Girls on the Run St. Louis and the Brown School Policy Forum present a Health Symposium

Girls on the Run St. Louis and the Brown School Policy Forum present a Health Symposium

Engaging in Effective Health and Positive Youth Development Strategies: Research, Practice, Policy & Funding Implications

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
5 - 7 pm Panel Discussion
Brown Hall, Brown Lounge
Reception to Follow
Event is free and open to the public.

Featured Panelists:
Courtney Berg, LCSW
Executive Director, Girls on the Run St. Louis

Renee Parks
Program Coordinator, Girls on the Run St. Louis

Cyndi Witt, LCSW
School Social Worker, Bluffview Elementary
Dupo School District

Dr. Amy Eyler
Assistant Professor, Brown School
Prevention Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis

Katherine Bergh
Director, Global Corporate Citizenship
Boeing Defense, Space and Security

Shane Cohn
Alderman, Ward 25
City of St. Louis

Facilitator:
Susan S. Stepleton, PhD
Director, Policy Forum, Brown School

For more information about the event or to RSVP, please contact policyforum@wustl.edu.
For more information about Girls on the Run, visit girlsontherunstlouis.org

How Will the 2012 Presidential Election Impact US Health Care?

Date: Monday, October 29
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Connor Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center

A panel discussion presented by the  Washington University School of Medicine Health Economics and Policy Interest Group.  Moderated by William Peck, MD, Director, Washington University Center for Health Policy and former Dean of the School of Medicine.

How could next month’s presidential election impact the administration and funding of government research centers, such as the National Institutes of Health? How could those changes affect biomedical research? What will happen to the Affordable Care Act? These questions and more will be discussed on Monday, October 29, when the medical student-run Health Economics and Policy Interest Group (HEPIG) presents its annual forum, this year entitled “How Will the 2012 Presidential Election Impact US Health Care?” featuring three of St. Louis' foremost healthcare policy experts:

--Ryan Nunley, MD – Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Washington University; Washington DC Health Policy Fellowship AAOS
--Ronald Levy – Former CEO of SSM Healthcare and a leader within the State Department of Social Services
--Ryan Barker, MSW, MPPA — Director of Healthy Policy for the Missouri Foundation for Health

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP requested to Karen Dodson at karen.dodson@wustl.edu

Basic Behavioral Science Research in Obesity Meeting

When:
April 24 - 25, 2013

Where:
NIH Campus
Building 31
Bethesda, MD

Additional Information:
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/News/Calendar/Obesity2013.htm


Each talk will be 20 minutes followed by 5 minutes of topic-specific Q & A. After two talks, there will be a broader discussion for 20 minutes—the focus will be on how these areas relate to the broader goals of the meeting: (1) identify behavioral mechanisms relevant to obesity, including identifying interactions between biology, emotion, cognition, behavior, environmental, and social factors; (2) identify gaps in knowledge; and
(3) identify novel targets to be tested and developed for intervention. We can develop a list of guiding questions to be projected during the discussion period. At the conclusion of each of the three sections, we will have a discussant to provide comments (10 minutes) and then lead a group discussion (25 minutes).
 

NIDDK New PI's Workshop

When:
December 2-4, 2012

Where:
Double Tree by Hilton Hotel
Bethesda

Additional Information:
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/News/Calendar/NewPI2012.htm


The purpose of this meeting is to provide our first-time R01 investigators the information they will need to be successful in securing continued support for their research programs at a very critical juncture in their career. It also provides a networking forum for the new investigators to interact with NIDDK program and review staff and with each other.

Participation in this meeting is by invitation only to those investigators in a position to renew their R01s within the next year or two. As we hold this workshop on a regular basis, those who do not receive an invitation to the 2012 meeting will be included in future meeting invitations. Because space at the workshop is limited, "New PIs" invited to attend this workshop are encouraged to register as soon as possible if they wish to participate. Once you have registered for the meeting, please contact your R01 program officer for additional information.

Clinical Research Strategies for Fructose Metabolism

When:
November 13-14, 2012

Where:
Building 31C 6th Floor
Conference Room 10 NIH
Bethesda, MD

Additional Information:
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/News/Calendar/FructoseMetab2012.htm


Consumption of simple sugars (sucrose, glucose, and fructose) currently is estimated at 20 percent of the U.S. diet on average. This coincides with what has been described as an epidemic of obesity and its complications, such as fatty liver, heart disease, and diabetes. Although excess calories are clearly at fault, there is a great deal of public and academic interest in the particular roles, if any, played by simple sugars in the common health problems of Americans. There are some outstanding studies in the literature on the metabolism of fructose and its effects on health outcomes, and many more are being conducted. The current interest, combined with the difficulties of studying a nutrient consumed as a large part of a typical modern diet, led the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to propose a small, 2-day workshop at the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD, focused on clinical design for studies of fructose and sugar ingestion. Participants from academia, government, advocacy groups, and industry will be invited.

This workshop will showcase studies of the effects of fructose on human whole-body metabolism, energy balance, and obesity as well as on the liver, kidney, and adipose tissue.

Participants will discuss the following:

• What questions concerning human health remain to be answered?
• How might clinical trials be designed to provide interpretable data?
• What are appropriate outcomes measures?

For questions concerning meeting logistics, contact:

John Hare, CMP
The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc.
656 Quince Orchard Road, Suite 210
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: (301) 670-4990
Fax: (301) 670-3815
Email: jhare@scgcorp.com