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BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM GERIATRICS CONFERENCE
First and fourth Tuesday of every month. Dallas, TX. Contact: NaBrina Dzina, Baylor Health Care System, 3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX 75246. Phone: (214) 348-7634. Fax: (214) 503-7386.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS: GERIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS
Wednesdays- ongoing, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Seldin Learning Center - Parkland 7 South-South, Dallas, TX. Contact: Jan Zerwekh at (214) 648-9012.
UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 19TH ANNUAL INTENSIVE COURSE IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE AND BOARD REVIEW
September 25-28, 2002. Marina Beach Marriott Hotel, Marina del Rey, CA. To enroll, please call (310) 312-0546.
WISCONSIN BOARD REVIEW COURSE IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
September 25-28, 2002. Lake Lawn Resort, Lake Geneva, WI. For more information, please contact Penny Romasko. E-mail: promasko@mcw.edu.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CME CONFERENCE: CRITICAL CLINICAL ISSUES IN THE CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
September 26-27, 2002. Towsley Center for Continuing Medical Education, Ann Arbor, MI. For more information, please contact the Registrar, Department of Medical Education, P.O. Box 1157, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1157. Phone: (800) 800-0666. Fax: (734) 936-1641.
7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY: CANCER IN THE ELDERLY
September 27-28, 2002. The Swissôtel, Boston, Massachusetts. Featuring session chaired by Jerry Johnson, MD. For more information, please contact Imedex, 70 Technology Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30005-3969. Phone: (770) 751-7332. Fax: (770) 751 7334. E-mail: meetings@imedex.com. Web site: www.imedex.com.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION 28TH ANNUAL TOPICS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY AND LIVER DISEASE: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASPECTS
October 2-4, 2002. Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD. For more information, please contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Turner 20, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205-2195. Phone: (410) 955-2959. Fax: (410) 955-0807. E-mail: cmenet@jhmi.edu. Web site: www.med.jhu.edu/cme.
2ND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
October 3-5, 2002. Antalya, Turkey. For more information, please contact Nico Stanculescu. Phone: (773) 784-8134. E-mail: nico@worldeventsforum.com.
CANCER AND AGING: A CALL TO ACTION
October 4-5, 2002. Princeton Marriott at the Forrestalm Center, Princeton, NJ. For more information, please contact Mitch Rosen, MPH, UMDNJ-School of Public Health. Phone: (732) 235-9450. E-mail: mrosen@umdnj.edu. Web site: www.cancerandaging.org.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR FOR ASSOCIATE DEANS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
October 4-9, 2002. Lago Mar Resort, Fort Lauderdale, FL. For more information, please contact Julien Biebuyck. Phone: (202) 828-0048. E-mail: jbiebuyck@aamc.org.
EDUCATION FOR PHYSICIANS ON END OF LIFE CARE (EPEC) - BECOME AN EPEC TRAINER CONFERENCE
October 8-10, 2002. New Orleans, LA. For more information, please contact Nicole Moore, Northwestern University, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 601, Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: (877) 524-3732. E-mail: info@epec.net. Web site: www.epec.net.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 30TH ANNUAL CURRENT TOPICS IN GERIATRICS
October 10-12, 2002. Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD. For more information, please contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Turner 20, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205-2195. Phone: (410) 955-2959. Fax: (410) 955-0807. E-mail: cmenet@jhmi.edu. Web site: www.med.jhu.edu/cme.
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF LONG TERM CARE MEDICINE GERIATRIC SERVICES MANAGEMENT TRAINING
October 11-13, 2002. For more information, please contact Caterina de Carvalho. Phone: (310) 312-0531. E-mail: cdecarvalho@mednet.ucla.edu. Web site: www.geronet.ucla.edu.
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2002 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYSICIAN HEALTH
October 16-19, 2002. Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, BC. Now accepting papers. For more information, please contact: Roger Brown, PhD. Phone: (312) 464-5476. E-mail: Roger_Brown@ama-assn.org.
2002 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION/CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYSISIAN HEALTH
October 16-19, 2002. Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina, Vancouver, BC. For more information, please visit www.ama-assn.org/go/publichealth.
2002 ASSOCIATION OF SUBSPECIALTIES PROFESSORS ANNUAL MEETING
October 17-19, 2002. Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. For more information, please contact the Association of Subspecialty Professors, 2501 M Street NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20037-1308. Phone: (202) 861-6900. Fax: (202) 861-9731. E-mail: ASP@im.org. Web site: www.im.org/asp.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ON AGEING 6TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO: MATURITY MATTERS
October 27-30, 2002. Burswood Convention Center, Perth, Western Australia. For more information, please contact Nic Lanyon, project officer. Phone: 61 8 9220 1104. Fax: 61 8 9220 1113. E-mail: nicl@fcs.wa.gov.au. Web site: www.congresswest.com.au/IFA.
PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
November 8, 2002. Marriott Harrisburg Hershey, Harrisburg, PA. For more information, please contact Diane C. Langner. Phone: (888) 633-5784 or (717) 558-7850, ext. 1482.
