BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20030406T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20031026T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20040404T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20041031T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20050403T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20051030T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20040716T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140717T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T163514Z CREATED:20231025T161620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T163514Z UID:24011-1089939600-1405558800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference DESCRIPTION:The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance. Instead of marketing almost exclusively to employers\, the ACA has forced insurers to focus on enrolling consumers. The conference is sponsored by Employee Benefit News. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/private-healthcare-exchanges-conference/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090208T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090213T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150826Z CREATED:20231025T150215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150826Z UID:23595-1234054800-1234486800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship Program DESCRIPTION:The 11 journalists in the the first class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows will spend a week studying public health issues at two Atlanta campuses of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fellowship program\, supported by the CDC Foundation\, will include presentations\, roundtable discussions and lab tours on epidemiology\, global disease prevention efforts\, obesity\, vaccine safety\, pandemic flu preparedness\, autism and many other topics. \n The training will take place at the CDC's Atlanta and Chamblee campuses. Fellows will tour the CDC director's National Emergency Operations Center\, meet sources on policy and research and learn how to tap the agency's abundant resources to produce better stories. \n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, Feb. 8 \n\n\n\n 6:45 p.m. \n\nMeet in hotel lobby to walk to restaurant \n\n\n\n\n7 p.m. \n\n\nDinner at Ted’s Montana Grill\, 201 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. \n\n\n\n\nMonday\, Feb. 9 \n\n\n\n 8 a.m. \n\nMeet in lobby entrance to board shuttle \n\n\n\n\n9-10 a.m. \n\n\nMedia Relations at CDC \n\nGlen Nowak\, media relations director\n\n\n\n\n\n10–10:15 a.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n10:15-11:30 a.m. \n\n\nCDC’s Role in Investigating Foodborne Disease Outbreaks \n\nRob Tauxe\, M.D.\, chief\, Foodborne Disease Program\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. \n\n\nHepatitis \n\nJohn Ward\, M.D.\, director\, Division of Viral Hepatitis\n\n\n\n\n\n12:30-1:30 p.m. \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\n1:30-2:30 P.M. \n\n\nGenomics \n\nMuin Khoury\, M.D.\, director\, Office of Public Health Genomics\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30-2:45 p.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n2:45-3:45 p.m. \n\n\nSocial Determinants of Health \n\nCamara Jones\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Division of Adult and Community Health\, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion\n\n\n\n\n\n3:45-4:45 p.m. \n\n\nPublic Health Marketing and Social Media \n\nJay Bernhardt\, Ph.D.\, director\, National Center for Health Marketing\n\n\n\n\n\n5 p.m. \n\n\nReturn to hotel \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, Feb. 10\n\n\n\n 8 a.m. \n\nMeet in lobby entrance to board shuttle \n\n\n\n\n9-1 a.m. \n\n\nVaccine Preventable Diseases: CDC’s Immunization Efforts \n\nLance Rodewald\, M.D.\, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases\n\n\n\n\n\n10-11 a.m. \n\n\nPatient Safety/Hospital-Acquired Infection \n\nAlex Kallen\, M.D.\, Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion\n\n\n\n\n\n11-11:15 a.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. \n\n\nInfluenza \n\nDan Jernigan\, M.D.\, Influenza Division\, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases\n\n\n\n\n\n12:15-1:15 p.m. \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\n1:15-2:15 p.m. \n\n\nAntibiotic Resistance \n\nLauri Hicks\, M.D.\, Division of Bacterial Diseases\, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases\n\n\n\n\n\n2:15-2:30 p.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n2:30-3:30 p.m. \n\n\nCDC Journal Editors – Roundtable Discussion \n\nFred Shaw\, M.D.\, J.D.\, editor\, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)\nD. Peter Drotman\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, editor\, Emerging Infectious Disease\nMarta Gwinn\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, acting editor\, Preventing Chronic Disease\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30-3:45 p.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n3:45-4:30 p.m. \n\n\nTour of CDC’s Director’s Emergency Operations Center \n\n\n\n\n4:45 p.m. \n\n\nReturn to hotel \n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, Feb. 11 \n\n\n\n 8 a.m. \n\nMeet in lobby entrance to board shuttle \n\n\n\n\n9-10 a.m. \n\n\nInvestigating Disease Outbreaks: CDC’s Disease Detectives \n\nDoug Hamilton\, M.D.\, director\, Epidemiology Intelligence Service\n\n\n\n\n\n10–10:15 a.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n10:15-11:30 a.m. \n\n\nDisease Prevention Around the World: CDC’s Global Health Efforts \n\nScott Dowell\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Global Disease Detection Program\, Coordinating Office for Global Health\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. \n\n\nChild Safety \n\nGrant Baldwin\, Ph.D.