Upcoming Environment-Health Events

April 12-13, 2008  
"Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow" Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference 
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Join 2,000 people interested in public health, global health, international development, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, medicine, human rights, anthropology, education, health policy, advocacy, public service, and eye care. This empowering, energizing conference brings together students, doctors, nurses, Peace Corps volunteers, public health, business and nonprofit professionals, anthropologists, policy makers, philanthropists, educators, and others.

Due Date: April 1, 2008
Call for Manuscript Submissions for EcoHealth
IEF 2008 participants are also encouraged to submit manuscripts for publication in the international, peer-reviewed, official journal of the International Association for Ecology and Health (IAEH), EcoHealth. 

The December 2008 issue of EcoHealth will be featured at the Forum.  This issue is particularly directed toward the representing collaborators and Forum attendees – INSP, IDRC, IPÊ, FIOCRUZ, and other groups working in Latin America.

For those interested in submitting a manuscript to EcoHealth for the December 2008 issue, please complete your submission before the Journal deadline:  Tuesday, April 1st, 2008.

EcoHealth is interested in receiving submissions from any and all disciplines that comprise the EcoHealth perspective.  More information is to come regarding the Forum issue that will have manuscripts based on abstracts or groups present at the Forum - this will most likely be the September 2009 issue (Submission deadline: February 12, 2009).

Please visit the websites provided below for further details:
Author Instructions: http://www.ecohealth.net/submit.php
Submission Site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ 
Our thematic areas: http://www.ecohealth.net/aboutus_thematicareas.php

December 1-5, 2008
International EcoHealth Forum 2008- EcoHealth: Healthy Environments, Healthy People
Merida, Mexico

In December 2008, in Mérida, México, the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) of México will host the International EcoHealth Forum 2008 in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada), the International Association for Ecology and Health (IAEH), the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil (FIOCRUZ), and the Institute of Ecological Research, Brazil (IPE). The Forum will promote research, theory and practice internationally to consolidate the growing community of researchers, policy makers, and civil society representatives. It will bring a better understanding of the holistic links between ecosystems and human health and the identification of pathways for more sustainable action and interventions. The role of transdisciplinary approaches towards discovery and sustainable solutions will be emphasized throughout.

IEF 2008 will showcase evidence of theory and practice regarding our dependence on ecosystem health. Evidence of the impact of social and ecological changes on the global environment and, in turn, on human health, will be discussed among the Forum’s delegates. Special emphasis will be placed on EcoHealth research in developing countries, fostering exchanges of lessons learned between developing and developed countries.

Conference delegates are invited to plan now to contribute with paper, video and oral presentations to the development of new approaches and ideas in EcoHealth by being an active participant in IEF 2008.  For more information, contact the INSP Coordinator, Jaime Grace Engel at ecohealth2008@insp.mx. Once the IEF 2008 website becomes live in the next week (www.ecohealth2008.org), symposia and abstract submissions will be accepted (electronic submissions only).  For more details on presentation guidelines and instructions to authors and to submit your abstract, please visit the website: (www.ecohealth2008.org ) *The deadline for the submission of abstracts and symposia is Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Due Date: April 1, 2009
Call for Environmental Health Articles
The interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal Family and Community Health will produce an  issue on environmental health. Articles are due by April 1, 2009, to Issue Editor:  Patty Hale, James Madison University at halepj@jmu.edu. Articles are being solicited on:

• Built Environments
• Educational and policy strategies for prevention of environmental threats
• Exposure to toxins
• Home/school/occupational environmental health risks
• Environmental health issues in primary care delivery
• Emerging infectious diseases – case studies/prevention
• Environmental justice

 Family and Community Health (FCH) focuses on healthcare practitioners, regardless of area of practice on a common goal: to provide a forum to discuss a holistic approach to family and community healthcare and primary healthcare, including health promotion and disease prevention.  Each issue of FCH focuses on a specific topic that can be used by faculty, practitioners, and students in a range of healthcare disciplines.

FCH is indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL); Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences; Research Alert; Social SciSearch; Family Studies Database; Health Promotion and Education Database; Cancer Prevention and Control Database; Nursing Abstracts; Psychological Abstracts; PsychINFO; PsysLIT; Journals@ovid; Sociological Abstracts; Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts; MEDLINE; MEDLARS; and Index Medicus

Archived Events:

April 6, 2007: "The Heat is Rising: What You Need to Know About Climate Change and Public Health."Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 8:30-5pm

May 9-11, 2007:  Climate Change and Florida: The first climate change conference focusing on Florida. Tampa Renaissance Hotel, Tampa, FL.   

May 10-11, 2007:"Priming for Prevention: An Ecological Approach to Research, Education and Policy", the Second National Conference of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment’s Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI), Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

May 14-15, 2007: Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences: "Evolutionary Biology and Human Health." Joint Meeting with the Natural Science Collections Alliance. Capital Hilton Hotel, 1001 16th St.m NW, Washington, DC, 200036.

June 5-9, 2007: The 5th International Symposium on Digital Earth, at the University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.

Environment and Health Opportunities:

Department of Health and Human Services, National Insititues of Health (NIH ), Deputy Director, Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Deadline: April 30, 2007

The NIH is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Deputy Director, Fogarty International Center (FIC) to advance health through international scientific cooperation and to promote and support scientific research and training internationally to reduce disparities in global health.  This position offers a unique opportunity for the right individual to assist the Director, FIC in providing strong and visionary leadership to an organization dedicated to international health and global collaboration. For more information, click here.

A detailed vacancy announcement that includes application procedures is available at:  http://www.jobs.nih.gov(under vacancy announcement FIC-07-174209).  Questions may be addressed to Ms. Yolette Lee, 301-594-2792 e-mail:  leeyol@mail.nih.gov.  CV and bibliography, including a statement addressing the qualifications, must be received by April 30, 2007.