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY AND CYRIL H. WECHT INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE AND LAW NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FAMILIAL ABUSE
November 8-9, 2002. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. For more information, please contact Ben Wecht, Program Administrator, Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law, Duquesne University School of Law, 900 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15282-0700. (412) 396-1049. E-mail: wechtben@duq.edu.
GERIATRIC SOCIETY OF INDIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
November 8-10, 2002. Hotel Samrat, New Delhi, India. For more information, please visit www.geriatricindia.com.
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION 130TH ANNUAL MEETING AND EXPOSITION
November 9-13, 2002. Philadelphia, PA. For more information, please contact the American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710. Web site: www.apha.org.
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 55TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
November 22-25, 2002. Marriott and Westin Copley place, Boston, MA. For more information, please contact the Gerontological Society of America, 1030 15th Street NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20005-1503. Phone: (202) 842-1275. Fax: (202) 842-1150. E-mail: geron@geron.org. Web site: www.geron.org.
AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION WINTER CONFERENCE: MEDICAL DIRECTION & CLINICAL MANAGEMENT IN LONG TERM CARE
December 2-7, 2002. Westin Savannah Harbor Resort, Savannah, GA. For more information, please call (410) 740-9743. Web site: www.amda.com.
INSTITUTE FOR AGEING AND HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY
December 4-6, 2002. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom. For more information, please contact the conference secretariat. Phone: (514) 337-4646. Fax: (514) 337-5339. E-mail: iccaa@neurochem.com.
EUROPEAN UNION GERIATRIC MEDICINE SOCIETY SYMPOSIA: OSTEOPOROSIS AND DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS IN OLDER PEOPLE
December 6-8, 2002. University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. For more information, please visit www.mfgroupe.com.
AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION 2003 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
March 6-9, 2002. Orlando, FL. For more information on submitting posters and presentations, please contact AMDA. Phone: (800) 876-2632. Web site: www.amda.com.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON INSTITUTION ON AGING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN GERONTOLOGY
Contact: University of Washington Educational Outreach Advising and Recruitment. Phone: (206) 543-6160. E-mail: certif2@u.washington.edu. Web site: www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/cetprog/age/age_main.asp.
BROOKDALE CENTER ON AGING OF HUNTER COLLEGE: MEDICAID TRAINING SERIES
Ongoing. The Samuel Sadin Institute on Law. Classes are held at Lighthouse International, Inc., 111 East 59th St., New York, NY 10021. Phone: (212) 481-4433. Web site: www.brookdale.org.
THE CONSORTIUM OF NEW YORK GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTER 40-HOUR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR THOSE NEW TO THE FIELD OF AGING
Ongoing. Complete the 40-hour course in 1 week or over a 12-month period. Contact Anna Peters at (212) 998-5618 or (800) 647-8233.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING ONLINE GERIATRIC TRAINING PROGRAM
A comprehensive certificate program with no classroom attendance required. For more information, please visit www.fau.edu/gerontology.
GERONTOLOGICAL HEALTH SECTION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
Ongoing. For CE offerings, contact Gary Mayfield, Chair. Phone: (941) 590-7833. Fax: (941) 590-7842. E-mail: gmayfiel@fgcu.edu.
THE JOHN HEINZ SENATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN ISSUES OF THE AGING
The John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program is designed to identify and train new leaders in issues affecting children and seniors. Intended as a career development opportunity for mid-level professionals, the program will provide first-hand knowledge in the development and advancement of public policy and legislation that will improve the quality of life for our young and, in alternate years, for older Americans. The program was created in 1992 to honor the memory of the late United States Senator John Heinz, who spent much of his Congressional career as an outspoken advocate for the rights of older Americans and for the protection, health, welfare and education of children. For more information see: www.hfp.heinz.org/senate/index.htm.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (ASCO) and the John A Hartford Foundation have established a geriatrics/oncology training program development grant. The objectives of the grant are to foster development of geriatrics/medical oncology training programs, produce teachers of geriatric issues in medical oncology, and lead research efforts in the emerging discipline of geriatric oncology. For an application package, please call the ASCO Training Division at (703) 299-1071, or visit www.asco.org.
MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH, INC. is searching for best practices in coordinate care for people with chronic illness. Those identified will serve as models for a federally funded demonstration of coordinated care in a fee-for-service Medicare. In conducting this study for HCFA, MPR Inc. welcomes comments on this search and nominations of coordinated care programs from health care organizations, providers and other professionals. Currently functioning coordinated care programs developed by entities such as HMO's, home health or community agencies, private insurers, commercial firms and academic medical centers are eligible. Programs must have documented evidence of cost savings or improved patient outcomes. For more information, contact: Ms. Kristin LaBounty, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., PO Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393. Phone: (609) 275-2263. Fax: (609) 799-0005. E-mail: Klabounty@mathematica-mpr.com. Web site: www.mathematica-mpr.com/projects/bestpractices.
