Events
View National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research List of Events
Association for Social Anthropolgy in Oceania Annual Meeting
Date: February 7-11, 2012
Location: Portland, OR - The Benson Hotel
The ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN OCEANIA (ASAO) is an international organization dedicated to comparative studies of Pacific topics. ASAO holds annual meetings with a special format designed to facilitate discussion and develop topics for publication.
Organizers Aunchalee Palmquist and Nancy Pollock will be hosting an informal session called "Obesity and Health in the Pacific Islands" that will be held on Friday, Feb 9 from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Please visit: http://www.asao.org/pacific/futuremeetings.htm for more information about the meeting.
Call for Abstracts: 2012 AAP National Conference and Exhibition Pediatrics for the 21st Century
Date: October 19-23, 2012
Location: New Orleans, LA
The Council on Community Pediatrics invites abstracts for Pediatrics for the 21st Century- Embracing Every Child: Combating Health Disparities in Your Practice and Community. Abstracts should highlight successful approaches to addressing health disparities among diverse children and families. Application Deadline: April 13, 2012 View Guidelines and Submission.
Advancing Native Health and Wellness - Call for Abstracts
Date: July 31 - August 5, 2012
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 5, 2012
The Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research and the Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) invite you to submit abstracts to, Advancing Native Health and Wellness, to general conference topic areas like traditional healing, diversity in the biomedical and healthcare workforce, community engaged interventions and more.
See Call for Abstracts announcement form and face page for more information.
Health Research Council of New Zealand Pacific Health Fono 2012 - Call For Abstracts
Date: April 18-19 2012
Location: Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract Deadline: Call for abstracts is now open and will close on 9 February 2012 at 5pm.
THEME-- “Pacific Edge: Transforming Knowledge into Innovative Practice”
Fono 2012, through its theme - Pacific Edge: Transforming Knowledge into Innovative Practice - will provide an opportunity for Pacific and non-Pacific peoples, researchers, health professionals and communities from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, to deliberate, and lead Pacific health research knowledge that will inform innovative practice.
The first HRC Pacific Health Research Fono was held in September 2002 in Auckland. The focus for this, and subsequent Fonos, was to provide opportunities for Pacific health research to be showcased, profiled and promoted.
For more information and to submit your abstract go to http://pacificfono.hrc.govt.nz
California Asian and Pacific Islander Policy Summit
Date: April 30 - May 1, 2012
Location: Sacramento Convention Center, California
Skills & Strategy Workshop Proposals due January 27, 2012
The California Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Policy Summit is searching for a variety of groundbreaking skills-building workshops and trainings that will provide community members the tools to address the broad range of issues impacting Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.
Additional information is available at: http://apiscan.org/
Future Public Health Leaders Program - 2012 Summer Internship Opportunity for Minority/Underrepresented Undergraduates and Recent Graduates
Program Dates: May 27 - August 3, 2012
Location: University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH)
The University of Michigan Future Public Health Leaders Program (FPHLP) is a 10-week summer program at UM-SPH whose goal is to increase the diversity of the public health workforce. Participants receive leadership training, orientation to the public health disciplines, and real world work experience. The program is designed to foster knowledge of, excitement about, and commitment to the elimination of health inequalities.
Click here for Application. Deadline is February 10, 2012.
Benefits include: 8-week internship, housing, $3500 Stipend, visits to health organizations, round trip travel, local transportation, and a Kaplan GRE preperation course.
Visit http://sitemaker.umich.edu/um-fphlp for more information
72nd Scientific Sessions (2012)
Date: June 8 - 12, 2012
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Abract Submission deadline: January 6, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST
If you are involved in diabetes research or the delivery of diabetes care and services–don’t miss this chance to join your colleagues at the world’s largest and most prestigious diabetes meeting. The comprehensive programming and stimulating atmosphere of the 72nd Scientific Sessions provides cutting-edge education and information for all members of the diabetes community–physicians, scientists, researchers, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health care professionals.
To submit abstracts, visit the Scientific Sessions Abstracts page here.
Registration wil open December 1, 2011
7th Annual Community Health Fair at John A. Burns School of Medicine
Date: January 6, 2012
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: John A. Burns School of Medicine
OLA PONO
Fair will include flu shots, bood pressure & glucose checks, and prize giveaways!
