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Conferences and Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

  • AMCHP 2012 Annual Conference - (Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP))  - February 11-14, 2012, Washington, DC. The conference theme is Improving Maternal and Child Health Across the Life Span: Acting Today for Healthy Tomorrows.
  • National Health Policy Conference - (AcademyHealth)  - February 13-14, 2012, Washington, DC. The conference provides clarity on the nation's critical health policy issues for the upcoming year and delivers a program with insider perspectives from health policy leaders to an audience that includes researchers, policy experts, and advocates.
  • Digital Health Communication Extravaganza - (University of Florida)  - February 15-17, 2012, Orlando, FL. The interactive extravaganza will bring together advanced health professionals, practitioners and scientists, along with entrepreneurs and visionaries, for in-depth discovery, collaboration, and networking centered on the future of digital health communication.
  • GRF One Health Summit 2012 - (Global Risk Forum (GRF))  - February 19-22, 2012, Davos, Switzerland. The conference theme is One Health - One Planet - One Future Risks and Opportunities.
  • Public Health Preparedness Summit 2012 - February 21-24, 2012, Anaheim, CA. The goal of the Summit is to strengthen and enhance the capabilities of public health professionals and other participants to plan and prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and other public health emergencies.
  • Preventive Medicine 2012 - (American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM))  - February 22-25, 2012, Orlando, FL. The Annual meeting of the American College of Preventive Medicine advances the science of preventive medicine through state-of-the-art educational programming and abundant networking opportunities for professionals in disease prevention and health promotion.
  • UNC Annual Minority Health Conference - (UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health)  - February 24, 2012, Chapel Hill, NC. The theme of the conference is Translational Research--The Road from Efficacy to Equity.
  • Active Living Research 2012 Annual Conference - (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF))  - March 12-15, 2012, San Diego, CA. The theme for the conference is Disparities in Environments and Policies that Support Active Living, which recognizes the importance of engaging experts from multiple disciplines to address the inequities seen in many communities throughout the nation where childhood obesity and inactivity are the highest.
  • National Immunization Conference Online - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - March 26-28, 2012. The goals of the conference are to provide information that will help participants provide comprehensive immunization coverage for all age groups and explore innovative strategies for developing programs, policy, and research to promote immunization coverage for all age groups.
  • Annual Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health - (National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH))  - March 29, 2012, 4:00 PM ET. This virtual webcast presentation is "Telling the Public Health Story - How to Affect Policy, Engage Elected Officials, and Inspire Citizens," with speaker Andy Goodman, Cofounder and Director of The Goodman Center.
  • Annual ISIS Conference on New Media, Youth, & Sexual Health - (Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS))  - April 1-3, 2012, San Francisco, CA. Annual conference connecting health professionals and technology experts with youth leaders, parents, and community advocates to advance sexual health in the US and abroad.
  • National Health Impact Assessment Meeting - (Health Impact Project)  - April 3-4 2012, Washington, DC. The meeting will convene policy makers, public health professionals, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) practitioners and anyone with an interest in learning more about HIA.
  • National Health Promotion Summit 2012 - (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, HHS (ODPHP))  - April 10-11, 2012, Washington, DC. The summit will promote the development of disease prevention and health promotion policies that align with Healthy People 2020 prevention initiatives.
  • SOPHE 2012 Midyear Scientific Conference - (Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE))  - April 11-14, 2012, Nashville, TN. The midyear conference, Tuning Up Health Promotion: New Lyrics across the Lifespan, will explore health promotion across the lifespan in four sub-themes: environmental policy & change, health communications & informatics, health disparities & health equity, and healthy aging.
  • Keeneland 2012 Conference - (National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research)  - April 17-19, 2012, Lexington, KY. Researchers, practitioners and policymakers gather to share innovative ideas on how to improve the public health system.
  • Global Health & Innovation Conference 2012 - (Unite for Sight)  - April 21-22, 2012, New Haven, CT. Global health and social entrepreneurship conference that convenes leaders, change makers, and participants from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.