\, CDC Injury Center\, director\, Division of Injury Response\nRodney Hammond\, Ph.D.\, CDC Injury Center\, director\, Division of Violence Prevention\n\n\n\n\n\n12:30-1:30 p.m. \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\n1:30-3 p.m. \n\n\nCDC Center Directors Roundtable Discussion \n\nRima Khabbaz\, M.D.\, director\, National Center for Preparedness\, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases\nJanet Collins\, Ph.D.\, director\, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion\nEd Trevathin\, M.D.\, director\, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities\nDonna Knutson\, deputy director\, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control\nSteve Blount\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, director\, Coordinating Center for Global Health\n\n\n\n\n\n3-3:15 p.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n3:15-4:30 p.m. \n\n\nLaboratory Tours \n\nPierre Rollin\, M.D.\, director\, Special Pathogens Lab\nSherif Zaki\, M.D.\, director\, Pathology Lab\n\n\n\n\n\n4:45 p.m. \n\n\nReturn to hotel \n\n\n\n\n6:45 p.m. \n\n\nMeet in lobby to go to Twain’s \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, Feb. 12\n\n\n\n 8 a.m. \n\nMeet in lobby entrance to board shuttle \n\n\n\n\n9-10 a.m. \n\n\nObesity \n\nBeth Tohill\, Ph.D.\, Division of Physical Activity\, Nutrition and Obesity\, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion\n\n\n\n\n\n10-10:15 a.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n10:15-11:15 a.m. \n\n\nDiabetes \n\nAnn Albright\, M.D.\, director\, Division of Diabetes Translation\, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion\n\n\n\n\n\n11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. \n\n\nAutism \n\nEd Trevathin\, M.D.\, director\, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities\n\n\n\n\n\n12:15-1:15 p.m. \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n\n1:15-2:15 p.m. \n\n\nEnvironmental Health Laboratory Tours \n\n\n\n\n2:15-2:30 p.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n2:30-3:30 p.m. \n\n\nUsing CDC State and Metropolitan Area Data \n\nWayne Giles\, M.D.\, Division of Adult and Community Health\, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Data (BRFSS)\nWisqars Data (Leading Causes of Death)\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30-3:45 p.m. \n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n3:45-4:45 p.m. \n\n\nClimate Change \n\nGeorge Luber\, M.D.\, National Center for Environmental Health\n\n\n\n\n\n5 p.m. \n\n\nReturn to hotel \n\n\n\n\nFriday\, Feb. 13\n\n\n\n 8 a.m. \n\nMeet in the lobby entrance to board shuttle \n\n\n\n\n9-10 a.m. \n\n\nOverview of CDC \n\nRichard Besser\, M.D.\, acting director\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\n\n\n\n\n\n10-11 a.m. \n\n\nRoundtable Discussion – Story Ideas \n\nJournalists and CDC Media Relations/Communications Staff\n\n\n\n\n\n11 a.m. \n\n\nVisit Concludes URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-cdc-health-journalism-fellowship-program/ CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090210T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090210T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160733Z CREATED:20231025T150159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160733Z UID:23584-1234227600-1234227600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Language Access and Translation Strategies Colloquium for Health Plans DESCRIPTION:Health insurance plans in the United States face an increased need to communicate with limited English proficient (LEP) members. In the State of California\, plans are working to improve access to health care services – including translation and interpreting services – in part due to Senate Bill SB 853. Because of demographic and regulatory changes\, health plans need to quickly ramp up their knowledge of the best practices and technologies that facilitate the provision of language services. Common Sense Advisory will convene health plans to share findings\, best practices\, and lessons learned. \nWhat topics will be covered? \n\n Buying translation – learn about the latest research on pricing methodologies\, average prices\, best practices for procuring translation services\, and vendor management techniques.\nTechnology – discover how machine translation (MT)\, computer-assisted translation (CAT)\, and translation management systems (TMS) can help ensure quality\, improve consistency\, and save costs.\nQuality assurance – learn about standards for translation quality\, road blocks\, the role of vendor-buyer relationships\, the truth about "back translations\," sample translations\, and QA processes.\nHealth plan case studies – hear about the experiences of three California health plans that worked to implement technologies and create processes for providing written translation services.\n\nWhy attend? \n\nLearn vendor-neutral best practices.\nObtain insight from presenters with decades of experience working on the translation vendor side.\nBenefit from Common Sense Advisory's proven research methodology.\nUnderstand the latest market data and technology.\nTake away concrete examples from case studies presented by peers.\nDiscuss issues with colleagues in a neutral\, independent forum\, without the presence of vendors.\n\nWho should attend? \n\nLanguage services coordinators at health plans\, providers\, government staff\, patient advocates\, other decision makers responsible for implementing\, planning\, or purchasing language services. Language service companies and other vendors are not allowed to sponsor or attend the colloquium.