See the flyer and welcome packet for more information.
Safe Routes to School Summit
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Location: Kapiolani Community College
Hawaii advocates of bicycling and walking will join with statewide policy makers and government officials to convent the first-ever Hawaii Safe Routes to School Summit: A Gateway to Healthier, Happier Hawaii Communities.
The event is hosted by the Big Island based PATH - Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii with support from Kaiser Permanente Hawaii and the Communities Putting Prevention to Work Kauai Team, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Hawaii Department of Health.
The Summit will open with remarks by Lt. Governor Brian Schatz and feature a keynote address by national Safe Routes to School pioneer Deborah Hubsmith, Director of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership as well as a report by Hawaii Department of Transportation Highways Administrator Alvin Takeshita, P.E. highlighting recent successes in the Hawaii Department of Transportation's Safe Routes to School program.
The Summit will focus on how Hawaii can leverage both federal funding and a more than a decade of policy and program successes to get more children safely walking and bicycling to school.
The deadline to register for the Summit has been extended to Tuesday, January 17th. To register, call 808-326-7284 or send an email to saferoutes@pathhawaii.org.
For more information, click here for press release.
Food Security Talk: Food Insecurity among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Prevalence, Measurement Issues and Knowledge Gaps
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Agricultural Sciences Building Room 304, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Noreen Willows, PhD Associate Professor, Community Nutrition, Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutrition at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada will present her research program that will explore the relationship between food and health; cultural meaning of food and health; how food beliefs and dietary practices affect the well-being of communities; and, how socio-cultural factors affect food intake and food Selection. He research focuses predominantly on maternal and child health, and First Nations communities. Click here for flyer.
RSVP by Dec 12 to Dr. Watters at cwatters@hawaii.edu
CSAAH’s 6th Annual Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Conference
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Farkas Auditorium, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
The mission and goal of our conference is to bring together government, community, and academic experts with an agenda-setting structure to define recommendations for the US Department of Health and Human Services 2011 Plan for AA and NHPI Health.
Early Bird Registration end on Nov 1st!
Register here.
2011 OPHS Public Health Colloquim Series
Fall 2011 & Spring 2012 Schedule, click here to view.
Thursdays, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Biomed D-207 at UH Manoa
Highlights include:
- The Future of PH: Hawaii State Department of Health Perspective, November 17, 2011.
Ms. Deliana Fuddy, Director, Hawaii State Department of Health.
- Primal Health Research in the Age of Epigenetics, January 19, 2012.
Dr. Michel Odont, Founder, Primal Health Research Centre, London. UK.
- The CHILL (CHL) Nutrition Education Project, March 8, 2012.
Dr. Claudio Nigg & Dr. Rachael Novonty, OPHS and CTAHR.
18th Annual Hawaii Children and Youth Summit
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hawaii State Capitol
Registrations must be received by 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 4, 2011
For more information, contact 586-6130
Click here for registration form in PDF. And here for the Word document version.
The 2011 Children and Youth Summit is a conference geared toward defining issues and developing priority actions important to children (0-12 years old) and youth (12-21 years old).
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." You can stand and work for a better and brighter future. Through unity and determination, we will produce new goals that will benefit the youth, their families, and the future of Hawaii. We must make every effort to assure that Hawaii's keiki, 'opio and their ohana will remain happy, healthy, safe, ready to learn and succeed.
"Learn it, Grow it, Share it."
- Learn whatever it is that you believe you will excel in and make the most impact with.
- Grow your knowledge, and gain much experience along the way.
- Share your knowledge and experience, that way, you enable the generations to come to do the same.
2012 National Health Promotion Summit: Call For Abstracts
Date: April 10-11, 2012
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Abstract Deadline: October 24, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) is requesting innovative disease prevention and health promotion programs for presentation at the 2012 National Health Promotion Summit: Prevention. Promotion. Progress.
Summit Goals:
- Promote the development of disease prevention and health promotion policies that align with national prevention initiatives
- Encourage stakeholders at every level to collaborate on reaching national health goals
- Integrate health policies across all sectors.
For more information visit: http://www.aptrweb.org/2012summit.html
Call For Abstracts - 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting (PAS)
Date: April 28 - May 1, 2012
Location Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, Massaschusetts
Abstract Deadline: Thursday, November 17, 211
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting is the largest international meeting focusing on research in child health while providing a unique venue for interdisciplinary scientific interactions.
