NIDDK Recent Advances & Emerging Opportunities 2016

Additional Information:
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/about-niddk/strategic-plans-reports/Pages/NIDDK-recent-advances-emerging-opportunities-2016.aspx

Description:
The publication, NIDDK Recent Advances & Emerging Opportunities, is a document that the NIDDK has issued annually since 2001. It is a compendium that highlights examples of the many research advances published by NIDDK-funded scientists and their colleagues in the most recent fiscal year, along with the technologies that made these achievements possible. Thus, most of the research findings described in the January 2016 compendium were published in fiscal year 2015. In addition to research advances, the compendium includes:

• "Stories of Discovery," which trace research progress in specific areas over a much longer period of time; 
• "Scientific Presentations," which have been made by eminent researchers during 2015; and
• "Patient Profiles," which recount the personal stories of several patients whose lives have been adversely affected by disease.

This publication is one means of conveying the important accomplishments that have resulted from NIDDK-funded research, as well as the enormous promise this research holds for the future. The examples given here are representative of the much larger and more diverse research portfolio funded by the NIDDK. This compendium is a web-based publication, which is also presented to the NIDDK's National Advisory Council in printed form each January or February.

Changing Practice: How to Understand and Address Social Factors that Shape Child Health

Additional Information:
https://cc.readytalk.com/registration/#/?meeting=y37k7jd1yv92&campaign=x7fp1ahfuzg

Description:

June 08, 2016; 11:00am to 12:00pm Central Daylight Time

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance and prevalence of social factors (in rural, urban, and suburban areas) in impacting child health.
• Describe the role of the pediatric medical home in identifying and addressing the social factors effecting child health outcomes.
• Discuss tools and strategies that can assist pediatric medical homes with identifying and addressing social needs that effect children's health and development.

 

2015–2016 IRP Webinar Series

Additional Information:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/media/webinars.htm#june2016

Description:

June 8, 2016, 1:00–2:00pm CDT

How Economic and Social Disadvantage Affects Health and Life Opportunities
Featuring Geoffrey Swain, Sheri Johnson, and Katie Ports
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In this webinar, the presenters will discuss how economic and social disadvantages are associated with worse health outcomes over the life course. The presentations will focus on:

• How individual- and community-level deprivation and chronic, unmitigated stress affects health in different stages of the life course
• Perceived discrimination among young adult expectant parents
• The effects of adverse childhood experiences on long-term health outcomes

9th Annual American Indian Justice Conference

Additional Information:
https://www.ncjtc.org/CONF/AIJC/Pages/default.aspx

Description:
June 15-16, 2016 | Tucson, AZ

June 14, 2016 | Pre-Conference
Conference hosted by Pascua Yaqui Tribe

​ Enhance your ability to combat alcohol and drug abuse in your tribal community. Recognize how trauma impacts drug and alcohol abuse in tribal communities. Identify current trends and best practices for tribal justice systems to strengthen multi-disciplinary approaches to healing and justice. Four disciplinary tracks of training are being offered:  alcohol and substance abuse, tribal justice strategic planning, tribal courts, and tribal probation.

Conference topics include:

• Transmission of maladaptive coping through epigenetics
• Sentencing alternatives - looking beyond incarceration
• Traditional approaches to adjudication
• Theory, assessment and treatment of complex trauma
• Drug identification and recognition to support tribal justice

APHA 2016 Annual Meeting & Exposition

Additional Information:
http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual

Description:
Call for Abstracts

• 2016 Call for Abstracts - Abstract statuses have been or will be emailed on June 1. Login to your Speaker's Corner to view your abstract information.
• Podiatric Health Call for Late Breaking Abstracts - deadline July 1.

Become an important part of APHA 2016

• Become an Exhibitor - Connect with public health leaders and professionals at APHA 2016. Be part of the biggest public health event! For more information on how to reserve a booth, contact Lynn Schoen.
• Become an APHA 2016 Sponsor

AUCD 2016 Conference, Navigating Change, Building Our Future Together

Additional Information:
https://www.aucd.org/conference/meetings/register.cfm?id=247

Description:
Proposal Deadline: Monday, June 20th: There will be NO extensions. 
Notifications of acceptance: August, 2016
This call for proposals includes submissions for concurrent and poster presentations.  Read more about the format and requirements for each event here, especially noting the revamped poster formats. Remember that all information presented during the AUCD Conference must adhere to AUCD conference presentation accessibility guidelines.
Upon submission of your application (below) you will receive an automatic receipt to acknowledge that AUCD has received your information.  There are two steps to confirm your submission. If you do not receive a receipt, your submission was not received by AUCD.  Keep this receipt for your records.
Questions regarding the AUCD 2016 Conference should be directed to Crystal Pariseau or Laura Martin at AUCD.

National Health Equity Research Webcast

Additional Information:
http://sph.unc.edu/mhp/nat-health-equity-research-webcast/

Description: 
Registration is now open for the 22nd National Health Equity Research Webcast! Registration is free. You may register for individual or group participation, either as part of our live studio audience on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, or remotely via the web.

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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016, 1:30-4 pm

Political Power, Policy and Health Equity

In its 22nd year, the National Health Equity Research Webcast, hosted by the Gillings School of Global Public Health in partnership with campus units will focus on political power, policy and health equity.
Speakers will discuss importance of policy for advancing health equity, importance of political power for policy development & implementation, and factors that influence distribution of political power such as: public relations, media and lobbying, partisan voter redistricting, voter disqualification, accessibility of polling times & places, handling of absentee and provisional ballots; and vote counting irregularities.
The live broadcast will be aired on June 7th from 1:30 to 4:00PM from the Tate Turner Kuralt Auditorium in the School of Social Work. The webcast will feature a moderated panel of three nationally recognized researchers and practitioners.