A very special thanks to the many volunteers who reviewed the 350 abstracts that were submitted to the CHPPD Section for presentation at this year’s Annual Meeting! It was an enormous task that required great dedication to ensure that each proposal received a fair and thorough review. 

To guarantee the best possible CHPPD program in Philadelphia, three reviewers were assigned to rate each proposal. By far, the most popular topic was “Collaborative Community Health, Planning, and Policy Development.”  Other popular topic areas were “Community Health Assessment, Public Health Informatics, and Surveillance Data Sets,” and “Evaluation and Community-Based Participatory Projects.” 

We look forward to the many excellent presentations that were selected for the 2009 Meeting, and we hope to see you in November!

Kind Regards,

Danielle Greene, DrPH

Program Chair, CHPPD Section

dgreene@health.nyc.gov

(212) 442-3051

Ijeoma Nwachuku, PhD

Program Co-Chair, CHPPD Section

ijeoma.nwachuku@methodisthospital.org

(626) 574-2486