Abstracts and attendance are the key to the growth and success of the annual meeting. Submit an abstract of the highest quality from your own laboratory or clinical research program for consideration and encourage junior faculty and trainees, as well as others in your discipline, to submit abstracts detailing cutting edge novel investigations that are hypothesis-driven and support the meeting. The PAS Annual Meeting is an outstanding forum for presentations by young investigators. Abstracts presented at another national subspecialty or regional meeting may also be submitted to the PAS.
Visit the PAS web site (http://www.pas-meeting.org/) for additional details on electronic submission. Additional program, housing and registration materials will be available in early December.
Hot topic sessions include:
Expanded Newborn Screening
Obesity: Should We Bypass Soft Drinks or the Stomach?
Viral Infections During Pregnancy
Vitamin D During Pregnancy and Lactation
See full topic list at http://www.pas-meeting.org/2012boston/Schedules/Program%20Highlights.pdf.
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Call For Abstracts- International Indigenous Developmental Research Conference 2012
Date: June 27 - June 30, 2012
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Submissions are open for The International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012, hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. The 5th biennial conference will highlight indigeneity and the multidisciplinary approach used for indigenous development.
Abstract submissions opened August 1st and close 1st December 2011. Presentations and papers will address all aspects of the following themes central to the realisation of indigenous development:
• Optimising Indigenous Economic Wellbeing
• Healthy and Thriving Indigenous Families
• Enhancing Indigenous Distinctiveness.
All presentations are expected to address one or more of the following:
• Indigenous Knowledge Creation
• Building Excellent Indigenous Research Capability
• Research and Indigenous Transformation.
More information on the themes and outcomes can be found here.
Submit your abstract (max 200 words) by completing the Abstract Submission Form.
Equity Summit 2011: Healthy Communities, Strong Regions, A Prosperous America
Date: November 8-11, 2011
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Equity Summit 2011 participants will:
Network with other activists who pursue creating healthy communities by changing policies and environments, Learn from a wide range of interactive sessions on food access, neighborhood design and safety, and health disparities, and learn and discuss how to advance an equitable policy agenda.
Be Our Voice Childhood Obesity Prevention Advocacy Training - Scholarships Available!
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
Location: Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts
This course is for healthcare or public health professionals who want to make a change in their community to promote a healthy active lifestyle.
Topics Covered include:
Health professionals' unique niche in obesity prevention advocacy
Policy strategies for obesity prevention
Effectively using community and obesity data
Connecting with your community
Advocacy success stories from health professionals
The format of the workshop promotes interaction with expert faculty and includes panel and table discussions with obesity prevention advocates. See the flier for more information.
Registration Fee: $150* (includes training and lunch)
*Scholarships are available, click here for application
To register for the training: Click here.
PEDS 21 Symposium: Ending Childhood Obesity in a Generation - Innovations in Practice
Date: Friday, October 14, 2011
Time: 11:30AM - 5:30PM
Location: Boston Conference & Exhibition Center, South Boston, Massachusetts
Experts from the American Academy of Pediatrics, in partnership with American Dietetic Association, the American Heart Association and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation will address aspects of preventing and treating childhood obesity, and will give attendees guidance in translating latest evidence into practice, provide realistic approaches to motivational interviewing in practice and practical behavior change strategies.
The program will highlight how pediatricians and other health care providers can effectively work in teams, and implement forthcoming guidelines, new diagnostic tests and therapeutic approaches for managing obesity co-morbidities.
This event offers a luncheon, abstract/poster viewing, and reception. PEDS 21 is a pre-conference program held one day before the annual fall AAP conference. Admission is included with paid one day or full conference registration.
For more information, visit www.AAPexperieNCE.org/stepitup.
Submit your proposal for Weight of the Nation™ today!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presents Weight of the Nation™ 2012, its national conference on obesity prevention and control. The theme for the 2012 conference is Moving Forward, Reversing the Trend.
Conference organizers will illustrate this theme through presentations—concurrent, plenary, poster or video—that emphasize how communities; early care and education facilities; medical care facilities; workplaces; states, territories, and tribes; and schools can change nutrition and physical activity environments to prevent and control obesity.