\n\nCost of event: $299Cost of event prior to December 15\, 2008: $149 \nFor more information and to register\, visit www.commonsenseadvisory.com/training/colloquium.php \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/language-access-and-translation-strategies-colloquium-for-health-plans/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090211T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090211T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160733Z CREATED:20231025T150109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160733Z UID:23560-1234314000-1234314000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Gawande to speak at lecture series DESCRIPTION:Atul Gawande\, New Yorker magazine columnist and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School will speak about "Ignorance vs. Ineptitude: Science and the Causes of Failure in Medicine" as part of the NIH Director's 2008-2009 Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series. \nAll lectures are in the Jack Masur Auditorium\, Bldg. 10\, 3-4 p.m. Get visitor information. \nLectures are viewable live on the Web and also on videotape at the NIH Library\, Bldg. 10\, approximately one week after the lecture date. The WALS is captioned for the web; you may request sign language or a monitor with the captions in Masur auditorium. Visit the ORS website or contact the Worksite and Enrichment Program Branch (WEPB) TTY at 301-435-1908. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/gawande-to-speak-at-lecture-series/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090211T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090211T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160732Z CREATED:20231025T150220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160732Z UID:23598-1234314000-1234314000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data brief: Contributions of international medical graduates DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Care Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release statistics on the role of international medical graduates in providing office-based medical care in 2005 and 2006. \nThe study focuses on the role of IMGs "in serving underserved populations and practicing in primary care shortage areas outside of urban areas." \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. \nUpdate: The brief has been posted online (PDF). URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-brief-contributions-of-international-medical-graduates/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090212T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090216T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160731Z CREATED:20231025T150128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160731Z UID:23569-1234400400-1234746000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science DESCRIPTION:The theme of the Annual Meeting – "Our Planet and Its Life: Origins and Futures" – calls to mind that 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. New understanding of the underlying processes and mechanisms that fascinated Darwin continues to be the focus of intense research 150 years later. \nThe meeting will feature more than 175 symposia and lectures on frontier research topics and policy issues in evolution\, energy\, the environment\, sustainable development and more. \nFor more information\, go to: www.aaas.org/meetings \nCareer science communicators qualify for complimentary registration. To learn more about the required credentials and to register online\, go to: www.eurekalert.org/aaasnewsroom \nOnce your registration is confirmed\, you will receive a registration confirmation number to use when booking a hotel at a discounted rate through the AAAS Housing Bureau:www.aaas.org/meetings/2009/hotel/. Rooms are limited at the headquarters hotel\, so book early. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact media@aaas.org. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/annual-meeting-of-the-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090218T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090218T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160730Z CREATED:20231025T150221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160730Z UID:23599-1234918800-1234918800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Pressure ulcers among nursing home residents DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release a data brief on the incidence of pressure ulcers among nursing home residents in 2004. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-pressure-ulcers-among-nursing-home-residents/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090218T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090218T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160730Z CREATED:20231025T150221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160730Z UID:23600-1234918800-1234918800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: U.S. annual health report card DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics will release the 2008 health report card issued to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress. According to the NCHS Web site\, the annual compilation features over 150 tables and provides the most recent figures on vital statistics\, disease prevalence\, health care utilization and other health topics. \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-u-s-annual-health-report-card/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090218T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090219T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160729Z CREATED:20231025T150225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160729Z UID:23603-1234918800-1235005200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:FDA committee meets about 2009/2010 flu vaccinemmendations DESCRIPTION:In an open meeting\, the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will discuss and recommend strains of the influenza virus to be included in the vaccine to be distributed in the upcoming flu season. The committee will also consider adding a second B strain to the current season's vaccination as well as "the conducting of clinical studies of pandemic influenza vaccine in the pediatric population in the absence of an influenza pandemic." \nThe meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday\, Feb. 18 and from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. on Thursday\, Feb. 19 at the Hilton Washington D.C. / Silver Spring at 8727 Colesville Road\, Silver Spring\, MD 20910. Visit the committee's site for further details. