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- June 23-24 and June 24-27, 2008 – Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
and Society for Epidemiologic
Research (SER) Annual
Meetings, Chicago, Illinois. SPER is an organization of individuals
from a wide variety of disciplines who share an interest in the
epidemiology of pregnancy, infancy and childhood. The objective of the
Society is to foster pediatric and perinatal epidemiologic research.
This research includes the study of any factors that influence maternal
health and the health and development of children, from conception
through adolescence. The work presented at SPER's annual meeting
represents the cutting edge of research in pediatric and perinatal
epidemiology. The Society was formed in 1988 and holds an annual meeting
each June, immediately preceding the meeting of the Society of
Epidemiological Research (SER), which was also established in 1968 as a
forum for sharing the latest in epidemiologic research. The SER is
committed to keeping epidemiologists at the vanguard of scientific
developments.
- June 28-July 2, 2008 – The Teratology Society Annual Meeting, Monterey, California. The
48th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society will be held at the Hyatt
Regency Monterey on June 28-July 2, 2008. The 2008 scientific program
covers important issues in birth defects research and education, ranging
from the latest findings in basic research on embryonic and fetal
hypoxia to hot topics in nutrition and food safety as they relate to
normal and abnormal fetal and child development. The Annual Meeting
provides a place and time to catch up with colleagues, make new friends
and participate in discussions with established experts in the field,
new researchers, and students. The organization includes individuals
from a wide range of disciplines including clinicians, scientists and
science policy regulators from academic, industrial, and government
sectors.
- October 12-16, 2008 – International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) and International Society of Exposure Analysis
(ISEA) 2008 Joint Annual Conference, Pasadena, California. The theme of this year's ISEE/ISEA
joint conference is "Exposure and Health in a Global Environment." This
conference will bring together scientists from around the world to
exchange ideas about exposure, health and epidemiology in our global
environment. Workshop topics include industrialization and urban
growth, global transport of pollution, epidemiological studies of
population health disparities, differential impacts of environmental
hazards and risks in developing and industrial societies and
susceptibilities of different populations to environmentally-linked
diseases. [More Information]
- October 25-29, 2008 – American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. The 2008 APHA
Annual Meeting has the theme, "Public Health Without Borders," and will
explore transnational public health, and provide a forum to address a
diversity of topics including immigrant and refugee health; water and
land rights; coordinating disease surveillance and epidemiologic
response activities across borders; air and water pollution management
across borders; the international impact of trade, arms sales, tobacco
sales and gun control policies; and the international transmission of
socio-cultural behaviors with adverse health implications. This Annual
Meeting could similarly provide a forum for a better understanding of
the aspects of growing multiculturalism that promote healthy living and
even to highlight and foster specific traditional practices that may
serve to protect minority populations as they enter new environments.
The meeting includes more than 900 scientific sessions, roundtables,
poster sessions, institute and panel discussions and the largest public
health exposition in the field. More than 4,000 scientific papers are
expected to be presented. [More Information]
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