The conference will convene elected and appointed public policy makers; federal, tribal, state, local, and territorial public health practitioners; media and social marketing experts; and partners and researchers vested in obesity prevention and control.
Call for Proposals
Persons and organizations engaged in developing, implementing, and evaluating policy system and environmental strategies to address obesity are invited to submit proposals.
The proposals will be used to select track specific concurrent panelists and poster presentations.
Concurrent sessions will foster discussion among panelists and with the audience on the use of policy, system and environmental approaches (PSE) to promote dietary quality, increase physical activity and prevent obesity. The concurrent session tracks are: agriculture, access, and sustainability; built environment and transportation; early care and education; law and legal authorities; medical care; schools; states and communities; and workplaces. An overview of each track with instructions on proposal submissions is detailed below.
Poster sessions will feature traditional and film technology formats. As only a limited number of proposals will be selected for oral presentation, other highly rated proposals may be invited as posters.
Click here to submit your proposal.
Proposal Submission Instructions
Submit online beginning Monday, August 1, 2011 and no later than 3:00 PM EST, Sunday, October 2, 2011.
Word Limit - 600 words or less.
Indicate applicability of the strategy to one or more of the intervention settings: early care and education; medical care; schools; communities; or workplaces.
Identify the evidence for the strategy: emerging, promising, or best practices.
For a detailed listing of submission/track information please click here.
Please check event website at www.weightofthenation.org regularly for agenda updates.
Social Marketing Training at JABSOM MEB 314
Date: Friday September 23, 2011
Time: 8:30 AM for Registration
Training: 9:00AM - 4:30 PM
Location: JABSOM in Medical Education Building (MEB) Room 314
We have trainer: Pedro Haro-Arvizu, who is an exciting trainer and has wonderful experiences and expertise with active social marketing campaigns. He will train us to develop our own social marketing plan and approaches.
Please RSVP to Diane Lobre at diane@tobaccofreehawaii.org
There is no charge for the event, but you are on your own for lunch and must pay $4.00 for your own parking in Lot C.
Below is the link for the map to JABSOM at 651 Ilalo Street MEB 314 Honolulu, HI 96813-5525.
Hawaii Food Policy Council "Farm to Fork" Teach-in Conference
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: St. Anthony’s Retreat Center, Bishop Libert Conference Room
3351 Kalihi Street, Honolulu, HI 96819
The Hawaii Food Policy Council, with the support of Kaiser Permanente and the Small Planet Fund, will be hosting a statewide Food Policy Council Teach-In. Focused on the power and potential of Food Policy Councils, this teach-in will feature nationally renowned author and Food Policy Council guru Mark Winne, who will discuss how Food Policy Councils can uniquely serve Hawaii’s Food System stakeholders.
This teach-in is designed create a network for Hawaii’s Food System Stakeholders that will allow us to better address systemic problems in our food system and imagine innovative and collaborative solutions.
The second half of the teach-in is for those organizations and individuals who are interested in building the capacity of the Food Policy Council to serve Hawaii’s food system and their organizations.
Scholarships are available. Interested participants from other islands are encouraged to attend and travel stipends are available for those who apply.
Registration Fee: $25 (includes healthy locally sourced lunch and break time snacks)
Students with a valid student ID are free. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Register here.
NACHRI Childhood Obesity Webinar: Role of Psychologists in Weight Management
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Time: 2:00PM ET
The role of psychologists in the health management of obese youth is to assess factors that influence health-related behaviors and identify psychosocial conditions in need of treatment. Join three psychologists from NACHRI member hospitals to learn more about this important component of a weight management program.
The webinar will cover:
A comprehensive psychological diagnostic interview and use of assessment measures to generate important treatment recommendations.
An overview of the roles psychologists can play in intervention with overweight and obese youth including assessing and enhancing motivation for change, teaching and assisting with the generalization of skills related to health behavior change, and assisting with adherence to medical plan.
Treatment recommendations and parent/patient education handouts for obese pediatric patients with symptoms suggestive of Binge Eating, Nighttime Eating Syndrome, Emotional Eating, Boredom Eating.
Presented by:
Elizabeth Getzoff Testa, Ph.D.
Director of Psychology Services
Center for Pediatric Weight Management and Healthy Living
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Inc., Baltimore
Jane Gray, Ph.D.