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/fda-committee-meets-about-2009-2010-flu-vaccinemmendations/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090222T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090223T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160728Z CREATED:20231025T150231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160728Z UID:23607-1235264400-1235350800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Midwest Health Journalism Fellows: Topeka health policy day DESCRIPTION:Those Midwest Health Journalism Program Fellows who are in Kansas will go to Topeka for briefings and meetings with state health policy experts. \nSchedule of meetings URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/midwest-health-journalism-fellows-topeka-health-policy-day/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090223T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090225T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154553Z CREATED:20231025T150145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154553Z UID:23573-1235350800-1235523600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:21st Annual DIA Conference on Marketing Pharmaceuticals in a Time of Change DESCRIPTION:This program is designed to provide a basic understanding of how the regulatory and legal environment has evolved and affects the marketing and promotion of pharmaceuticals. It also provides practical\, day-to-day guidance on what can be learned from the latest FDA enforcement actions\, and how companies can do their jobs better. \nThis year's program focuses on enforcement by the three centers within FDA that regulate drugs\, biological products and veterinary drugs\, direct-to-consumer advertising\, state regulations\, and the oversight of off-label issues by the Office of Inspector General and Department of Justice. The session also will explore the latest innovations in the use of the internet for product communication. For more information visit: www.diahome.org \nContact: Marketing Manager\, 800 Enterprise Road\, Suite 200\, Horsham\, PA\, USA \nTelephone: 1.215.442.6100 Fax: 1.215.442.6199 \nEmail: dia@diahome.org Website: www.diahome.org \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/21st-annual-dia-conference-on-marketing-pharmaceuticals-in-a-time-of-change/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160727Z CREATED:20231025T150204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160727Z UID:23587-1235437200-1235437200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Tech Tools for Health Reporters DESCRIPTION:Where: CMP Medica\, 600 Harrison St.\, San Francisco \nWhen: 6- 8 p.m.\, Feb. 24 \nLight refreshments will be servedThis event is free; please RSVP to Colleen Paretty: cparetty@pobox.com or 510-703-1816. \nWhether you're a staff reporter or freelancer\, you've undoubtedly heard that to survive in the media in the future\, you'll need to blog\, podcast\, and Twitter. A few writers have become conversant in online technologies and are using them to the benefit of their careers. Many of the rest of us\, though\, may have experimented with a blog or used Facebook to find sources for a story\, but are still waiting to see how the digital revolution is really going to help our work lives. \n We'll explore this question with a panel of folks who are using online technology or helping others to do so. \nAmy Tenderich\, author\, Diabetes Mine blog\, and a San Francisco-based writer and consultant diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2003. She's using the blog as an outlet for what she's learned about the disease and a way to help others. Her blog is chock full of information\, colorful and graphic-laden and includes advertising. We'll learn more about how she developed the blog and how it fits into her career goals as a writer. \nJerry Monti\, technology training instructor for UC Berkeley's Knight Digital Media Center\, will discuss how journalists can and should be using online technology to further their work. \nModerator: Jan Greene is a longtime health care freelancer who has been waiting for her blog (www.healthplanconsumer.com) to catch fire and ignite her career. Jan\, based in Alameda\, has a daily newspaper background and writes for health care-related trade and consumer magazines and newspapers. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tech-tools-for-health-reporters/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160726Z CREATED:20231025T150224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160726Z UID:23601-1235437200-1235437200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:FDA Science Board to meet and discuss BPA\, salmonella detection and more DESCRIPTION:The FDA's Science Board will hear updates and discuss Bisphenol A in FDA-regulated products. Working groups on economically motivated adulteration of FDA-regulated products and on rapid detection of salmonella in foods will also update the board on their work. \nAdditionally\, the board will hear plans for the review of the center's science programs\, for each center's priority projects and for the handling of biospecimens used for genomic and proteomic analyses. