ATOD Section Web Site
APHA will now be hosting the Section Web sites. The ATOD Section Web site is available at: www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/atod. We will be adding content over the next few months. If there is anything you would like to see there, please contact Mark Parascondola at paramark@mail.nih.gov. Check the site out and bookmark it for updated information relevant to our Section.
Program and Abstracts Available
The program and abstracts from the 135th APHA Annual Meeting, Politics, Policy & Public Health, are still available online from APHA at the following Web page: http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram
You can access the ATOD-specific program at the ATOD Section site: www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/atod.
Join APHA and the ATOD Section
To join the ATOD Section as a new APHA member, go to the APHA Web site at www.apha.org. When you join APHA, you can choose the ATOD Section as your primary or secondary Section. To join the Section if you are already an APHA member and would like to change or add a SPIG or Section, send an e‑mail to membership.mail@apha.org. Note that you should include your membership ID # (you can find it on the mailing label on your American Journal of Public Health or The Nation's Health; it's the first 7-digit number)! Special note to Academics - Tell your students that student registrations are available at a huge discount!
ATOD Listserv Available
The ATOD Section has set up a listserv to help members communicate with each other on matters relating to policy, practice and research in the areas our Section covers. The listserv is a way to quickly inform others of new developments, solicit assistance on matters of ATOD policy and its implementation, alert our members to opportunities about upcoming events, conferences, programs, research, opportunities or anything of interest. Control of the listserv will remain exclusively with the ATOD Section, and all listings will be kept strictly confidential. Messages will be disseminated only after the sender and message content have been "vetted" as appropriate for our Section. To join the listserv, e-mail your name and e-mail address to Listserv Coordinator Marilyn Daley at daley@brandeis.edu. If your e-mail address changes, or you wish to unsubscribe, e-mail Marilyn as well. To provide a message for posting e-mail the material to Marilyn. You do not have to be a member of the Listserv to post messages.
Newsletter Articles Requested
This is your newsletter, so please send us information you would like to share with your colleagues. We're interested in summaries of conferences, commentaries on articles, research or policies and announcements about conferences. If you have important news, we'd like to hear about it and publish it in the APHA-ATOD Section Newsletter. Please e-mail your news to mccannba@brandeis.edu. The deadline for our Spring issue will be May 15, 2008.