Events Calendar

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    • Repayment Strategies for Public Health Graduates - What to Do When Your Student Loans Come Due
    • Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:00 pm
    • Webinar

    • Topics for discussion include:

      • How to develop an effective repayment strategy based on your own personal career goals and repayment objectives
      • Repayment options, including important updates on income-driven plans such as Income Based Repayment (IBR) and the new Pay As You Earn repayment plan, and how to determine which one may be best for you in your public health career, especially starting out
      • Consolidation, the pros and cons, and how to determine if you are a candidate for consolidation
      • Loan repayment and loan forgiveness programs, including important updates on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
      • Changes in the servicing of your student loans and tips for working with loan servicers
      • Private loans and their impact on repayment strategies

    • 7th Annual YEAH! Network Conference
    • Thursday, May 09, 2013 8:30 am
    • Whitney Avenue Conference Center, 361 Whitney Avenue Holyoke, MA 01040

    • The 7th Annual Youth Empowerment Adolescent Health Network (YEAH!) Network Conference will feature workshops led by local, state, and national presenters and a keynote by Judy Norsigian, Executive Director of Our Bodies Ourselves and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause (2006) and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth (2008).

      “This presentation will describe the history of sterilization abuse in the US and its impact on reproductive health policies affecting women, especially poorer women and women of color. The eugenic and population control ideologies behind the use of coercive sterilization and other practices limiting women’s reproductive options remain today, although not as blatant as in earlier years,” Norsigian says of her speech.

      This is a free event but registration is required. Registration deadline is April 26, 2013.

    • SPHHS Senior Recognition Ceremony
    • Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:30 am
    • Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

    • The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) will hold its Senior Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at 8:30 a.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.

      Visit our Commencement 2013 webpage for more information about this ceremony, as well as other university-wide commenecement activities.

    • National Transgender Health Summit
    • Friday, May 17, 2013 9:00 am
    • Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland CA 94607

    • The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health and the World Professional Association of Transgender Health invite health care providers, health and human service professionals, mental health professionals, health administrators, researchers, students and advocates to attend the 2013 National Transgender Health Summit. Programming includes plenary sessions by world-renowned experts in the field of transgender health care, training tracks for medical and mental health care providers interested in building their skills for working with transgender patients and clients, a research track for the dissemination of cutting edge developments in the field of transgender health, and a transgender health policy institute.

      Regular Registration - Before May 10th, 2013

      -  Professional: $350
      -  Student: $200 (must show a valid student ID)

      Late Registration - After May 10th, 2013

      -  Professional: $400
      -  Student: $250 (must show a valid student ID)CME and CEU course credit available

      CME and CEU course credit available.

    • Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA)'s 11th Annual Awards Breakfast
    • Friday, June 07, 2013 8:30 am
    • The State Room, 60 State Street, Boston, MA

    • The Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA) will be holding its 11th Annual Awards Breakfast. This event celebrates the achievements of the Massachusetts public health community. This year the awards include:

      Paul Revere Award: Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., MPH, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission

      Public Health Leadership in Medicine Award: Andrew Balder, MD, Attending Physician, Mason Square Health Center of Baystate Medical Center and Senior Medical Director, Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan

      Alfred Frechette Award: Steven Fischer, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Council

      Lemuel Shattuck Award: Lisa Renee Holderby-Fox, Executive Director, MA Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW)

      Please visit the MPHA website or contact Kara Keenan at (857) 263-7072, x113 with any questions. 

    • Biosafety and Biocontainment Training for BSL-3 Laboratory Workers
    • Monday, June 24, 2013 8:00 am
    • Kent State University, Kent, OH

    • The National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program and Kent State University are offering a 5 day series of courses in Biosafety and Biocontainment for BSL-3 Laboratory Workers. These courses are designed for biosafety professionals, researchers and laboratorians to enhance individual knowledge and meet the scientific, regulatory, biocontainment, biosafety, and engineering challenges associated with the working in a biocontainment facility. Daily topics will include:

        1. Introduction to microbiology and biosafety

        2. Principles of biosafety and biocontainment

        3. The biological risk assessment process

        4. Laboratory sterilization and disinfection

        5. Emergency planning and response

        6. Laboratory regulations, standards and guidelines

        7. Biocontainment laboratory security

        8. Packaging and shipping 6.2 hazardous materials

        9. Agents of bioterrorism

        10. Hands on sessions using laboratory equipment

      View a detailed schedule and instructor bios and download a printable registration form at http://www.nbbtp.org/courses-coming-soon.aspx

       NBBTP is authorized by IACET to offer 4.0 CEUs. Participants will be required to score a minimum of 70% on each post-course knowledge assessment in order to receive CEUs. Successful completion of the courses is a prerequisite for completion of a Basic Level Certificate in Biosafety and Biocontainment, and for participation in the NBBTP Advanced and Comprehensive Level certificate programs.

      REGISTRATION INFORMATION

      Course Tuition is $1200, or $240/day. Public health laboratory employees may receive a discounted tuition of $400.  NIH and NIAID employees may attend tuition-free. 

      We request registration by June 1, 2013, after which participants will be admitted if space is available.

        1. Course Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m

        2. Lodging at several national chain hotels is available in or near Kent. The Kent State University rate of $74.95/night is available at the Kent Holiday Inn Express Inn & Suites - which is four miles from campus but close to restaurants and downtown Kent. To reserve a room at the Kent State rate, participants must call the hotel directly, at 330-673-9200 and ask for one of the rooms being held in the "BSL Training” block. Room charges will be billed through the University, and we will email information on payment methods for lodging with the course registration confirmation. The hotel rate includes a complimentary breakfast buffet. Shuttle service between campus and the hotel may be available for a fee. The hotel link below also provides directions from the Cleveland and Akron airports.
      http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/kent/cakkn/hoteldetail/directions

        3. Transportation, lodging, all meals and incidental expenses are the responsibility of individual participants. Registrants will receive a confirmation including directions and information on transportation to and from campus.