Director of Psychology;
Texas Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity
Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, TX
Wendy L. Ward, Ph.D.
Director of Psychology Training
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Register here.
Hawaii Food Policy Council Forum on Farm-to-School: Current Efforts, Challenges, and Moving Forward with Policy
Date: July 6, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Location: Church of the Crossroads, Weaver Hall, 1212 University Ave., Honolulu, HI
This event is open to those interested in learning more about improving childhood nutrition, agricultural education, supporting local farmers, and community food systems.
Guest speakers include:
May Okihiro, MD, MS: Pediatrician at Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Associate Director of the University of Hawaii Department of Pediatrics Koko'okolu Fellowship in Community Pediatrics, Director of the Hawaii Initiative for Childhood Obesity Research and Education (HICORE)
Dexter Kishida: School Food Coordinator for 'AINA IS program (Actively Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture in Schools) with Kokua Hawaii Foundation
Glenna Owens: School Food Services Director for the Hawaii Department of Education
Della Au Belatti, JD: Representative for House District 25. Co-introduced HCR133 for a task force to convene to determine how to expand school garden programs.
Obesity Advocacy Training Scholarship Opportunity - Deadline: June 17
Training Date: July 31, 2011
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millenium Park, Chicago, IL
The Be Our Voice Obesity Advocacy Training is an interactive workshop designed to help you use your unique voice as a health professional to make sustainable policy changes within your community for obesity prevention.
Target Audience:
This course is for healthcare or public health professionals who want to make a change in their community to promote a healthy active lifestyle.
Registration fee: $150*(Fee includes training and lunch). *Scholarships are available.
Please contact Mala Bedient atmbedient@aap.orgwith any questions.
Please note: If you are unable to attend this training, an additional training will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2011 inBoston,Massachusettsprior to the 2011 AAP National Conference and Exhibition.
Topics Covered:
-Policy strategies for obesity prevention
-Connecting with your community
-Health professionals' unique niche in obesity prevention advocacy
-Effectively using community and obesity data
-Advocacy success stories from health professionals
Faculty Experts in Obesity and Advocacy:
The format of the course promotes interaction
with expert faculty and includes panel and table
discussions with our obesity prevention advocates:
Christopher Bolling, MD, FAAP
Sandra Hassink, MD, FAAP
Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH, FAAP
Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP
Christine Wood, MD, FAAP
Now accepting speaker proposals for 2012 MDPA Conferences on Childhood Obesity and Diabetes!
Communicating Childhood Obesity Prevention and Policy
March 20-21, 2012
Location: Silver Spring, MD
The Marketing Disease Prevention + Awareness (MDPA) Conference on Communicating Childhood Obesity Prevention and Policy is designed to bring together government, public health, and academic organizations with private industry and healthcare providers to discuss their role in helping to fight one of the most pressing health issues in America today. This conference is designed to explore all aspects of the obesity problem, and rather than looking to assign blame to one area or industry, it is designed to take into account everyone's interest in solving this problem and how they can benefit.
Marketing Diabetes Prevention and Awareness
June 6-7, 2012
Location: Intercontinental Hotel Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
This conference is designed to appeal to anyone in the marketing of diabetes products or services by discussing better ways to promote disease awareness, focusing on prevention, getting people tested, and keeping people suffereing from diabetes adhering to treatments.
RSVP for eight session public health summer series of training!
June 7 - July 26, 2011
Location: JABSOM, Honolulu, HI
Please RSVP to Diane Lobre at diane@tobaccofreehawaii.org . Questions to Denise Nelson at denisene@hawaii.edu
There are still some trainee slots available. So if you want to be sure to get a slot, RSVP now.
Week 1 June 7, 2011
Qualitative Method: Key Informant Interviews
Week 2 June 14, 2011
Qualitative Method: Focus Groups
Week 3 June 21, 2011
Project Management
Week 4 June 28, 2011
Quantitative Method: Survey Development
Week 5 July 5, 2011
Program Planning: Logic Models
Week 6 July 12, 2011
Program Planning: Grant Writing Part 1
Week 7 (Thursday) July 14, 2011
Program Planning: Grant Writing Part 2
Week 8 July 26, 2011
Program Evaluation: Data Management
The Training series is scheduled on Tuesdays with 8:30 registration & training 9:00-4:30pm. (Exception is on July 14 is a Thursday training.) The training is being held in JABSOM in Medical Education Building (MEB) Room 315. There is no charge and it is a basic no-frill approach.