  • 13th World Congress on Public Health - (Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA))  - April 21-29, 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting will bring together leaders in health from across the globe to discuss challenges and opportunities facing public health organizations worldwide in making progress towards collectively attaining global health equity.
  • Weight of the Nation Conference - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - May 7-9, 2012, Washington, DC. The conference will provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental strategies.
  • NCCPH Summer Institute 2012: Advancing Health Equity, Building on Experience - (National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH) Canada)  - May 15-16, 2012, Kelowna, B.C. An opportunity to help advance health equity in the six priority areas of the NCCPH: environmental health, Aboriginal health, infectious diseases, methods and tools for knowledge translation, healthy public policy, and determinants of health.
  • Cancer, Culture & Literacy Conference: Advancing Communications - (Moffitt Cancer Center)  - May 17-19, 2012, Clearwater Beach, FL. The conference offers networking and learning opportunities for individuals wanting to learn more about the roles of culture, language, and literacy in cancer health disparities and in the design, implementation, and evaluation of cancer communications, programs, and educational interventions.
  • National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) 2012 Annual Conference - (National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI))  - May 21-23, 2012, New Orleans, LA. This year's theme, Leveraging Public Health Institutes for Systems Change, will explore opportunities on the horizon and currently underway, for public health systems partners to utilize the broad range of capacities of the nation's public health institutes to be a catalyst for systems change.
  • Children's Environmental Health Network Research Conference - (Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN))  - May 30 - June 1, 2012, San Francisco, CA. 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.
  • USPHS 2012 Scientific and Training Symposium - (U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS))  - June 19-21, 2012, Washington, DC. The theme for the conference is Prevention Strategies for a Healthy Nation: Building on the Basics of Public Health.
  • AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - June 24-26, 2012, Orlando, FL. The ARM is a forum for health services research, where attendees gather to discuss health policy implications, sharpen research methods, and network with colleagues from around the world.
  • APHA Midyear Meeting: The New Public Health - Rewiring for the Future - (American Public Health Association (APHA))  - June 26-28, 2012, Charlotte, NC. The meeting will offer public health professionals, partners and stakeholders the opportunity to learn about how the public health system must position itself to address future needs. Attendees will learn about educational, policy and advocacy tools needed for keeping up with and anticipating changes to "rewire" the public health infrastructure.
  • NACCHO Annual Conference 2012 - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - July 11-13, 2012, Los Angeles, CA. National conference to specifically address the needs and concerns of local health officials.
  • International 2012 AIDS Conference - (International AIDS Society (IAS))  - July 22-27, 2012, Washington, DC. The conference will bring together leading scientists, public health experts, policy-makers, and the HIV-affected community to translate recent scientific advances into action that will address means to end the epidemic, within the current context of significant global economic challenges.
  • National Conference on Health Statistics 2012 Conference - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - August 6-8, 2012, Washington, DC. Opportunity to learn about the latest developments at the National Center for Health Statistics and hear from some of the Nation's leaders in the fields of health, health data, and statistics.
  • NALBOH Annual Conference - (National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH))  - August 8-10, 2012, Atlanta, GA. The theme of the conference is Celebrating Achievements, Shaping the Future.
  • National 2012 Conference on Tobacco or Health - August 15-17, 2012, Kansas City, MO. The purpose of the conference is to help improve and sustain the effectiveness and reach of tobacco control programs and activities in the United States.
  • CDC National Cancer 2012 Conference - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - August 21-23,2012, Washington, DC. The theme of the 2012 CDC National Cancer Conference is Uniting Systems, Policy & Practice in Cancer Prevention and Control.
  • APHA 2012 Annual Meeting & Exposition - (American Public Health Association (APHA))  - October 27-31, 2012, San Francisco, CA. The theme of the meeting is Prevention and Wellness Across the Life Span.
  • MLA '13 Annual Meeting and Exhibition - (Medical Library Association (MLA))  - May 3-8, 2013, Boston, MA, Opportunity to explore the global interdependency of health information at a federated international meeting incorporating the 2013 MLA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, the International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), the International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), and the International Clinical Librarian Conference (ICLC).

