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***ANNOUNCEMENTS***

 

APHA 136th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California,

Public Health without Borders

October 25-29, 2008

 

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

• The Genomics Forum is sponsoring five oral sessions and one poster session. We are also co-sponsoring seven additional sessions. 
• Our schedule is online at the APHA website and we've compiled  a printable list of sessions we thought would be of interest to Genomics Forum members.

BUSINESS MEETING

• Please join us for the Genomics Forum Annual Business Meeting on Sunday, October 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the San Diego Manchester Grand Hyatt, Manchester Ballroom F. Breakfast will be available beginning at 7:30 a.m.
•  We have a full agenda that includes hearing from our award winning abstracts and a guest speaker Joseph Telfair, DrPH, MSW-MPH, member of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, who will speak about the Genetics Education and Training Task Force's Public Health Providers' working group.
• We will have a table available for you to distribute materials about your organization at the business meeting. If you are unable to attend in-person, but would like us to have materials laid out for you, please send them to me electronically by next Wednesday, October 22.

BUSINESS MEETING - JOIN BY PHONE

• If you are unable to join us in person, but would still like to participate in the meeting, a phone-in option is available by dialing 1-888-387-8686 and entering passcode 2062345#.
• Agenda: Click Here
• Introductory PowerPoint: Click Here
• Small Group Discussion Agenda: Click Here

KEEPING THE CONVERSATION GOING - MEET & GREET and NEW WORKING GROUPS

• We have arranged to have space available on Monday and Tuesday evening, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at Jsix
• These are informal meetings designed for you to come as your schedule allows.
• By the end of the APHA meeting we'd like to establish ~3 working groups to address cross-cutting issues such as genomics and health disparities or education/ workforce development.

MAPS

• Business meeting and most Forum-sponsored scientific sessions will be at the Manchester Grand Hyatt:

Manchester Grand Hyatt
1 Market Pl

San Diego, CA 92101

• The Meet & Greet and Working Group Discussions will be held at Jsix:

Jsix Restaurant and Bar
616 J Street
At the corner of 6th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101

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