You are on your own for lunch and must pay $4.00 for your own parking in Lot C. There is no travel money. You can attend any one training or all. To receive training materials you must attend the training.
Below is the link for the map to JABSOM at 651 Ilalo Street Honolulu, HI 96813-5525.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=651+Ilalo+St&city=Honolulu&state=HI&zipcode=96813-5525&country=US&cid=lfmaplink2
Hawaii PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) 84th Annual Convention "Together We Can"
June 25, 2011
Location: Sheraton Waikiki Resort
2255 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu, HI 96815
Hawaii PTSA, 80+ PTA groups, and 8,000 members will join together at the Sheraton Waikiki Resort to discuss the well-being of children. Hawaii PTSA is the state's largest, not-for profit, all-volunteer child advocacy organization. The convention will offer training, workshops, and networking opportunities. NPAC and HICORE/Hawaii 5-2-1-0 will be presenting at the convention. An event not to be missed!
Aloha State Games
June 18, 2011
Time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: Ala Moana Beach Park
Honolulu, HI
Face The Music Dace Contest, Celebration of Athletes, and 1k Run. Hawaii 5-2-1-0 will have a booth for visitors to receive more information on the organization.
Run For Your Life Hawaii!
A free event for the entire family this Saturday. Join us as Duke Aiona lights the Aloha State Games torch for our first ever 1k run!
Aloha Hawaii Elementary school supporters, parents and A+ Leaders!
Date: Saturday, June 18
Location: Ala Moana Beach, outside McCoy Pavilion
Time: 7:00 am sign in's and blood pressure by HMSA
1k Run: 7:45 (course is on the beach!)
Dance Contest: 10:30 (Sponsored by Mobi PCS & Hosted by Kutmaster Spaz)
Community Outreach Booths: 7:00 - 11:30
Entertainment by: Breath of Fire
Proceeds will benefit 18,000 keiki in 173 Hawaii elementary schools that will provide new physical activity equipment and nutrition tools to prepare healthy snacks! Your kokua is greatly needed and appreciated! Mahalo!
Sponsored in part by ING Direct! A unique & new way of banking. Visit their Hawaii Cafe at 1958 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815 (808) 955-1435.
Sincerely with Aloha...State Games,
Toni Muranaka
Executive Director
Kaho`omiki
Toni@Kahoomiki.org
Phone & Fax: 1-800-581-7491, ext. 13
PCMH Federal Collaborative Meeting
July 14, 2011
TIme: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: AHRQ Conference Center
Watts Branch Room, 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850
Evaluating the PCMH: What We’ve Learned and Why We Need to Do Better
The next Collaborative meeting will include the presentations from Dr. Deborah Peikes and Dr. Aparajita Zutshi of Mathematica Policy Research, who will discuss the evidence base for the PCMH model and elements of strong study design.
CONFERENCE
June 28-30, 2011
Sixth Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference
Location: San Diego, California
We are pleased to invite you to attend the Childhood Obesity Conference – the nation’s largest, most influential collaboration of professionals dedicated to combating pediatric obesity.
Conference registration includes one reception, one lunch, two continental breakfasts, and all conference materials.
For More Information: Sixth Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference Website.
ORD, P20 Center, and RMATRIX Presents Grant Writing with Dr. Robert Porter & Community Engagement Workshop
Research Grant Writing Workshop
Community Engagement Workshop
On behalf of Dr. Jillian Inouye of the Office of Research Development (ORD), P20 Center for 'Ohana Self-Management of Chronic Illnesses (COSMCI), and RCMI Multidisciplinary and Translational Research Infrastructure Expansion Hawaii (RMATRIX), we invite you to attend our research grant colloquium with guest speaker, Dr. Robert Porter who is the Director of Research from the University of Tennessee. Topics will include: grant writing, NIH grant submission requirements, NIH review process. This colloquium is ideal for new principal investigators and doctoral students.
There will be 60 seats available each day so due to space limitations, RSVP to Ann Mashita at annm@crc.hawaii.edu or 692-1818 by 4/30/11. Note the workshop will be also recorded for later viewing.
