention of obesity, reduction of risks for adverse events and improvement of health outcomes for mother, infants and children are the focus of this FOA.
Award: variable
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| Request for Proposals: Health Impact Assessment Demonstration Projects
Deadline: There is no deadline to submit a letter of interest. The Health Impact Project will accept applications on a rolling basis until all grant funds are committed.
Sponsor: The Health Impact Project
Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) bring together relevant public input, available data and a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to anticipate the potential health consequences of a proposed policy, program or project. The goal of the CFP and subsequent HIAs is to improve health, demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal, and federal decisionmaking. Government agencies, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply.
Award: $25,000 to $150,000
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