Call for Abstracts Announced for USPHS Symposium

Call for Abstracts Announced for USPHS Symposium
Deadline Date: 14 November 2008

The 2009 USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium Planning Committee invites interested individuals to submit abstracts for consideration as concurrent track presentations for the conference, which will be held 1-4 June at the Atlanta (GA) Marriott Marquis. The theme for the 2009 conference is Leading a Strong Public Health Workforce for a Healthy America. The deadline for abstract submissions is 14 November 2008 (5 p.m. ET).

Submitters should be prepared to make a 30- or 60-minute presentation as part of tracked sessions. The presentations will take place on Wednesday, 3 June and Thursday, 4 June. Abstracts are sought that provide an opportunity for those engaged at all levels and settings of public health to share innovative and effective practice and research that relate to the meeting's overall theme or any of the four sub-themes/tracks:

Leading the Public Health Workforce in America
Strategies for Ensuring a Viable and Effective Public Health Workforce
Partnerships to Improve Public Health
Preparing the Public Health Workforce for All Hazards

Visit www.phscofevents.org for more information or to submit.

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