Contact Dominic Estrella at dominice@mail.nursing,hawaii.edu or 956-3936 or Rosa Castro at rdcastro@hawaii.edu or 956-0536 if you have any questions or need additional information.
Pulama I Ke Ola Healthcare Conference & HPHA/ACS CAN Reception
May 20, 2011
Location: University of Hawaii at Hilo Campus
The University of Hawaii at Hilo Baccalaureate Nursing Program is proudly hosting the sixth annual Pulama I Ke Ola Healthcare Conference. This year's conference theme, "Ehealth: Increasing Access, Improving Health" will include presentations on research and practice related to approaches to health care using new electronic technologies. Topics will be relevant to all healthcare providers. This year's conference partners are: American Cancer Society, East Hawaii Unit, and the UH Geriatric Education Center.
Click here to download Brochure.
For more information, click here.
WEBINAR: CATALOGUE OF SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
May 5, 2011
Interested in learning about data resources related to childhood obesity? NCCOR's Catalogue of Surveillance Systems allows users to review, sort and compare more than 75 surveillance systems relevant to childhood obesity research. This webiner will describe the newly-released Catalogue's features and functions, how to use the Catalogue to support state/local health department goals, and how to use the Catalogue to increase effectiveness and innovation in research.
Presenters include:
Susan M. Krebs-Smith, National Cancer Institute
Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute
David Simmons, Minnesota Department of Health
Jamie Chriqui, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Bridging the Gap
Click here to register.
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM
April 20, 2011
Candidate Assistant/Associate Professor of Biostatistics (#0085852)
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00pm
Location: Biomed D207, 1960 East West Road, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Brain Health Fair
April 9, 2011
Keynote speaker 10:00 a.m.
Location: Hilton Hawaiian Village
Free registration is open to your community now at www.brainhealthfair.com or at the door beginning at 9:30 a.m. A free lunch wil be provided to the first 1,000 registered attendees, courtesy of the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
This event from the National Institute of Health features neurologists who will describe the functions of the human brain, a Brain Lobe-oratorium for kids to explore life-sized models of the brain, and a presentation by keynote speaker, Keahi Tucker, regarding the improtance of brain health and supporting research into the prevention, treatment and cure of brain disorders.
First Annual Obesity Research Day
March 25th
8am-4pm
Keck Auditorium and WebEx conferencing
Breakfast and lunch will be provided on site (with reservation)
This all-day special event, co-sponsored by CDU AXIS, UCLA ISAP, and the Pacific Southwest Technology Transfer Center (PSTTC), will feature many distinguished speakers from various disciplines who will discuss their research in the field of obesity. This live event will also be simultaneously web-conferenced via WebEx, where attendees may view each presentation from their computer or conference room (by special arrangement).
To attend on site, contact: Beverly Jackson beverlyjackson@cdrewu.edu
For Webex only, contact: Dr. Romulo de Castro Jr. romulodecastrojr@cdrew.edu
Call for Abstracts!
American Academy of Pediatrics Future of Pediatrics
July 29-31, 2011 Chicago, IL
Deadline for Submissions: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 4pm CDT
All abstracts must be submitted on line. Go to http://www.aap.org/FOP.
Conference
October 29 – November 2, 2011
APHA Annual Meeting
Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies
Location: Washington D.C.
Call for Abstracts: February 7 – 11, 2011
For More Information: Call for Abstracts
2011 APHA Pre-Conference Learning Institute Courses Call for Proposals Now Open! For More Information: Learning Institute Courses
Conference
October 7 - 8, 2011
Cross Cultural Health Care Conference II
Location: The Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa
For More Information: CCHC Conference
Early Bird Registration is Open!
Conference
March 27-29, 2011
Fourth Health Disparities Conference
Location: Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA
February 9, 2011 - Deadline for all abstracts due to the Organizer by 4:00 PM (EST).
February 23, 2011 - All abstract acceptance notifications will be sent via email.
Conference
March 2, 2011
7th Annual Department of Native Hawaiian Health,
He Huliau Health Disparities Conference
He Huliau – A Turning Point, Eliminating Health
Disparities in Native and Pacific Peoples
Building Diversity and Capacity in the Healthcare Workforce
Location: Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Presented by: Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research and Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence
Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
For more information, please email monaann@hawaii.edu
Conference
February 17, 2011