2012 Disparities Partnership Forum

Overcoming Disparities: Diabetes Care in High Risk Populations

October 22-23, 2012
The Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

For four years, the American Diabetes Association has convened a forum that provided a platform to address the severe onset of Type 2 diabetes in high-risk populations. In 2012, the Association will be holding its 5th Disparities Partnership Forum, entitled Overcoming Diabetes: Diabetes Care in High Risk Populations.

The goal of this year's Forum is to collaborate with partners to address the disparity of cultural competency, health literacy and health equity in health care, specifically populations at highest risk for Type 2 diabetes, i.e., African Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, American Indian/Alaskan Natives, Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, older adults, women, low income and uninsured persons.

Who should attend?
Healthcare professionals
Students
Community health educators
Academicians
Community leaders and lay people
Public health practitioners and officials
Policy makers and analysts
Government officials
Researchers
Program administrators
Patient advocacy groups and voluntary health organizations

Additional information:
http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/programs/partnership-forum/2012-disparities-partnership.html

NIH mHealth Training Institute

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with mHIMSS, will host the NIH mHealth Training Institute at the 2012 mHealth Summit on December 1^st and 2^nd. The mHealth Institute is designed to provide behavioral and social scientists tools to successfully add mobile health technologies to their research in a collaborative team environment with mentorship from leaders in the fields of engineering, medicine and the behavioral and social sciences.

This two-day Institute will provide participants with an overview of the central multidisciplinary aspects of mobile and wireless research. The training will follow a project from conception through dissemination led by a panel of experts.  Participants will be involved in didactic sessions targeting major cross-cutting research issues and interdisciplinary team exercises developing mHealth research projects.

A limited number of scholarships, sponsored by the mHealth Summit, are available for early career researchers.

Registration:     In your mHealth Summit registration, request the NIH mHealth training Institute. Please note that there is an additional mHealth Summit fee of $100.00 to attend the training.

Space is limited to 50 attendees and will be based on first come first serve basis 

·         Attendees of the training institute must also be registered to attend the mHealth Summit

Registration for the training institute opens on Monday, August 20th, 2012.

Website:

http://www.mhealthsummit.org/

Institute:

Saturday, December 1	10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday, December 2	9:00 AM - 3:00 PM