Title: "Translational Research in Latino Mental Health: Bench to Bedside, Adoption of Best Practices, and Integration in Community," Critical Research Issues in Latino Mental Health
City: Regency, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Hosted by: UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Details: The I A conference to bring promising new investigators together with distinguished and established researchers in the area of Latino mental health.
For more information: Contact Dr. Interian at interial@umdnj.edu, or Monica Boleyn at boleynmo@umdnj.edu, or visit their Web site.
Website: http://www2.umdnj.edu/crlmhweb/index.htm

Title: EDICT Community Forum Town Hall Meeting
City: Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080
Hosted by: EDICT Community Forum
Details: For clinical trials to reach all populations, we must include individuals from all backgrounds, racial/ethnic groups, ages and communities.  Yet, many populations remain underrepresented in clinical trials. To address this problem, The EDICT (Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Trials) Project was launched in 2005 to develop practical policy solutions to disparities in participation in clinical trials.  For the last eight months, the EDICT Project has traveled to seven cities and listened to the voices of many of these "underrepresented populations" as they shared their concerns and their recommendations to possible solutions in addressing these disparities. Hosts require names of attendees to prepare name tags and advise their security team. Please RSVP Gretchen at gribble@bcm.tmc.edu. Remember to bring a photo ID with you to validate your entrance.

Title: 10th Annual Patient Congress
City: Washington, D.C.
Hosted by: UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Details: The healthcare event includes:
* Capitol Hill Briefing & Workshop
* Capitol Hill Visits with Elected Officials
* Presentations by Legislators, Agency Representatives and Advocacy Leaders
* Educational Expo
The PAF will honor keynote speaker Elizabeth Edwards. To register: http://gallery.patientadvocate.org/requests/pc/registration2.php. After May 31th, the registration fee will be $225.00 per participant.
Website: http://pc.patientadvocate.org/index.php.

Title: SMDEP Recruitment Fair
City: Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Conn.
Hosted by:  Summer Medical and Dental Education Programs (SMDEP) of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and School of Dental and Oral Surgery, New Jersey Medical and New Jersey Dental School (UNDNJ), and Yale University School of Medicine
Details: SMDEP is a six-week academic enrichment program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support the academic preparation of talented underrepresented minority and disadvantaged college students for medical and dental careers. It is anticipated over 300 undergraduate pre-medical and pre-dental students from more than 100 colleges will be in attendance.
All participating students will have the opportunity to meet with recruiters from each medical or dental school. You will be assigned a recruiting table in order to display and distribute recruiting materials and information pertinent to your institution. Lunch and refreshments will be provided during the fair. You may reserve your space for the event by email or fax. For more information and to register, call (203) 785-7545 or e-mail Linda.Jackson@yale.edu.
Website: http://www.smdep.org/

Title: Third National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media
City: Omni Hotel,  Atlanta, Ga.
Hosted by: National Center for Health Marketing, the Office of Enterprise Communication, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Cancer Institute and the National Public Health Information Coalition
Details: This conference brings together individuals representing academia, public health researchers and practitioners from federal and state government and the private sector, and provides a forum for collegial dialogue within and across these disciplines. For more information and to register, please visit their Web site.
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/NCHCMM2009/

Title: CDC Physicians and Veterinarians Job Fair
City: 2400 Century Pkwy NE, Room 1B, Atlanta, Ga. 30345
Hosted by: CDC Global Health Programs
Details: Medical officer and veterinarian positions are authorized for direct hire. You must be present to interview for full consideration. Helpful skills include: overseas experience and language skills. For more information: Contact gvl5@cdc.gov

Title: Advancing Health Equity: from Theory to Practice
City: Richmond, Va
Hosted by: Virginia Public Health Association
Details: The purpose of the conference is to increase participants’ knowledge and ability to advance health equity through healthy community design. The goal is a call to action by stakeholders throughout Virginia to reverse the inequitable distribution of social determinants of health by designing healthy communities
Website: http://vapha.org/events/2009/vaphas-annual-conference

Title: 2009 International Cancer Education Conference
City: Crown Plaza - Houson Reliant Park, 8686 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 77054
Hosted by: The American Association for Cancer Education (AACE), the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN), and the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE)
Details: Recognizing that knowledge alone is insufficient to change the experience of patients and families, health care organizations and societies, and that many evaluations of educational initiatives have not looked at the impact on patients and families, the theme for this year’s AACE-CPEN-EACE meeting, the “Art and Science of Cancer Education and Evaluation" focuses on the current state of cancer education. Participants are invited to present and discuss innovative cancer education initiatives, evaluation techniques and outcome measurement throughout the continuum of cancer care.To register: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=719607. Register by September 11 and receive an early bird discount
Website: http://aace.cpsonline.info/index.html

Title: First Triennial Conference on Latino Education and Immigrant Integration: Setting a Cogent Policy and Research Agenda
City: University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Ga
Hosted by: University of Georgia Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education's (CLASE)
Details: The conference is designed to promote a forum where a range of stakeholders including academics, researchers, grass-roots organizers, and policy-makers can meet, discuss and begin to frame focused research and cogent policy regarding immigrants and education, There is a particular focus on the rapidly changing southeast.
There is also a CALL FOR PAPERS. Submissions of proposal abstracts for both individual papers and complete panels on topics must be devoted to the conference theme, “Setting the Policy and Research Agenda,” as well as on topics related to Latino education and immigration policy defined broadly. The preliminary deadline to submit abstracts is July 1, 2009. To register, please visit http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/conferences/2009/Oct/26/triennial.phtml
Website: http://www.coe.uga.edu/clase/conference/index.htm.