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| Judith Gorbach, CHPPD Program Chair |
All the CHPPD sessions went off quite successfully especially considering the many changes of speakers required by the change of date and location due to Katrina. CHPPD Section members were most helpful volunteering as moderators. CHPPD did have two invited sessions cancelled, from Texas, due to the involvement of students and faculty with Katrina evacuees. Although APHA reported their numbers down for attendance at the Annual Meeting by only a few thousand, the attendance at our sessions was considerably down from past years. Sessions usually having 150-175 participants had only 60-75. However, those attending reported that they felt the sessions were up to the high standards we have come to expect from our Section.
We are now preparing for 2006. This is the time for gathering reviewers, and we still need reviewers for this year. I expect a large number of submissions, as the meeting will be in Boston, usually a popular site for APHA meetings. If anyone is interested in reviewing, please contact Judith Gorbach by e-mail at jagorbach@post.harvard.edu. It usually takes an hour or so and is done online. Most reviewers report enjoying the process. The deadline for abstract submissions to CHPPD is Feb. 17, so all reviewers must be in place at that time.
The time for invited sessions to be organized is NOW. All of those sessions must be accepted as a session by our Section Chair Tom Piper, and the session abstracts submitted by the deadline. If you intend to request an invited session, contact Judith Gorbach at <jagorbach@post.harvard.edu> as soon as possible.