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Attention Environment Section conference attendees! Please help us by completing this 100 Year Anniversary Survey so we can improve our communication & education outreach.
2011 APHA Environment Section Program
Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies
Washington, DC
Please join the Environment Section in celebrating our 100th Anniversary at the 2011 APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. This year’s theme, “Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies,” provides a wonderful opportunity for the Environment Section to highlight the latest in environmental public health research and programs through 28 oral scientific sessions and seven poster sessions. Additionally, the Environment Section has several special events and activities planned to celebrate the 100th anniversary, including a special 100th anniversary social on Monday night.
You can access the full program – including cosponsored sessions – online at http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/ENV.html. All activities organized by the Environment Section will take place at the Renaissance Washington, DC. Specific room locations will be announced at a later date.
We encourage you to ‘Go Green!’ and use the APHA online Personal Scheduler to plan you APHA experience. The personal scheduler will enable registrants to view the program, select specific sessions and presentations and create a personal itinerary. Your itinerary can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection to change, update and add information at any time or download the personal scheduler to your PDA for immediate access. The personal scheduler can be found at: http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/schedule/index.cgi.
Additionally, this year the Environment Section’s program planning committee will provide only a limited number of paper handouts publicizing the section’s scientific sessions and special events. In the past we have felt that this was a key marketing tool. However, with the rapid evolution of PDAs and i-Phone scheduling apps we feel this is no longer the case. Please consider importing your APHA schedule into your personal electronic device and convince your APHA colleagues to do the same. Linked here is a PDF version of the Environment Section Program which can also be downloaded to easily navigate all of the 100th Anniversary activities and the sections program.
Look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC!
Program Chairs: Jyotsna Jagai, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Rosemarie Ramos, US Department of Defense
Monthly Meeting Information: Environment Section meetings are held the third Thursday of every month. Every Section member is invited to participate! To be a participant in the calls, please email Dr. Sacoby Wilson at: wilsons2@gwm.sc.edu. View meeting minutes from:
October
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
February 2010
January 2010
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009 | Mid-Year 1/2 Day Meeting
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
Annual Business Meetings at 2008 APHA Meeting & Expo
September 2008
Newsletter
The APHA Section Newsletters are distributed electronically to APHA members and, can be accessed with an APHA Member-ID and password in a Member's Only Restricted area of the APHA Web site at: APHA Section Newsletters. Click here, if you have forgotten your APHA username or password.
NEW! Environment Section Winter 2010 Newsletter Link to Environment Section Newsletter archives
Got something to submit to the Newsletter? If you have content for the Newsletter, please email Rebecca Love at rlove@hotmail.com.
Awards
Homer N. Calver Award:
This award recognizes an environmental health expert, usually of national renown, who has contributed in significantly to the field. The award recipient will provide a special lecture at the Annual APHA Meeting.
Congratulations to the 2008 award recipient: Diane Takvorian
Damu Smith Environmental Achievement Award:
Leadership comes in many forms and from many different communities. This award recognizes crosscutting collaborative work that has enhanced or increased understanding of economic security, ecological conservation, culture, or health. Award recipients are likely to approach their work with a broad or global perspective, and to be notable and inspiring in some of the following areas of work in relation to environmental issues: 1) developing leadership, building movement, or engaging youth; 2) partnering across difference; 3) achieving on–the–ground results; 4) funding equitably; 5) promoting respect by addressing racism, sexism and other oppressions through communication and education; 6) diversifying membership, workforce, or board; 7) modeling positive structural changes based on evaluation and accountability procedures.
Congratulations to the 2008 award recipient: Hilton Kelley
Distinguished Service Award:
This award recognizes a Section member who provides noteworthy & important contributions to the Section.
Congratulations to the 2008 award recipient: Allen Dearry and Nsedu Obot Witherspoon
Section Policies & Resolutions
Proposed new resolutions and position papers for the 2009 New Policy Process were due in electronic form to APHA headquarters by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 17. Find more information on the Association’s policy statements and advocacy priorities.
APHA members had the opportunity to review proposed new policies during the month of March. The Policy Committee will try to communicate to the Section those proposed policies that might most benefit from member input.
APHA members seeking to submit policies should consider consulting the Policy Committee Chair for guidance, especially if they are unfamiliar with the process. Also, anyone with an interest in assisting with the policy review process should contact the Policy Committee Chair, John Balbus at jbalbus@edf.org.