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Welcome to the APHA Genomics Forum
This website is under development to support the work of the members of the Genomics Forum, a component of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
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***ANNOUNCEMENTS***

APHA 136th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California,
Public Health without Borders
October 25-29, 2008
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
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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For more information about this project, contact:
Jody Platt
Life Sciences & Society Program
University of Michigan School of Public Health
jeplatt@umich.edu (734) 647-4571
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