March 21-22, 2013 USF Health’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), Tampa, FL Course Description: Interdisciplinary and multi-professional, clinical, quality improvement (QI) initiatives that promote continuous, population- and evidence-based practices have been shown to improve perinatal health outcomes. This two-day, educational program is designed to expand the knowledge and skill base for perinatal health care practitioners from a range of vocations and specialties as well as other perinatal health-related professionals in the identification of QI opportunities, the planning and implementation of QI initiatives and the advancement of evidence-based [...]

November 30, 2012 9:00 – 11:00 EDU 413 Breakfast included RSVP communityengagement@usf.edu Description: All human subject researchers must understand research ethics and comply with Institutional Review Board (IRB) regulations aimed at protecting the “ rights, safety, and welfare of human subjects” participating in research. But those who do community-based research, seeking deeper and more reciprocal relationships with research partners, face a unique set of challenges. This workshop addresses the special concerns of faculty and graduate students who carry out community-based research. Cheryl Byers, Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity and [...]

Florida Statewide Summit on Prescription Drug Abuse-Presenting Evidence-Based Programs and Best Practices for the Treatment of Babies and Mothers will be held on Friday, December 14th at the InterContinental Hotel  in Tampa. This summit is sponsored by the March of Dimes, Children’s Board of Hillsborough County and Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County.   This link below will take you to the registration form http://www.zeroexposure.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Involvement.Events . For more information, please call 813-233-2800, 137.

https://www.ahecregistration.org/files/502_2012%20public%20FRHA%20Rural%20Health%20Summit.pdf

Call for Abstracts for the 2013 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) is now open. The abstract deadline is January 16th and the conference is in Baltimore this year on June 23-25th.

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Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged (PRIDE) in Health-Related Research – July 8-23, 2013 - Sponsored by The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Georgia Health Sciences University The Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged (PRIDE) in Health-Related Research is an all-expense paid research career advancing opportunity sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).  This mentored research program will address the difficulties     experienced     by      junior -level investigators in establishing independent research programs  and  negotiating  tenure  and  full professor status at academic institutions.   The desired  outcome  is [...]

The 21st Annual HIV Conference of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center is designed to increase the knowledge and skills of HIV health care providers and will take place October 26-27, 2012 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel and Spa. Three distinct tracks will allow attendees to customize their learning experiences: Advanced Topics for HIV Clinicians Fundamentals of HIV for Providers and Staff Women, Adolescents, and Children We are very excited about this year’s program and invite you to view the conference agenda on [...]

Academic prevention operates at the interface of higher education, clinical prevention, and public health, meaning prevention educators must keep current on events and trends in multiple arenas. Economic conditions, new technologies, evolving pedagogies, changing accreditation standards, and expanding definitions of academic scholarship are creating both new challenges and new opportunities for prevention faculty and practice professionals. We invite you to be part of the dialogue by participating in Teaching Prevention 2013. The two-day conference will feature a faculty development workshop, three plenary sessions, 10 oral presentation sessions, and a poster [...]

The 2012 Conference is the third in a series of Conferences addressing concerns about water: 2010 Water The Key to Regional Stability, and 2011 Security and Stability Partnerships: Their Impact on Health. The first Conference ( 2010 ) set the stage for the subsequent Conferences. A very diverse group of Speakers and Attendees presented and discussed an overview of our current state of awareness and concern about the critical role of water as it relates to regional stability. Academicians, Corporate leaders, as well as Religious and Cultural Scholars participated. The [...]