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/fda-science-board-to-meet-and-discuss-bpa-salmonella-detection-and-more/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160726Z CREATED:20231025T150226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160726Z UID:23605-1235437200-1235437200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: America's uninsured crisis DESCRIPTION:At an hour-long briefing beginning at 11 a.m. EST\, the NAS' Institute of Medicine will release a report on the consequences felt when a large part of the population is uninsured. Reporters will be given access to materials starting at 10 a.m. the previous day\, but the information will be embargoed until the briefing. \nThe briefing will take place in the Lecture Room of the National Academy of Sciences building at 2100 C St.\, N.W. and a live\, interactive webcast will also be provided. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-americas-uninsured-crisis/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090224T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160725Z CREATED:20231030T213059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160725Z UID:25419-1235437200-1235437200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Data release: Trends and characteristics of home and other out-of-hospital births DESCRIPTION:The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release a report on trends and characteristics of home and other out-of-hospital births. According to the release\, the report will examine "trends and characteristics of out-of-hospital and home births in the United States by selected demographic variables including race\, ethnicity\, and county population\, as well as by birth outcomes." \n \nTo access embargoed and password protected materials\, reporters must contact the CDC/NCHS Press Room at 301-458-4800 or register with the NCHS Media Listserv. To register click here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/data-release-trends-and-characteristics-of-home-and-other-out-of-hospital-births/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090225T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090226T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160724Z CREATED:20231025T150122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160724Z UID:23565-1235523600-1235610000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices DESCRIPTION:ACIP attendees (participants and visitors) must register online. Once registration is complete\, you will receive a placard for your vehicle (parking tag) and instructions for navigating the secured CDC environment to attend the ACIP meeting. \n Deadline for meeting registration: Non-U.S. Citizens: Feb. 2\, 2009 U.S. Citizens: Feb. 9\, 2009 \nLocation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center\, 1600 Clifton Road\, N.E.\, Building 19\, Kent "Oz" Nelson Auditorium Contact: Antonette Hill Phone: (404) 639-8836 E-mail: acip@cdc.gov Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/ URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090225T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090227T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160723Z CREATED:20231025T150225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160723Z UID:23604-1235523600-1235696400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Medicine's 2009 Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public aims to advance and explore integrative medicine\, the process of integrating the "full range of physical\, psychological\, social\, preventive\, and therapeutic factors known to be effective and necessary for the achievement of optimal health." \nThis year's summit will cover "patient-centered care\, the scientific basis of integrative medicine\, continuity of care\, health care financing reform and value-driven care\, team-based care processes\, and mind-body relationships and health." \nSpace is limited\, reporters need to register in advance by visiting the summit's Web site\, calling 202-334-2138\, or e-mailing news@nas.edu. A live webcast will also be available. \nThe summit will be in the auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences building at 2100 C St.\, N.W.\, Washington\, D.C. Presentations will begin at 9 a.m. on the first two days and at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 27. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/summit-on-integrative-medicine-and-the-health-of-the-public/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090225T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090227T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160722Z CREATED:20231025T150232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160722Z UID:23609-1235523600-1235696400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:2009 National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health DESCRIPTION:The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health will host its third annual summit on eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health. Disparities and issues in the treatment of lupus\, HIV/AIDS and oral health\, among other things\, will be discussed. \nThe three-day summit (and pre-summit meetings) will take place at The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor\, Maryland. for a look at the entire schedule. Call Tricia Johnson at (703) 507.5405 or Judith O'Leary at (760) 207.4731 for more information. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2009-national-leadership-summit-on-eliminating-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR