The Union for International Cancer Control partners with Fondation québécoise du cancer, McGill University and Université de Montréal to host its bienniel 2012 World Cancer Congress this August. The conference’s theme this year is “Connecting for Global Impact” and focuses on ways cancer researchers and clinicians can unite to treat and prevent cancer.

The systems to detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks have suffered decades of underfunding and neglect in the United States and other countries, and the global financial crisis has worsened the problem. The Institute of Medicine is hosting a two-day workshop to explore how to maintain effective infectious disease surveillance and response capacity in an age of austerity.

The 2012 RDC Annual Conference will showcase research from the nationwide network of RDCs – including research using demographic, business, and linked employee-employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as health data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

This conference brings people from around the country together to discuss innovative community-based care practices.

The 2012 Future of Medicine Summit VI will feature local and nationally recognized speakers to share their wisdom about reforming the health care delivery system to one that make sense and addresses fundamental patient care and cost issues, creating a road map to where medicine should be in five years.