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON
Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program (CHLP) honors ten outstanding individuals for their work in creating or enhancing healthcare programs serving communities whose needs have been ignored and unmet. Each leader receives $100,000, which includes a $5,000 personal stipend and $95,000 for program enhancement over a 3-year period. CHLP seeks out individuals who have the leadership skills to overcome complex obstacles and find creative ways to bring healthcare services to their communities. All are largely unrecognized and in "mid-career," most often with no less than five and no more than 15 years of community health work experience. The nomination process is open and nominations can be made by consumers, community health leaders, health professionals, and government officials who have been inspired personally by the nominees. Interested nominators can write CHLP at any time for a brochure and a letter of intent form (LOI) at: 30 Winter St., Suite 920, Boston, MA 02108. Phone: (617) 426 9772. Web site: www.communityhealthleaders.org.
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION has announced a $6.3 million two-program national diabetes initiative intended to address patient self-management.
"Advancing Diabetes Self-Management" will award up to six fifteen-month grants of $300,000 will to primary care provider organizations to work as a network to develop and pilot test multi-component, self-management programs in primary care settings. The initiative will provide grants and technical assistance to guide program, communications, and evaluation planning and support. For more information, please write to diabetes.sm@im.wustl.edu. "Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care" will provide up to eight twelve-month grants of $125,000 to community-provider partnerships to address diabetes prevention and self-management issues in communities where cultural and ethic diversity strongly influence related health behaviors. The initiative will provide grants and technical assistance to guide program, communications, and evaluation planning and support. Direct inquiries to diabetes.comm@im.wustl.edu. Calls for proposals and application forms are available at http://diabetesnpo.im.wustl.edu/.
The application deadline for both programs is September 16, 2002.
UCLA GERIATRIC MEDICAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, sponsored by the UCLA School of Medicine, Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (MPGMG), offers a one-year fellowship that prepares physicians to function effectively in medical direction, with a special emphasis on long-term care facility management. Applicants must have a California physician's license, be committed to a career in geriatric medical management, and have completed at least one year in an accredited geriatric fellowship program or be board certified or eligible in internal or family medicine. Training cycles may begin annually in July or January. Contact: Fellowship Coordinator, UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology, 10945 LeConte Ave., Suite 2339, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1687. Phone: (310) 312-0531. Fax: (310) 312-0546.
THE JUNE ALLYSON FOUNDATION, funded by Kimberly-Clark, has recently been established to increase awareness of adult incontinence through research and support. The Foundation will award $25,000 per year for grants that support medical research and educational efforts to assist in the advancement of incontinence care. The American Urogynecologic Society will administer the Foundation. For further information, contact: The June Allyson Foundation, c/o The American Urogynecologic Society, 401 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION offers grants and awards to promote excellence in such areas as: access to basic health care, substance abuse, chronic health conditions and end-of-life care. Phone: (415) 502-8275. Fax: (415) 476-5020.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING/DHEA is seeking applications that address gaps in knowledge of the physiologic roles and effects of administration of DHEA or DHEA (S). Support will be in the form of R01 and FIRST Awards (R29). Contact: Frank Bellino, Biology of Aging Program, NIA, Gateway Bldg. Suite 2C231, Bethesda, MD 20892-9205. Phone: (301) 496-6402. Fax: (301) 402-0010. Reference: PA-97-051. E-mail: bellinof@gw.nia.nih.gov.
SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH announces its first research grants program, sponsored by Pfizer Women's Health. The grants will support the scientific and academic advancement of MD, MD/PhD, or DO faculty in the exploration of biological mechanisms of disease in women in three areas: cardiovascular disease, mental health and reproductive physiology. Each of three scholars will receive $65,000 per year over three years. Specify the Pfizer/Society Scholars Application form when you call. Phone: (800) 210-1214.
EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY is soliciting manuscripts for possible publication. The journal publishes on a broad range of topics with educational implications for training, teaching and learning. Of special interest are papers on aspects of gerontology in higher education and K-12. Sponsored by the National Association for Teaching and Learning about Aging and the Center for Studies in Aging at the University of North Texas in association with the Higher Education Program at the University of North Texas, the journal can be contacted as follows: E-mail: lumsden@coefs.coe.unt.edu. Papers should adhere to the requirements contained in the Publications Manual of the APA, 4th Ed., 1994. Address submissions to: D. Barry Lumsden, University of North Texas, PO Box 311337, Denton, TX 76203-1337.
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY offers several grants and awards for researchers and for members who have made outstanding contributions to facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. For more information, please contact: Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 310 South Henry Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Phone: 703-299-9291. Fax: 703-299-8898. E-mail: info@aafprs.org. Web site: www.aafprs.org.
FAN FOX & LESLIE R. SAMUELS FOUNDATION AND PARTNERSHIP FOR CARING has announced awards totaling up to $1.13 million in grants to eleven organizations as part of their "Moving Palliative Care Upstream: Integrating Curing and Caring Paradigms in Long Term Care" initiative. The awards support innovative projects that seek to expand the availability of palliative care. Information on the next round of funding can be obtained from the program officer, Julio Urbina at: (212) 870-2003.
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