Webcasts

  • AgriSafe Network Distance Learning Webinars - The AgriSafe Network aims to provide appropriate and timely training opportunities for Network members and affiliates. Through partnering with the Natioanl Rural Health Association and the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, the Network has been able to offer a series of fantastic speakers.
  • Cancer Control PLANET Cyber-Seminar Series - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - The Cyber-Seminar Series brings together researchers and cancer control practitioners to discuss the successes and challenges of translating research into practice. The site includes instructions to register for upcoming seminars and archived seminars.
  • CDC Public Health Grand Rounds - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Monthly series to strengthen CDC's common scientific culture and foster discussion and debate on major public health issues.
  • CMED Public Health Grand Rounds - (Department of Community Medicine (CMED), West Virginia University School of Medicine)  - This program offers free preferred continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, public health practitioners, as well as CHES credits.
  • County Health Rankings Webinars - (University of Wisconsin)  - List of upcoming webinars about the County Health Rankings. Past webinars are also available.
  • DataSpeak - (Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (MCHB))  - Series of web conferences that feature special topics related to Maternal and Child Health (MCH) data, including children with special health care needs.
  • Dialogue4Health Web Forums - (Public Health Institute)  - Web forums that invite multiple sectors together in conversation on topics that matter to health in its broadest sense.
  • Disparities Solutions Center Web Seminars - (Massachusetts General Hospital)  - Web seminars on disparities interventions, findings from important disparities research, and health policy updates regarding disparities reduction efforts.
  • Health Education Webinars - (American Association for Health Education)  - Webinars for health education professionals, students, and the general public. Topics include nutrition, health education internships, mental health, school health, and much more.
  • HealthCast Archives - (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF))  - Archived webcasts, podcasts, and transcripts on various subjects, such as Medicare, Medicaid, prescription drugs, health information technology, HIV/AIDS, and minority health.
  • Meet the Author! Webcasts - (Public Health Reports)  - Series of bimonthly webcasts presented by the authors of feature articles appearing in Public Health Reports. These webcasts offer a unique opportunity for practitioners, faculty, and students of public health to interact with leading authors in the field.
  • NIH VideoCasting - (National Institutes of Health (NIH))  - Upcoming and archived videocasts of special NIH events, seminars, and lectures.
  • PREP-inar Series: Emerging Issues in Public Health Preparedness - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - PREP-inar series presented by NACCHO's Public Health Preparedness Team include hot topics such as pandemic influenza, medical reserve corps, regional preparedness and more. Archived Preparedness Webinars are available.
  • SOPHE Webinars - (Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE))  - Opportunities to learn about topics in health education. The webinars have been approved to award continuing education contact hours (CECHs) for a fee.
  • Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcasts (T2B2) - (University at Albany School of Public Health)  - Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast (T2B2) is a monthly satellite broadcast series designed to provide continuing education opportunities on public health issues. Broadcasts are free and available to all who are interested in furthering their knowledge of public health.
  • UNC School of Public Health Webcasts - (University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Public Health)  - Webcasts about emerging public health issues including polio, bioterrorism preparedness, West Nile Virus, urban sprawl, obesity, smallpox, breast cancer screening, and influenza.
  • UrbanHEALTHCast - View important urban health speeches, lectures, debates, conferences, and prevention initiative presentations on the Web.

Calendar of Events

  • ASTHO Events - (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)) 
  • FDA Meetings - (Food and Drug Administration (FDA) U.S.) 
  • Health Data Conferences - (Expert Health Data Programming, Inc.)  - A list of conferences related to Health Data.
  • Keystone Symposia Global Health Series - (Keystone Symposia)  - Global health conferences to help break the cycle of infectious diseases. Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • NACCHO Conferences - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - List of NACCHO-sponsored conferences.
  • Research!America Upcoming Events - (Research!America)  - Upcoming events about the benefits of medical and health research and the institutions that perform research.

Past Meeting Archives and Reports

  • APHL Conference Proceedings - (Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) U.S.)  - Presentations from past annual meetings of the Association of Public Health Laboratories and other related conferences.
  • CDC Grand Rounds Archives - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Recorded presentations and materials from past CDC Public Health Grand Rounds.
  • FDA Public Speeches - (Food and Drug Administration (FDA) U.S.)  - Speeches given by the Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the FDA Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, and the FDA Associate Commissoner.
  • Healthy People 2010 Final Review Recorded Webinar - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S., National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - "Health In the US - A review of the First Decade in the 21st Century," recorded on October 6, 2011. The webinar includes presentations on key findings from the Healthy People 2010 Final Review.
  • NACCHO Past Events - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))