Title: Upcoming Environment Section Program - 2004 APHA Annual Meeting
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Section/SPIG: Environment
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Final touches have been made to the 2004 Annual Meeting program. Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s program superb! This year the Environment Section has 274 presentations in 11 poster sessions, two Round Tables, and 30 oral sessions for a total of 51 sessions. Forty-one of our sessions have been co-sponsored by other sections and caucuses indicating the appealing nature and variety of our program. We will also be having four business meetings, a field trip, and the section social. The section’s program flier will be available shortly to make attending all the Environment Section’s events easier at the meeting.
While all of our sessions are important topics, there are a few that are especially noteworthy. Please see the descriptions below:
3174.1 Environment Section Holmer N. Calver Lecture - Monday, Nov. 8, 2004: 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Each year the Environment Section selects and awards a winner for the Holmer N. Calver Award. This year's recipient is Carol M. Browner, JD. In 1993, Browner was appointed by President Clinton and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She held this position for eight years. Browner is also a founding member of The Albright Group, a global strategy firm that is committed to building public private partnerships to address the most pressing challenges facing people in communities around the globe.
The Built Environment Institute Sessions 3175.0, 3258.0, 3333.0, 4034.0, 4128.1, 4195.1, 4266.1, 5024.0, 5028.0, 5030.1
The Environment Section is proudly hosting the second annual Built Environment Institute (BEI). The Institute’s overall goal is to assist in an effort to identify what combinations of planning, design, and lifestyle choices are prescribed for healthy and sustainable living and more human-focused growth.
This year's Institute will begin Monday (3175.0 - Built Environment Institute I: Exploring the connections between the built environment and obesity - Monday, Nov. 8, 2004: 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.) with a brief keynote address by Dr. Allen Dearry, the Associate Director of Research Coordination, Planning and Translation, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. His presentation will be followed by numerous talks on the built environment and issues such the obesity epidemic, transportation, sustaining healthy communities wnd the school environment. There are 10 BEI scientific sessions in total sponsored by the Environment Section.
Given the location and timing of this year's meeting, we have also put together the following two sessions that will surely be of interest to many:
3116.1 Integrity of Science: How Political Agendas Impact Public Health - Monday, Nov. 8, 2004: 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
3257.0 What do the 2004 Elections Mean for Environmental Public Health? An Interactive Discussion - Monday, Nov. 8, 2004: 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Submitted by:
Robyn Gilden
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Environmental Health Education Center
655 West Lombard St. Room 665
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: (410) 706-4803
E-mail: rgilden@son.umaryland.edu